Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) is a book festival that takes place during two weeks in August every year in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. Described as The largest festival of its kind in the world,^[1] the festival hosts a series of cultural and political talks and debates, along with a well-established children's events programme.

It overlaps the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as well as some of the other events that comprise the Edinburgh Festival. Jenny Niven is the Director and CEO.