The Book Fairies visited the Edinburgh International Book Festival and left this pre-loved copy of Zog by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Were you the lucky finder? #Ibelieveinbookfairies #edinburghbookfairies #bookfairiesedinburgh #edinburgh #edbookfest #rainybookfairies

And the third and final (for today!) sold out headline event at Edinburgh International Book Festival with Alastair ALASTAIR CAMPBELL and Isabel Hardman! #WhyPoliticsMatters 💐

Great end to Edinburgh International Book Festival with Bernadine Evaristo and Ayesha Harruna Attah talking about their different generational approach to writing and community

And that's a wrap! Quickest 16 days of the year and what a time it's been! Thanks to everyone who helped make the Book Festival what it was this year, most of all YOU: our incredible audience! We'll be sharing highlights soon, but for now - thankyouthankyouthankyou and goodnight.

Jackie Kay I just watched your final gig of the Edinburgh International Book Festival . Fabulous and delightful as ever. I laughed, I cried. Lots of memories. Thanks 🙏

Enjoyed @EdBookFest 2024? We supported events with #JenniFagan, Andrew O'Hagan & Jackie Kay. Explore the Festival’s themes further with OpenLearn, including creative writing courses, and a Race & Ethnicity Hub with content by Jackie Kay 👉 open.edu/openlearn/

Congratulations to everyone at Edinburgh International Book Festival for delivering an incredible 2024 programme, held for the first time at Edinburgh Futures Institute! 🤩 See you next year! 👋

PSA: If you missed our Front List event with Richard Osman chatting to Ian Rankin on Saturday, the livestream recording is still available on our website until 23.59 TONIGHT (Tuesday 27 Aug). 🐈‍⬛📖 🔎 ㅤㅤ Pay what you can to watch here: bit.ly/3A73887

Edinburgh through my boyfriend’s eyes.

We had a fantastic time at the Edinburgh Book Festival this year and hope you did too! Thanks to everyone for joining our Open Book events, we look forward to seeing you at future book festivals! #edbookfest24 #EIBF #FutureTense #OpenBookReading #edinburgh

Delighted to hear that a pupil finished Sarah Crossan's book in one sitting after our trip to Edinburgh International Book Festival last week and is now hoping for a sequel so they can find out what happens next!

We've loved how much YOU'VE loved our 2024 events and our new venue! Let us know your 2024 Book Fest highlights ⬇️ #edinburgh #edbookfest #edbookfest2024

Catch the full recording of Sarah Crossan's event with us over on BBC iPlayer from TOMORROW. (In the meantime, head over to our Instagram to catch a wee interview with Sarah while she was visiting us)

The signing tent is now closed. A H U G E round of applause to all the incredibly talented people who have worked tirelessly in front and behind the scenes to bring you a truly spectacular Edinburgh International Book Festival this year. *BW to try and hide how especially tired I look

One of our #LibraryCardsOnTour enjoyed a visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival 😀📚Perfect trip! Edinburgh International Book Festival North Lanarkshire Libraries

We are looking back at a whirlwind week last week for the Consulate & visiting colleagues from the U.S. Embassy London public affairs team. Thank you to everyone we met & to our guests at our festivals reception at Edinburgh International Book Festival Edinburgh Futures Institute. We can't wait for next year!🎭📚🎨🎶💃📽️🥁

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A heartfelt thank you to everyone who poured their time and effort into transforming our new home at Edinburgh Futures Institute into something truly special. We couldn’t have done it without the incredible work from m.i.h Major Events Ltd, F4F Event Services, and TrenchOne Industries ❤️

Watch this fantastic Authors Live with Sarah Crossan, live-recorded with BBC Scotland Learning at Edinburgh International Book Festival. In the show, the Carnegie Medal-winning author explores her latest book, Where the Heart Should Be, from Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

How did we miss this? Thanks so much for visiting (and sketching) us EdinburghSketcher 🫶❤️