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Edinburgh International Book Festival

The 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival returns from Saturday 9th to Sunday 24th August.

Edinburgh International Book Festival

About Edinburgh International Book Festival

9th Aug 2025 to 24th Aug 2025
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Edinburgh Futures Institute
The University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh South EH3 9EF
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a registered charity, a non-profit making organisation. It is a distinctive international showcase celebrating the written word, literature and ideas. It brings leading and emerging international, British and Scottish authors and thinkers together to inspire each other and audiences in an extensive programme of public events.

Discussion, performance and interactive events have become prominent features of the Festival, complementing the more traditional interview-style conversations and readings, and contributing to the Book Festival’s reputation as a powerful forum for the public to exchange views with writers and experts on a wide range of issues: social, ethical and political as well as literary and cultural. At the heart of the Book Festival’s activity is an integrated approach to creative learning and education, with the aim of expanding participation in democratic discussion, fostering a love of reading and developing engaged, knowledgeable audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

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