Edinburgh International Book Festival 2009
There will be 750 events at the 2009 Edinburgh International Book Festival, with a mix of international authors and home-brewed talent. In this Year of Homecoming there will be workshops, launches and events with a range of Scottish authors, and we have picked our Scottish highlights this year. The box office opens on June 22nd.
August 2009
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Saturday 15th August
Laura Hird, Keith A Charters, Bashabi Fraser, Martin MacIntyre, Allan Guthrie, Stuart MacBride, Carol Ann Duffy
Saturday 15 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Sunday 16th August
Angus Konstam, Keith A Charters, Lin Anderson, Caro Ramsay, Pamphlet Poetry, philosophy and music
Sunday 16 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Monday 17th August
Lin Anderson, Gavin Esler, Alastair McIntosh, Stuart Sim, Tom Kitchin, Iain Banks, A L Kennedy, Ian Rankin, James Robertson, Tom Devine, Alan Bissett, Ewan Morrison
Monday 17 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Tuesday 18th August
James E Fraser, Alistair Moffat, Alexander McCall Smith, Liza Giffen, Lin Anderson, Alex Gray, Denise Mina, Tom Pow, Alan Spence, Ian Rankin
Tuesday 18 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Wednesday 19th August
Regi Claire, Andrea McNicoll, Gill Arbuthnott, Ian Rankin, Nicola Morgan, Michael Russel MSP
Wednesday 19 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Thursday 20th August
Lilias Fraser, Janice Galloway, Liz Lochhead, William McIlvanney, Val McDermid, Nicola Morgan, Sam Meekings, Clio Gray, Catriona McPherson, Ian Rankin
Thursday 20 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Friday 21st August
Meaghan Delahut, Michel Faber, A L Kennedy, Alan Campbell, Jed Hadfield, Liz Lochhead, Aonghas MacNeacail, John Aberdein, Paul Johnston, James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Friday 21 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Saturday 22nd August
Tessa Ransford, Nicola Morgan, Alasdair Gray, Alexander McCall Smith, Karen Campbell, Helen Fitzgerald, Irvine Welsh
Saturday 22 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Sunday 23rd August
Maggie Craig, Murray Pittock, Patricia Cleghorn, Liz Niven, John Burnside, Robin Robertson, Alanna Knight, THe Mulgray Twins, Quintin Jardine, Christopher Rush
Sunday 23 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Monday 24th August
James Jauncey, Alexander Moffat, Alan Riach, Jackie Kay, Robin Jenkins, Getting Published, Ron Butlin, Ruth Thomas
Monday 24 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Tuesday 25th August
Alan Spence, Caroline Dunford, Patrick Scott Hogg, Lin Anderson, Sam Kelly, Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize
Tuesday 25 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Wednesday 26th August
James Kelman, Christopher Brookmyre, Robert Crawford, Robert Burns
Wednesday 26 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Thursday 27th August
Sheena Mackay, Giles Foden, Allan Massie, Daniel Gray, Suhayl Saadi, Nicola Morgan, Ken MacLeod, Alexander McCall Smith
Thursday 27 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Friday 28th August
Susie Maguire, William Boyd, Linda Strachan, Des Dillon, Margaret Elphinstone, Janet Paisley
Friday 28 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Saturday 29th August
Ruth Thomas, Aline Templeton, John Burnside, Don Paterson, Ron Butli, Donald Smith, Lorna Irvine
Saturday 29 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Sunday 30th August
Liz Niven, Alan Clements, Tom Morton, Frederic Lindsay, Brian McCabe
Sunday 30 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh -
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Monday 31st August
Angus Konstam, Jenni Calder, Eileen Ramsay, Trevor Royle, Peter Kerr, Richard Holloway
Monday 31 August 2009 - Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Saturday 15th to Monday 31st August 2009
Special Offers
We're offering 20% off the RRP of over 60 Scottish books featured at the 2009 EIBF. Check out our complete list of discounted books. Offer ends in September.
