{"id":4784,"date":"2025-08-14T08:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:10:36","slug":"edinburgh-book-festival-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2025\/08\/14\/edinburgh-book-festival-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh book festival blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Edinburgh book festival blog<\/h1>\n<p>August in Edinburgh is of course, usually completely taken up by the Fringe Festival (just try walking through the tourists on the Royal Mile to see what we mean!). We\u2019d like to take a quick blog post to tell you about another festival that is running in Edinburgh: the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It\u2019s not surprising that we here at the library would be more interested in this festival. But we imagine a lot of other people will be overlooking it in favour of the Fringe. So we\u2019d just like to tell you a little about one of the largest book festivals in the world.<\/p>\n<h2>Book Festival Ongoings<\/h2>\n<p>Since its beginning in 1983, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has been a celebration of literature and culture. And going strong for over forty years. It has seen some changes along the way. Initially it was held biennially before switching to annual in 1997. As well as changing venue a few times (it\u2019s currently held at the Edinburgh Futures Institute) but has consistently remained a place that encourages discussion and debate, celebrating art and culture both within and outwith Scotland, with events being both educational and entertaining. These events include panel discussions, book signings, writing workshops, talks by creatives about their work, or public readings of works.<br \/>\nIn addition to the main adult programme, there is also programmes of events tailored for children and young people. These have story time and educational events for children, and games and quizzes for young adults.<\/p>\n<h3>Book Festival<\/h3>\n<p>Previous years have included events such as 2024 hosting a 200<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary celebration of Scottish gothic satire <em>The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner<\/em> and 2017\u2019s festival seeing then-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon popping in to take part in a talk about living life under public scrutiny. <br class=\"yoast-text-mark\" \/>&gt;The primary theme for this year\u2019s festival\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">is\u00a0<em>Repair<\/em>, with events focused on examining how aspects of our society feel broken and what can be done to address<\/span>\u00a0them. Events will be based around activities that help restore a sense of purpose and calm in the modern world. There have been events promoting the therapeutic benefits of gardening, readings from local writers and poets on the theme of repair, and discussions of modern climate activism.<br class=\"yoast-text-mark\" \/>&gt;Other themes from this year have\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">included\u00a0<em>New World Orders<\/em>, focusing on international and domestic politics, and\u00a0<em>Brainwaves,<\/em> which explores all aspects related to the brain,<\/span>\u00a0such as psychology and neuroscience. You can find more themes of this year\u2019s festival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edbookfest.co.uk\/the-festival\/whats-on\/themes\">on the festival website.<\/a><br class=\"yoast-text-mark\" \/>&gt;I\u2019m personally looking forward to the festival hosting the first Scottish presentation of Mark Kermode Live in 3D this year, which sees the popular film critic being joined by several Scottish screen actors to discuss upcoming film releases and their personal history with cinema.<\/p>\n<p>As you might have noticed from some of the name dropping I\u2019ve been doing so far. The festival has regularly played host to celebrities from all around the world. These have of course included authors and artists, but also political thinkers and politicians. The alumni of the festival including as disparate a group of people such as American author Toni Morrison, Pakistani political activist Tariq Ali, linguist Noam Chomsky, and essayist Susan Sontag. <br class=\"yoast-text-mark\" \/>&gt;In addition to celebrities from around the world, the festival has also hosted events by Scottish celebrities such as Glasgow based comedian Brian \u201cLimmy\u201d Limond. This year will see local singer-songwriter Hamish Hawk appear to celebrate the works of eccentric Scottish poet Ivor Cutler.<\/p>\n<p>You can find a full list of all of this year\u2019s events <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edbookfest.co.uk\/the-festival\/whats-on\">on the festival&#8217;s website<\/a>. We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>By Matthew Ferrie<\/p>\n<p>photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/green-grass-covered-mountain-during-daytime-QhzTFJVrg0g\">Evy Prentice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All about the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?s=fringe\">Fringe this august\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh book festival blog August in Edinburgh is of course, usually completely taken up by the Fringe Festival (just try walking through the tourists on the Royal Mile to see what we mean!). 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