Book Festival Archive

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Check out our coverage of the Edinburgh International Book Festival…

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FESTIVAL 2026>>

2026 FEATURES
Three events about ecological concerns Three events with a political element Three woman-focused events

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FESTIVAL 2025>>

2025 FEATURES
Three Book Festival events

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FESTIVAL 2024>>

2024 FEATURES
Three shows about masculinity  Three shows that are cooking

2024 REVIEWS

Anton Hur, R F Kuang & Emily Wilson: Found In Translation (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Joseph E Stiglitz: The Road To Freedom (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Kate Atkinson: Last Good Man Standing (Edinburgh International Book Festival) R F Kuang: Wicked Ambition (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Remnants: How To Re-assemble A City (Edinburgh International Book Festival) The Front List: Dolly Alderton In Conversation With Yomi Adegoke (Edinburgh International Book Festival) The Front List: Salman Rushdie In Conversation With Fiammetta Rocco (Edinburgh International Book Festival)

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FESTIVAL 2023>>

2023 FEATURES
Three with ancient Greek themes

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FESTIVAL 2022>>

2022 FEATURES
Three Migrant Stories Three Sporty Stories

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FESTIVAL 2021>>

2021 FEATURES
Three To See and Stream 10-16 Aug: Edinburgh Fringe Strands, Edinburgh Fringe Digital, Camden Fringe, Other London Shows, In-Person Edinburgh

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FESTIVAL 2020>>

2020 FEATURES
Three To See and Stream 11-17 Aug: Comedy, Theatre, Events, Non-Edfringe stuff, Support Festival People Three To See and Stream 25-31 Aug: Streaming Comedy Things, Other Streaming Things, Socially Distanced Live Things, On Demand Things

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FESTIVAL 2019>>

2019 FEATURES
Three To See 2019: Activists Three To See 2019: Climate Change Stuff Three To See 2019: Ghostly Goings On Three To See 2019: Mental Health And The Mind Three To See 2019: Poetic Shows

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FESTIVAL 2018>>

2018 FEATURES
Three To See 2018: Three book festival events

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FESTIVAL 2017>>

2017 FEATURES
Three To See 2017: Three Book Festival sessions for grown-ups Three To See 2017: Three Book Festival sessions for kids

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FESTIVAL 2016>>

2016 FEATURES
Speedy News #02: Awards, books and podcasts Three To See 2016: Booky events Three To See 2016: Non-Fringe treats for children Three To See 2016: Political events

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FESTIVAL 2015>>

2015 FEATURES
Three To See 2015: Book Festival Three To See 2015: Youth Events

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FESTIVAL 2014>>

2014 FEATURES
"Let's talk" about the Edinburgh International Book Festival Editors' Awards incoming, plenty more awards already in Three To See 2014: Edinburgh International Book Festival

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FESTIVAL 2013>>

2013 FEATURES
Book Festival to celebrate thirty years by looking to next three decades Three To See 2013: Book Festival Three To See 2013: Shows for children to participate in

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FESTIVAL 2012>>

2012 FEATURES
Book Festival programme launched More information about World Writers' Conference announced Three To See 2012: Book Festival goodies

2012 REVIEWS

James Tait Black Prize (Edinburgh International Book Festival / University of Edinburgh) Jasper Fforde (Edinburgh International Book Festival) John Man (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Kapka Kassabova (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Lydia Cacho (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Maggie Fergusson & Michael Morpurgo (Edinburgh International Book Festival / Baillie Gifford) Mark Billingham & Christopher Brookmyre (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Oliver Burkeman & Roman Krznaric (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Philip Hughes And Kathleen Jamie (Edinburgh International Book Festival) The Scientist In Fiction - Creative Or Crazed Genius? (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Vic Armstrong (Edinburgh International Book Festival) Will Brooker - Will The Real Caped Crusader Please Stand Up? (Edinburgh International Book Festival)

