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Guest Blog: Ryan Van Winkle
13th April 2022Find out all about Ryan's work with young people as our Citizen Schools Writer in Residence...
Scotland’s Stories Now
16th March 2022Take a closer look at our Scotland's Stories Now project, including which writers we are working with across five different Local Authority areas...
Our Partnership with Edinburgh College of Art
24th February 2022Explore original writing and illustration through our partnership with Illustration students at Edinburgh College of Art....
Looking Ahead: What’s On in 2022
20th January 2022For our first blog post of the year, find out about what the Communities Programme has planned for 2022....
A Look Back at our 2021 Communities Programme
16th December 2021At the end of another unusual year, we reflect on the successes of our 2021 Communities programme, which has allowed us to bring the joy of books and the power of reading to different groups in different ways throughout the year....
Celebrating the Citizen Winter Warmer
9th December 2021Looking back on an action-packed week of activities in North Edinburgh and Musselburgh for our Citizen Winter Warmer...
Introducing Ryan Van Winkle: Our Schools Writer in Residence
2nd December 2021We're delighted to welcome Ryan Van Winkle as our new Citizen Schools Writer in Residence. Find out more about Ryan and the projects he has planned for the coming year....
Event Launch: Citizen Winter Warmer
20th October 2021Get ready for our Citizen Winter Warmer, which is taking place on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 November hosted by The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh, and North Edinburgh Arts, Muirhouse. Read on for further details and to book your tickets....
Interning with Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021
14th October 2021In this guest blog, Josephine Jay, who has been interning with the Book Festival for the last six months, reflects on her experiences....
Taking the Book Festival to Scottish Prisons
1st October 2021Find out more about our engagement with prisons across Scotland during the Book Festival this August...
Citizen Events at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021
22nd September 2021With the 2021 Festival now behind us, we look back on our most recent Citizen events. Read on to find out how you can catch up on anything you missed this August!...
Tollcross Stories – Portraits and Audio Trail
13th August 2021As the Book Festival moves to its new location at Edinburgh College of Art, we wanted to find out more about the area from local people who live, work and have grown up in the Tollcross area. Listen to their reflections, memories and...
Working with Calibre Audio
9th August 2021We are working to ensure several of the books in this year's August Festival Programme are available on the Calibre Audio platform. Read on to find out more about Calibre Audio....
Spotlight on our Community Programme in August
30th July 2021Take a look at the Citizen events that are coming up in the August Book Festival programme, and find how we are taking the joy of the Festival to those who can't join us in person....
R-Words meets Citizen and Story Nation
22nd July 2021Several community writing groups have been creating inspiring group poems as part of the R-Words project....
Citizen with the Saheliya Champions
23rd June 2021We reflect on our five online Citizen sessions with Saheliya, an organisation which supports and promotes the positive mental health and well-being of Black, minority ethnic, asylum seeker, refugee and migrant women and girls (12+) in...
Snapshots from Spartans
28th May 2021Explore the Zine created by young people at Spartans Alternative School, which uses original photographs and writing to show us a snapshot of their world....
Storytelling at the new Royal Hospital for Children & Young People
12th May 2021This week we're celebrating the first of our in-person Story Nation activities at Sick Kids, with interactive storytelling sessions led by Andy Cannon...
Sign up to The Citizen Collective summer sessions
5th May 2021The next batch of sessions of The Citizen Collective is just around the corner. If you're Edinburgh-based, aged 16-18 and love creative writing, join us!...
How To Make Friends With Floating Heads
29th April 2021Lucy uses this guest blog to reflect on her experience of being part of The Citizen Collective. This community of creative writers have only ever met online: what this might mean for life beyond the Zoom Room?...
World Book Night and Reading Hour
21st April 2021World Book Night is on Friday 23 April, with #ReadingHour taking place between 7-8pm. Find out how we're celebrating this year and how you can get involved....
The Citizen Map of Musselburgh
15th March 2021Explore our map and listen to audio recordings of creative writing by local Musselburgh residents, inspired by the town's sights and sounds....
A teenager’s pandemic
4th March 2021In this guest blog, Hollie from The Citizen Collective shares her view of what it's like to be a teenager living through a pandemic...
Our commitment to accessibility
19th February 2021The Book Festival is moving to a new site, but accessibility remains a key priority for the Festival in 2021 and in the future....
Reflecting on 2020: Community, Covid, and Courage
21st December 2020Our Communities Programme Director, Noëlle Cobden, reflects on her first 12 months leading our year-round work in Edinburgh, the Lothians and beyond. Read on for her highlights of a strange year, how we pivoted our communtiy work to...