Edinburgh is a beautiful, majestic city, worth a visit any time of the year, but it's especially worth visiting in August, when the Edinburgh International Book Festival runs for three glorious weeks. It was the first book festival I ever did a public event at, and I fell in love with it. I've been lucky enough to have been invited back ever since -- this year will be my 20th appearance in a row!!

The details for the public events won't be announced until the 6th of June, but the Schools Programme has now opened for business, so I'm free to reveal that I will be doing an event for school students on Thursday, August 22nd, at 11.45am. If you're a Scottish teacher or librarian who would like to bring students to see me give my talk (or any of the other amazing authors who are taking part over the two weeks of the Schools Programme) then click on the following link for more information and details of how you can apply:

https://learning.edbookfest.co.uk/schools/baillie-gifford-schools-programme/

If you're a student who would love to come along, get some friends interested and try pitching a proposal to your school teacher or librarian, and maybe you can convince them to apply on your behalf. Hey, you never know until you try!!! :-)

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