In 2018, the Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest) offered audiences the Freedom to Think in over 800 events with some of the world’s leading writers and performers. Topics under discussion included the future of democracy, the role of radical women in shaping society, the state of our oceans and the environment, the legacy of Edinburgh literary legend Muriel Spark, and the freedoms that matter most to us in an age of political upheaval. More than 900 novelists, poets, illustrators, historians, politicians, journalists, scientists and performers arrived from 55 countries to entertain, educate, inspire and debate with our audiences, in another unforgettable year for the Book Festival. Listen to a selection of our favourite events from across the programme in this free podcast series – there’s something for every taste and interest.
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Monocle
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Northern Bibliosphere
Louisiana Channel
Word Christchurch
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Ivan Wise
Shakespeare and Company
The TLS
Edinburgh International Book Festival
dublab & Onassis LA
Auckland Writers Festival
London Review Bookshop
Terry Lanagan
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Litquake
Bay Area Book Festival
The American Writers Museum
FaberBooks
National Centre for Writing
North Cornwall Book Festival
PEN America
BBC Radio 3
RNZ
Women's Prize for Fiction/ Bird Lime Media
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Writes4Women and Listen Up Podcasting
Suite (212)
Hay Festival
Neil Denny
PEN World Voices Festival
PodcastOne
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Emirates Literature Foundation
Nepal Literature Festival
Edinburgh TV Festival
WNYC, New York Public Radio
CBC Radio
Wigtown Book Fest
Charlott Schönwetter
Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate
The American Writers Museum
Prairie Home Productions
Scottish Book Trust
Richert Schnorr
BBC Radio 3
Greenlight Bookstore
BBC Radio 3
Gibraltar Eye
Edinburgh International Book Festival
RNIB Connect Radio
BBC Radio 4
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Steph Svarz
Kelly Writers House
Los Angeles Public Library
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
Club Book
Always Take Notes
The Bookseller
Open Book
Research English At Durham
NG Digital
Los Angeles Review of Books
Guardian
RNZ
Stories and inspiration from 5x15
Unbound
Talk Town
BBC Radio 4
The Festival of Writing and Ideas
Nigel Beale
Amelia Wyeth Ponirakis
The Spectator
Rakuten Kobo
EUPL
Kiota Bristol
Bookland Productions
Author magazine
Watershed Lit
Broken Dimanche Press
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
cruzfolio.com
BBC Radio 4
Words on a Wire
Cambridge Literary Festival
Badilisha Poetry – Pan-African Poets
Free Library of Philadelphia
Cambridge University
The Spectator
RRR - Triple R
LIVE! From City Lights
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Lesley University
Mentza
David Freeman
Teresa Douglas
The Booker Prizes