EdBookFest.co.uk Official website of the Edinburgh International Book Festival

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Edinburgh International Book Festival, meet the author events, book debates, book discussions, book workshops, book signings, jk rowling, j.k. rowling, harry potter, muriel spark, toni morrison, louis de bernieres, michael morpurgo, iain banks, ian rankin, anita desai

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About The Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Edinburgh International Book Festival began in 1983 and is now a key event in the August Festival season, celebrated annually in Scotland's capital city. Biennial at first, the Book Festival became a yearly celebration in 1997.

Throughout its 21-year history, the Book Festival has grown rapidly in size and scope to become the largest and most dynamic festival of its kind in the world. In its first year the Book Festival played host to just 30 'Meet the Author' events. Today, the Festival programmes over 650 events, which are enjoyed by people of all ages.

In 2001 Catherine Lockerbie, the Book Festival's fifth director, took the Festival to a new level by developing a high profile debates and discussions series that is now one of the festival's hallmarks. Each year writers from all over the world gather to become part of this unique forum in which audience and author meet to exchange thoughts and opinions on some of the world's most pressing issues.