Welcome To Bookfestival Scotland

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Welcome to Bookfestival Scotland, the website where you can find details of around 40 amazing book, storytelling and poetry festivals which take place from January to November each year. No other country has so many per capita and they range from the world's largest at Edinburgh to a scatter of smaller but perfectly formed events from Shetland to Wigtown and many places in between. Each year the world’s best writers appear to talk about their work in some of Scotland’s most beautiful places. Come and join them!

Bookfestival Scotland is a partnership and all of our members have their own pages with details of the dates of their festivals, how to contact them directly, their precise locations and a full programme as soon as it is published. Members’ pages show a tremendous variety of literary festivals, some are general, others concentrate on poetry, storytelling or have special events for young readers.

 

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BfS News

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ULLAPOOL BOOK FESTIVAL 2012 EARLY BIRDS! EARLY BIRD WEEKEND TICKETS ON SALE FOR 2012 ULLAPOOL BOOK FESTIVAL
Lennoxlove 2011 - You Made It Shine Sunshine matters, and it shone brilliantly out of a clear autumn sky at Lennoxlove House, Haddington during the weekend of 4 – 6 November, bathing the book festival in glorious light, backlighting the brown and yellow leaves and warming the hearts of all who came.
Borders Book Festival 2011 Immediate highlights were Rory McGrath, possibly the first Tourette's interview ever heard at a book festival, the Borders Sky at Night when we couldn't tell the difference between it and the ground (we did it indoors – with a glitterball – don't ask), and endless gales of laughter from the Festival Marquee.

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