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 11 wonderful West Port venues, ranging from singular second-hand bookshops to crisp art spaces and whisky-scented pubs.
The big news for us this year is that we’ve decided to move the WPBF to June to coincide with the International Film Festival and generally allow us, and our venues, a bit more room to breathe. So, the dates for your diaries this year are the 24th-27th June 2010. June is the new August!
The West Port Book Festival is funded entirely by donations/sponsorship, programme advertising and some rather snazzy but not desperately profitable attempts at merchandising. We are also massively indebted to all participants who waive their fee for a good cause [us – but we do give presents!] If you would like to help fund the festival then please do get in touch! Every donation, from £10 upwards, is very much appreciated. Please email hannah@westportbookfestival.org about donations and sponsorship and kay@westportbookfestival.org about advertising opportunities.