Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012

Romesh Gunesekera

Steve Benbow

Arno Camenisch

Alys Fowler

Debate, Poetry, Novels, Autobiography, Stage, theatre, sport, film, more...

One of the main events this year was the Writers Conference organised by the British Council. John Calder and Jim Haynes discussed their memories of the first Writers Conference held in 1962 in the McEwan Hall Edinburgh and writers worldwide attended. The festivals popular Debates were on Europe, democracy, Scottish Independence and growth. Should writing be political? – perhaps unavoidable?  Is change always a good thing?  Change is neither for better or worse it is simply about the inevitability of change itself.

I walked past great minds such as - Seamus Heaney, Irvine Welsh, Tony Benn, Ian McEwan, Lazlo Krasznahorkai and more.

Elaine Proctor

And PS - many authors said they enjoyed the photoshoots experience at the book festival and some even that it was their favorite experience!