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Read more: Pentlands Book Festival 2025: Get Your Tickets Now!

Pentlands Book Festival 2025: Get Your Tickets Now!
We’re thrilled to announce that the Pentlands Book Festival (PBF) is back for its eleventh year — and it’s shaping up to be one of our best yet! The 2025 programme is now live on our website, featuring an inspiring line-up of authors, workshops, and literary events for readers of all ages. You can explore…
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Read more: Celebrating the tenth Pentlands Book Festival

Celebrating the tenth Pentlands Book Festival
We’re looking back at the engaging events and wonderful audiences over a period of seven weeks. This year was the tenth year that the Pentlands Book Festival has run. We put on 14 events and over 540 ticket holders came out to support us. The 2024 flyer can be downloaded here if you want a…
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Read more: Alan Bissett Event Rescheduled to 12 December

Alan Bissett Event Rescheduled to 12 December
Hello all. We did not expect to be writing again so soon. Still, we have an important update. We are also including information about how to donate and volunteer. Change of date for Alan Bissett PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE FOR ALAN BISSETT TO 12 DECEMBER. STILL TANNERS AT 7.30PM We regret to inform…
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Read more: Pentlands Book Festival: Get Your Tickets Now!

Pentlands Book Festival: Get Your Tickets Now!
October 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Edinburgh being designated the title of the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. We are delighted to have been selected to be featured by Forever Edinburgh on their What’s On page. We are celebrating the tenth year of the PBF. Read about the previous nine years to see…
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Read more: Attend PBF Events: Find Your Free Ticket Today!

Attend PBF Events: Find Your Free Ticket Today!
We are delighted to announce that tickets are now available for all PBF events on the PBF website https://pentlandsbookfestival.org/ and at Currie and Colinton libraries. As always, all events are free, but you must have a ticket. Details of all events are below:
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Read more: Pentlands Book Festival 2024 Programme Revealed: Discover Event Details and Author Biographies

Pentlands Book Festival 2024 Programme Revealed: Discover Event Details and Author Biographies
Check it out! Details of this year’s PBF programme of events are now on the website. Each event has its own page accessed by clicking the author image and includes more about the event, book cover images and author biographical information. The PBF flyer design is going to the printers shortly and paper copies will…
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