Programme

The inaugural West Port Book Festival is over and we’re all pretty pleased about how it went. We’ll let you know about our plans for next year. It’s also likely that we’ll organise some events throughout the year. Join our mailing list if you would like to know more.

If you missed this year’s festival, take a look at our line-up:

(More detailed programme information is available by clicking on the events which interest you)

14 August, Thursday
12pm - 4pm Victorian Fair The Meadows
1pm Ronan Sheehan Armchair Books
3pm Douglas Dunn Edinburgh Books
5pm Owen Dudley Edwards Peter Bell Books
7pm & 8pm Bookbinding workshop Owl & Lion
7pm Book repair workshop Edinburgh Books
8pm Writers’ Bloc Pageant
15 August, Friday
2pm Gordon Bruce and James James Blue Blazer
3pm Ali Smith Edinburgh Books
4pm Susan Griffith Andrew Pringle Booksellers
4.30pm Remembering Sorley MacLean Peter Bell Books
7pm & 8pm Bookbinding workshop Owl & Lion
7pm Robert Alan Jamieson Edinburgh Books
8pm Dean Parkin Armchair Books
16 August, Saturday
12pm te POOKa Storytelling children’s event The Big Red Door
1pm - 5pm Four Hour Festival: Prose, Poetry and Performance eca
1pm David Robertson Edinburgh Books
3pm Ian Rankin The Big Red Door
5pm Ruth Thomas Owl & Lion
6pm David Fiddimore Peter Bell Books
7pm Dilys Rose & Gerry Loose Owl & Lion
8pm Arnold Brown Edinburgh Books
17 August, Sunday
12pm Allan Burnett The Big Red Door
1pm Rajorshi Chakraborti & Kapka Kassabova eca
2pm Textualities ‘Concise Ceilidh’ Main Point Books
3pm Andy Drummond Armchair Books
7pm AL Kennedy The Big Red Door

You can also download our programme in PDF format.


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