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We’re head over heels to have the chance to celebrate our new home in a recycled hospital. To honour the building’s remarkable history the best way we know how, we’re stitching together a collection of your stories, all based in the old Royal Infirmary.

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Communities ’23: End of year reflection

21st December 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, our Communities Programme Director, Noëlle Cobden, reflects on her top five highlights in what has been another bumper year for the Book Festival’s Communities Programme. We have had a busy year of Communities...

Claire Askew at the The Ripple Project

4th December 2023

The Ripple Project work with local people in the communities of Restalrig, Lochend, and Craigentinny to create opportunities, tackle poverty and inequality, and foster togetherness. Founded on the values of respect, dignity, equity, and ...

Communities at the August Book Festival

11th October 2023

This year, we welcomed several groups to the Festival site, held special author visits with our community partners, and there were Communities Programme events throughout the Festival.  Communities Programme activities were an integral ...

Guest Blog: Susie McGuinness

30th June 2023

Our June blog comes from special guest writer – Susie McGuinness – who joined the Book festival as our new Communities Programme Assistant a few weeks ago. Read on to hear more about Susie’s first few weeks in the job and her highl...

A New Collaboration with The Ripple

24th May 2023

Since the beginning of the year the Communities Team have been developing a new partnership with The Ripple, in Restalrig (North East Edinburgh). Read on to hear more about The Ripple, what’s happened so far and our future plans for th...

Guest Blog: Eleanor Thom

27th April 2023

In this guest blog our Citizen Writer in Residence Eleanor Thom shares her experience working with the North Edinburgh Over-50s Drama Group and why elephants are so important.  ‘Elephants never forget’, the saying goes. I’d just a...

Story-sharing with Streetreads

21st February 2023

Over the autumn, our Citizen Writer in Residence, Eleanor Thom visited Streetreads to deliver story-sharing and creative writing sessions. Streetreads is a library in central Edinburgh which is open to people who are experiencing homeles...

Guest Blog: Chris Barkley

25th January 2023

Hear from Chris Barkley, an award-winning author who's been inspiring young people at The Alternative School at Spartans Community Football Academy as our Writer in Residence....

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24th December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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22nd December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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20th December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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18th December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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16th December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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14th December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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12th December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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10th December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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8th December 2022

In a series of posts, we are delighted to share the artworks that third year Edinburgh College of Art illustration students created in response to texts by our Citizen Writing Group...

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