My 2018 Edinburgh Book Festival Favourites

I’ve got a special book post to share with you today – tickets for this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, the world’s largest public celebration of books, go on sale next week! The Festival itself takes place from the 11th to 27th August this year. The programme is already out, and includes over 200 events for children, families and young people, so I’ve put together a video to share some of my favourite authors and illustrators from the programme with you. Obviously, if you can’t make it to the Festival, you can still check out my recommendations since you don’t need to be in Edinburgh to read any of these books – perhaps you’ll even discover some great summer reads for your family! I’ve included both picture books and chapter books, so there should be something for all ages.

Just a short disclaimer up front: I currently actually work for the Book Festival, but all the opinions and recommendations in the video are entirely my own. It’s completely unrelated to my work, it’s just me as a book lover having gone through the publicly available programme and picked out my favourites. And all the books I’m showing you are ones that I’ve either bought myself or borrowed from the library. So, now that we’ve got that out the way, let’s crack on with some books!

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List of Picture Books:

List of Chapter Books:


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Comments: 8

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    3 July 2018

    Wow what a brilliant programme for children! Such a fantastic way of nurturing their love of reading – some fab picks here!

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    3 July 2018

    Oh we have been looking for some new books so this is great to read! We have Oi Frog so will look out for the other ones in that series. I really wasn’t a fan of Please Mr Panda – controversial I know!! Never heard of a few of these so I’ll check them out.

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    3 July 2018

    okay I love the Oi books too and David Walliams. You have a great list here. We would love to visit Scotland sometime and an international book festival sounds fabulous!

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    3 July 2018

    I’ve been recommended the Julian Clary books so many times I must give them a try!

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    4 July 2018

    I just love books so this sounds right up my street. I am also trying to introduce my 11 month old son to books so will have to check out some of the kids books mentioned.

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    5 July 2018

    How have I never heard of the Edinburgh book festival?! It sounds wonderful. My boy loves the book The Lion Inside and he is a big fan of the David Williams picture books, not quite old enough for chapter books yet xx

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    Kate

    5 July 2018

    Great post and loving the contemporary recommendations via you tube link up. This is a real treat for children and parents with a massive Edinburgh book festival.

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    5 July 2018

    I has no idea that there was a book festival on as well as fringe. What a great idea and it sounds like there is something for everyone and every age x

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