A L Kennedy
The finest contemporary Scottish writing commissioned especially by the festival. We asked four of our most highly acclaimed writers (John Burnside, Janice Galloway, A L Kennedy and Don Paterson) to create new work - poetry and prose - for this 2008 event. And what a fantastic showcase it was.
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William Fotheringham (2014 event)
Polly Toynbee and David Walker (2010 Event)
The A-Z of Poetry with Michael Rosen, Carol Ann Duffy, Tom Pow & John Sampson
Akala (2018 Event)
Sebastian Barry (2017 Event)
Edna O'Brien (2016 Event)
William McIlvanney (2013 Event)
Venki Ramakrishnan at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Seamus Heaney (2010 event)
Roddy Doyle reading Los San Patricios