West Port Book Festival

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Welcome

The West Port is Edinburgh’s Soho, a heady mix of booze, bosoms, bespoke tailoring and BOOKS. It would almost be churlish not to celebrate this profusion of pages so we run an annual book festival that plays out over 10 wonderful West Port venues, ranging from singular second-hand bookshops to crisp art spaces and whisky-scented pubs.

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Bow Bar Beer Festival 2010: 28th July - 8th August

August is nearly upon us and amid the general chaos of marvellous things happening all at once in Edinburgh, you'd be forgiven for wanting to stop between events for a cold pint. Fortunately, the Bow Bar is offering a total of 75 ales from over 50 breweries (not to mention the 25 bottled varieties, including Green's gluten free!) from Wednesday 28th July through to Sunday 8th August, as part of its annual Beer Festival.

West Port Book Festival 2010 Outro

The third West Port Book Festival is finished and after a cup of tea, a mild amount of clearing up and a greasy spoon, we’ve almost put West Port back to ‘normal’.

Kei Miller

Kei Miller reads from his astonishing new collection of poems A Light Song of Light, and from his latest novel, The Last Warner Woman. Kei is a Jamaican poet and novelist who combines a velveteen voice with a playful imagination. His first collection was There is an Anger that Moves and he is editor of New Caribbean Poetry (both Carcanet, 2007).