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 activity in 2023, with lots of new partnerships alongside delivering our established programmes. There have been so many fantastic moments, almost …
Claire Askew at the The Ripple Project
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 kindness, the centre has become a real community hub in the midst of one of the most deprived areas in Scotland. This November, as part of …