Edinburgh Book Festival Dates 2020
See who s going to edinburgh international book festival 2020 in edinburgh united kingdom.
Edinburgh book festival dates 2020. 30th july 30th august 2020 edinburgh international festival. Since 1947 the edinburgh international festival has brought powerful and significant work to delight and challenge the capital s residents and visitors. Edinburgh international book festival. Remember the good old fashioned book the smell of ink on paper.
The festival began in 1947 and since then some more festivals are held in august and early september all together are often called the edinburgh festival. Edinburgh international children s festival 20 may 2020 31 may 2020 see some of the best theatre dance multi media and puppetry performances at this world class festival. Amid the frenetic activity of the other festivals this one is an oasis of calm. Following a successful 13 year tenure at the book festival gulliver will leave his role as associate director on 19 february.
The edinburgh international book festival programme offers over 800 events featuring the greatest writers and thinkers in the world. Edinburgh international book festival. Authors from across the globe congregate in scotland s capital to cit. In 2020 the dates for the five edinburgh august festivals are as follows.
15 august 2020 to 31 august 2020. 7th august 31st august 2020. And the edinburgh international book festival is the perfect place to do this. Roland gulliver appointed director of toronto international festival of authors mon 03 february 2020.
The 2020 book festival takes place from 15 31 august. Full details of the programme including authors themes and events with bsl interpretation and captioning will be available here from 18 30 on thursday 11 june. Friday 7 monday 31 august 2020. It s time to put the glowing screen back in your pocket and get back to the basics.