The Edinburgh International Book Festival runs from August 9th to 25th and features 800 authors from 45 countries around the world. Terry Pratchett, Tony Parsons and Young Bond author Charlie Higson will also attend the event alongside the Duchess of Devonshire. Among other big names to attend this year there is Booker prize winner Salman Rushdie, celebrated journalist Kate Aidie and politician John Prescott.
The major star attraction of 2008 is the return of Sir Sean Connery to Edinburgh to showcase his eagerly anticipated autobiography entitled ‘Being a Scot’.