Charlotte Square Gardens

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has just announced a  £175,000 ($275,000) grant that will enable it to branch out from its normal remit of organizing the summer Festival events at Charlotte Square Gardens “to give greater numbers of people access to authors and live literature events across Scotland.” The grant comes from the People’s Postcode Lottery, which […]

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The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014 wrapped up its three-week run in Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square Gardens on Monday August 25th with a strong finish and scant sign of any slackening off in numbers or enthusiasm among attendees. Ticket sales kept up with last year’s record numbers, according to the Festival press team, and the whole […]

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That’s one rather surprising conclusion from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and one that probably has lessons for literary festivals, and festival organizers, everywhere. In this 17-day bookfest with over 800 writers participating, two bustling onsite bookstores, and queues all the way round Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square Gardens for author signings, there wasn’t one Kindle, Nook [...]

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Caught outside the press yurt at the Edinburgh International Book Festival—one of the celebrated mystery bird book sculptures, which had just been flying around the festival in Charlotte Square Gardens, getting itself signed by all the assembled writers. The book sculptures have now become such cult items that there is even a book available on them—”Gifted [...]

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