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FESTIVAL 2011>>

2011 FEATURES
Some quick Book Festival Tips

2011 REVIEWS

A L Kennedy - Who Is Lying And Who Is Being Lied To? A Memoir Of Teenage Years (Janice Galloway) A S Byatt - The Thin Girl And The Monstrous Myth Alan Warner - Sopranos Writer Does Trainspotting Alasdair Gray - A Life In Words And Pictures Alexander McCall Smith Andy McSmith & Dominic Sandbrook - The 70s And 80s, Britain's Revolution Audrey Niffenegger - A Magical Catalogue Of One Person And Her Books Barry Miles - The Counter-Cultural Revolution Bettany Hughes Cory Doctorow - Science Fiction Gets Uncannily Close To Reality Danny Dorling - The Information Superhighway And Those It Leaves Behind Darren Shan David Almond - Carnegie Medal-Winner Telling Stories For Adults David Lodge - Fictional Portrait Of A Legend Debate - The End Of Books? Debate - The End Of The State? Edwin Morgan International Poetry Prize Glimpse Into A Future Of Unnatural Existence (Philip Ball) Ian Rankin - Life After Rebus Keeps Getting Better Ian Thompson - Jules Verne, Lover Of Scotland Ilan Pappé - Sparking Life Into Ancient Histories Ingrid Betancourt With Kirsty Wark - A Tale Of Survival Against The Odds Is It Possible To Be 'Modern' And British At The Same Time? (Alexandra Harris & Kathleen Jones) James Joyce - Author Of The 20th Century (Gordon Bowker) Jasper Fforde - The Comic Crime Fantasy Genre Is In Safe Hands Joanne Limburg John Gray: How Human Ideas Changed The World John Harding And Michelle Paver - Ghosts, Are You Being Watched? John Hartson John Man Jon Ronson - Are The Corridors Of Power Packed With Psychopaths? Judith Flanders - When Murder Was An Honourable Practice Julian Petley And Robin Richardson - How The Press Fuels Myths About Islam Lin Anderson And Tony Black - Crime And The Fabric Of Edinburgh And Glasgow Lisa Appignanesi Marcus Sedgwick Morris Gleitzman And Jason Wallace Namings And Hauntings (Louise Welsh) Ned Beauman & Zoe Strachan - Boxing Clever In Two Masterful Novels Neil Gaiman with Audrey Niffenegger - Writing Without Boundaries Paul Farley & Michael Symmons Roberts - The Strange Gaps In Our Geography Philosophers Who Get To The Core Of Being (Simon Blackburn And Robert Rowland Smith) Poems From Small Islands: Creating At Crear Poignant, Consuming Fiction (Mari Strachan & Gerard Woodward) Rachael Boast, Will Eaves & Ryan Van Winkle Reaching For The Stars (Dava Sobel) RJ Ellory - Intense, Compulsive, Gut-Wrenching Fiction Robert Douglas & Alison Irvine - First We Shaped Glasgow, Then It Shaped Us (Edinburgh International Book Festival / Newton First Book Award) Robin Robertson Salley Vickers - Can We Ever Really Know The Person We Love? Searching For The Secret Of Writing Fiction Again (Candia McWilliam) Ted Nield - Why We Should Learn To Love Meteorites The Joy Of Literature (Joseph Brooker And Ray Ryan) The Life Of Byron (Benjamin Markovits) The New Scottish Writing - How Fact And Fiction Influence Our Understanding Of Ourselves (Edinburgh International Book Festival / Open University) The Playful Search For Nabokov - Lila Azam Zanganeh The Rise Of Ebooks - How Will The Rise Of Ebooks Affect Writers And Their Work? (Peter Burns / Maggie McKernan / Nicola Solomon) True Genius, Strong Meat (Paul Muldoon) Unsettling Poetry And Unforgettable Fiction (John Burnside) War And Peace Over Tolstoy's Legacy (Rosamund Bartlett) Who Is Miles And Why Has He Locked Himself In? - Ali Smith Will Self - Psychogeography With A Stress On The Psycho (Edinburgh International Book Festival / The Folio Society) Writing Without Boundaries - Sci-Fi, Fantasy And Realism (Kelly Link With Audrey Niffenegger)

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