Towards the end of last year, we extended our Words from the Wards project, collaborating with illustration students from Edinburgh College of Art to create work visualising the stories we’ve been collecting from the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (now the Edinburgh Futures Institute, our new festival home). In Spring 2024 we called for people from Edinburgh to submit stories about …
On site with the Communities Programme at the August Book Festival
This year, we welcomed several groups to the Festival site, held special author visits with our community partners and there were daily Communities Programme events throughout the Festival. This year, Communities Programme activities were on a scale never seen before at the August Book Festival. Alongside special showcase events, a series of Words from the Wards events and two installations, …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
Illustration Collaboration 1
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
Scotland’s Stories Now at the August Festival
Find out how we celebrated Scotland’s Stories Now at the August Festival this year.
Looking Ahead: What’s On in 2022
For our first blog post of the year, find out about what the Communities Programme has planned for 2022.
Interning with Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021
In this guest blog, Josephine Jay, who has been interning with the Book Festival for the last six months, reflects on her experiences.
Announcing Story Nation
Find out about Story Nation, part of our Communities Programme which engages long-term with Prisons, Hospitals and Care Homes.
Citizen comes to the Book Festival
After a hugely successful event at North Edinburgh Arts in May, we’re excited to bring the discussions, ideas, stories and passion of those who have been involved so far to the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival – the biggest public event of its kind in the world. Read on for details.
ReimagiNation brings the New Towns to the Book Festival
Alongside some of the biggest names in global literature, sport and politics, we’re thrilled to bring the voices of Scotland’s New Towns to the stage as part of our ReimagiNation events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.