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2008 Edinburgh Book Festival

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So, you may be aware that Edinburgh holds maybe just one or two festivals in August. one of my favourites of these is the Edinburgh Book Festival. This is the 25th year of the festival and there are, as always, a simply amazing range of 700 events featuring 800 authors.

Thanks to a very committed effort from Bill Buchan (which involved two phones on constant redial, a website on constant refresh and 50 minutes on hold in the phone-booking queue!) he, his SWMBO, Warren & I are getting to see some of my most favourite authors. I am SO excited!

Christopher Brookmyer - fantastic Tartan Noir
Ian Rankin - probably Scotland's foremost living author
Terry Pratchett - need I say Discworld! and
Jaspar Fforde - creator of the simply fabulous Thursday Next series and others. I was introduced to him by Gab and Liz and in turn I introduced Duffbert to him.

Woo! And muchos, muchos thanks to Bill for getting through when I couldn't.

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1 - Yay! You're getting to see (hear) Jasper Fforde! He's HILARIOUS! I saw him several years ago in a lovely independent bookshop in La Jolla, CA, and still crack up every time I remember his talk. If you haven't already, check out his web site. It's a huge time sink, but a whole lot of fun!
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