Eleven of the next 17 days will be spent in Edinburgh, and something tells me this will be one of the best book festivals yet. So much to choose from. I poured over the programme for hours, and finally narrowed it down into something manageable. This is a selection of the books that will make up my festival. (Not pictured the books I have on kindle, nor – obviously – the (hopefully, not so) many that authors will convince me to buy!) In the meantime, however:
On the left: Home-grown talents and Aussie awesomeness
On the right: German connections and a smattering of other translated works
As this post goes live, I shall be on my way. I intend to photograph and tweet my way round the festival. (Twitter handle: @lizzysiddal Instagram handle @siddallizzy )There may be intermittent blogging. If not, I’ll see you exhausted, (wet and sodden, if the weather forecast is to be believed), but, nevertheless, elated on the other side. Weather be damned, I would not miss this for the world!
Oooh, jealous! Sounds amazing – have a wonderful time! 😁
This sounds way more interesting than the Hay Festival was this year. I’m afraid you are in a for soggy start but I’m sure that will not hold you back
I’d like to go to Hay one year, but my enthusiasm wanes whenever I look at the programme. We are not attuned it seems …
it was a much more interesting programme a few years ago. but last year and this year it seemed dominated by ‘issues’ rather than by books….
Thank you for making it almost as if we were there each year! Really appreciate it!
Enjoy! It sounds wonderful!
I look forward to hearing about it. Have fun. I’m on my way to find your IG link.
Just looking at the books in your pic tells me you’re in for an amazing festival! Will look forward to your reports.
Have a good festival Maybe bump into you
Anne x
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