Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Outrun

The Outrun

Playing With Books rehearsed reading:
Playing With Books – the series of events devised by the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Royal Lyceum – got off to an enthralling start with The Outrun.

Aug 14 2017 | By | 2 Replies More
Book Fest on Stage

Book Fest on Stage

Theatre-related events at EIBF 2017:
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has ramped up its theatre-related offering for this year’s festival, even as it increases the total number of events to over 1,000.

Jun 19 2017 | By | 2 Replies More
Book Festival Round-up (Part Two)

Book Festival Round-up (Part Two)

More words from Charlotte Square
The script’s the thing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
As well as being the most congenial place in the whole Festival simply to hang out, the Book Festival continues to provide a great deal of interest associated with the theatre.

Aug 29 2016 | By | 1 Reply More
Book Fest Round-up

Book Fest Round-up

Words from Charlotte Square Gardens
Things theatrical at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
In recent years the Book festival has made a definite effort to engage with the more theatrical side of things

Aug 22 2016 | By | Reply More
The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro

The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro

✭✭✭✭✩ Stately:
There is a classy and accomplished feel to The View from Castle Rock, the Book Festival’s collaboration with Stellar Quines.

Aug 17 2016 | By | Reply More
Acting Out EdBookfest

Acting Out EdBookfest

Book Festival 2016 for theatre lovers:
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has launched its programme in its habitually classy fashion with psychedelically painted phrenology heads and plenty of talk about Charlotte Square being Edinburgh’s cultured quarter.

Jun 10 2016 | By | 1 Reply More
Managerialism threat to theatre

Managerialism threat to theatre

Theatre creativity threatened by ‘managerialism’ says McMillan:
It is ‘the long march of managerialism’, not government cuts, that threatens the vitality of Scottish theatre, according to Joyce McMillan.

Aug 26 2015 | By | Reply More
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Ol’ Bignose is back:
Edwin Morgan’s celebrated Scottish translation of Cyrano de Bergerac was given a one-off revival at the Book Festival.

Aug 18 2015 | By | Reply More
EdBookFest Theatre

EdBookFest Theatre

Tickets on sale 8.30am, Tue 23 June:
Edinburgh Book Festival 2015 tickets go on sale tomorrow morning with a strong number of theatre-related events in the mix.

Jun 22 2015 | By | Reply More
Letters Home

Letters Home

★★★★☆ Power of communication

Letters Home combines inventiveness, variety, sophisticated writing and sheer visual magnetism.

Aug 22 2014 | By | Reply More