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Citizen Winter Warmer - Join us Online 12 December

Citizen Winter Warmer - Join us Online 12 December
Tuesday 1 December

This December the Book Festival will host a special day of online events as part of our ongoing Citizen project…

Bringing Story Nation to Edinburgh's Sick Children's Hospital

Bringing Story Nation to Edinburgh's Sick Children's Hospital
Wednesday 28 October

Illustrator Katie Chappell will be working with the young people one-to-one on the wards from November…

'You can’t keep a good Festival down': Our First Online Book Festival Draws to a Close

'You can’t keep a good Festival down': Our First Online Book Festival Draws to a Close
Tuesday 1 September

Organisers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which finished last night, declared the first online programme a success, with the 146 events being viewed over 210,000 times by a worldwide audience – a figure still growing as audiences continue to watch events On Demand…

"It's an act of executive speech even if it’s insane and absurd": Masha Gessen on President Trump

"It's an act of executive speech even if it’s insane and absurd": Masha Gessen on President Trump
Sunday 30 August

Russian-American author and journalist Masha Gessen discussed power, President Trump and their book Surviving Autocracy with human rights QC Philippe Sands at the Book Festival Online this afternoon…

Kit de Waal: “They should be afraid of the working class”

Kit de Waal: “They should be afraid of the working class”
Friday 28 August

A formidable line-up of artists took to the Book Festival's digital stage for an impassioned conversation about the value of working class voices and representation in the arts…

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