Highlights of the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival
In August 2016, the Edinburgh International Book Festival welcomed over 800 writers, illustrators, poets, politicians and philosophers from 55 countries to Charlotte Square Gardens in a packed programme of passionate ideas, engaged debates and pure entertainment. Here we feature some of the highlights, along with what authors and audiences had to say about their time at the Festival.
You can view events from the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival in full here in our Video Gallery, or find events and author interviews on our YouTube channel.
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Closing Night: A Case For Hope
Joe Sacco and Chris Ware (2013 event)
Mariana Mazzucato: Can Nations Be Entrepreneurs?
Lucy Hawking
Torrey Peters: The Remaking of the Family
Sara Sheridan: On the Scent of Untold Riches
Maryse Condé & Richard Philcox: Giving Voice to Guadeloupe
Patricia Lockwood: Postmodernism for the Internet Generation
Kevin Barry: Looking Across a Bog to the Bluestack Mountains
Jed Mercurio & Prasanna Puwanarajah: The Bionic Policeman