Video – Learning | Edinburgh International Book Festival

A Beary Fun Day of Activities with Kristina Stephenson

6 April 20206 April 2020

Watch a video of Kristina’s wonderful festival event, then join in with our ideas for interdisciplinary activities!

15 October 201916 October 2019

American author and king of cool Kwame Alexander shares his top tips for building confidence in young people

4 February 20194 February 2019

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

18 December 201818 December 2018

Start discussions in the classroom around freedom, society and politics

14 December 2018

Get drawing crazy creatures with illustrator Barroux

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

21 November 201821 November 2018

Two awesome graphic novelists take part in an illustration battle

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.

3 August 20183 August 2018

Hear from our Young Programmers ahead of their Codename F events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

15 June 201816 November 2018

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

11 April 201826 November 2018

Award-winning author Meg Rosoff shares her top tips for writing your own emotive tales

9 April 201826 November 2018

Get pupils talking about race and diversity in literature