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Edinburgh Book Festival
9 - 25 August 2008
The Edinburgh Book Festival is a vibrant meeting place where people of all ages come face to face with some of the greatest writers and thinkers on the planet.
The 2008 Book Festival is set to be a fantastic event - the world's biggest public celebration of the written word with 800 authors in over 750 events. See your favourite author; take part in a heated debate; stretch your imagination in a creative workshop; attend a book reading with a world-class writer; browse the bookshops; watch a storybook character come to life; learn a new skill in a masterclass and much, much more.
Tickets are still available for the vast majority of events including: Hanif Kureshi, Steven Berkoff, Blur's Alex James, Tariq Ali, Tony Parsons, Anne Enright, James Kelman, Will Self, Rick Wakeman, Val McDermid, A L Kennedy, David Lodge, Carol Ann Duffy, Andrew O'Hagan, Chuck Palahniuk, Candia McWilliam, Alan Sillitoe and Irvine Welsh along with a range of lively debates on ethical, political and environmental matters
For more information and on the 2008 Festival and to book online, visit the Edinburgh International Book Festival website.
