Authors – Learning | Edinburgh International Book Festival

Being a Teenage Girl with Marawa Ibrahim

15 April 201915 April 2019

The Girl Guide author Marawa Ibrahim gets you thinking about some of the issues which may affect you as you go through your teens

25 March 201925 March 2019

Find out about our 2019 Schools Programme before anyone else

4 February 20194 February 2019

Author Juno Dawson leads you through a quick and easy writing exercise

4 February 2019

The American rapper-turned-writer introduces the follow-up to her smash hit YA success

28 January 201930 January 2019

Learn more about the awesome power of nature with author and science communicator Emily Dodd

18 December 201818 December 2018

Start discussions in the classroom around freedom, society and politics

10 December 2018

Authors Julia Green and Elizabeth Laird show you how to let nature inspire your writing – and your life!

5 December 20185 December 2018

Hear from two authors of dark and action-packed novels and then get writing your own pieces merging current concerns and fantasy elements

8 November 201815 November 2018

A fun sing-along with hilarious children's author Nick Cope and tips to write your own funny animal stories

29 October 201815 November 2018

Get telling your own scary stories inspired by two wonderful authors' creepy tales

22 October 201815 November 2018

Top illustrator and author Tom Morgan-Jones shows you how to draw his comical character, Norman the Norman, from Philip Ardagh's book series.

24 September 201816 November 2018

Learn how to write wacky, fantastical stories based in reality with top tips from two brilliant children's authors

19 September 201819 September 2018

Competition winner Katrina Lambert shares her thoughts on one of the events in the 2018 Book Festival's 'Revolting Women' strand

17 September 201816 November 2018

Get top tips from fantastic authors and be inspired to pick up a pen and get writing

15 June 201816 November 2018

Authors Julie Bertagna and William Sutcliffe get to grips with the issues in their YA dystopian novels