Edinburgh Book Fest: Stars, Stories, & History

The Edinburgh International Book Festival just dropped their front list for the big August event running from August 17th to 30th at

McHughan Hall

Headmine stars include Douglas Stewart, the Booker winner behind Shuggie Bane and Young Mungo, plus Diana Gabaldon of Outlander fame and Pulitzer King

Colson Whitehead. It's 15 top tier talks mixing fiction, journalism, history, and performance

Gabaldon celebrates the 35th anniversary of Outlander. The book can show that Supercharged Scotland's tourism and TV scene

Stewart links up with Poah Jackie K for a deep dive while Whitehead tackles race, history, and storytelling's heavy moral load

Festival goers and book lovers are buzzing as this line of Spotlight's voice is pushing nuance chats amid polarized times

BBC's Lise Dauce shares Warzone Wisdom, journalist Lewis Goodall, and Edward Wong

Unpack the fraying US UK ties under Trump and crime scribe Val

McDermott rehashes Scotland's wild Darian disaster with Geographer Joe Sharp

More heat comes from historian Tom Holland on Roman emperors David O'Lusica's Empire lecture

Booker vet Kiran decides fresh fiction after 20 years

Ella Schifach and Patchett poet Kate Tempest on identity

Charlie McCosie's family-friendly hit and Mel Guidroik with Sue Perkins on her new novel

Tickets hit for members at 10 a.m. Wednesday public grass from 10 a.m. on May 5th

Scope the full line of at edbookfest.co.uk and lock in your spot for these literary fireworks

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