Going to the festival
Tickets and programme
Festival dates, venues, line-ups and ticket releases change each year. Use the official links below for current availability and booking details.
Scotland literary festival
Borders Book Festival
Scottish Borders festival with authors, public figures, children's events, music, food and community programming.
Melrose, Scottish Borders, ScotlandJune
What it is about
Scottish Borders festival with authors, public figures, children's events, music, food and community programming.
Organisers
Borders Book Festival
Attendance notes
Strong reader-facing Scottish literary festival.
Check the official site for current dates, accessibility, venue maps, ticket rules, waiting lists and livestream options.
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Sexing Up the Haunted House: Leon Craig's Eerie Debut 'The Decadence'
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Did Jane Austen ever fall in love? Suzi and Paula Byrne discuss the nuances. 'Six Weeks By the Sea'
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How do you write 50+ books? Children's author Joseph Coelho reveals his tricks
Children's author and poet Joseph Coelho drops into the Book Bag to discuss his latest prizewinning book, 'The Boy Lost in the Maze', a brilliant contemporary re-working of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
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Suzi talks to poet Rachel Spence about her inspirations: yoga, Venice and the Greek myths.
'Living in Venice made me a better person' Poet and art writer Rachel Spence joins me in the Book Bag to discuss her latest collection, 'Daughter of the Sun', which contains tender poems on her mother's terminal illness and a sequence redeeming the villainous Medea. We talk Ruskin, Greek tragegy, Renaissance art and yoga
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Charlie Hill Chapter 2 - We learn about his writing process and more.
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