The West Port Book Festival was a book festival which was held in Edinburgh from 2008 to 2012.[1] Initially it took place in August during the busy Edinburgh Festival season, but later it was held at different times in the year. The idea for the festival came from Hannah Adcock who was also the driving force behind it.[2][3]
It is of note due to its use of many working second-hand bookshop venues, pubs, fish and chip shops, cafés[4] and art venues in the West Port for most of the events, and its insistence on free tickets for entry. Although the West Port Book Festival received some coverage claiming it was a formal rival to the much larger Edinburgh International Book Festival, the organisers stated that it was designed to complement rather than to challenge its much more famous cousin.[5]
- ^ "West Port Book Festival". About Us. Edinburgh Books. 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Scotland on Sunday 27 July 2008 - The Best Alternative
- ^ Scotland on Sunday, The Browser, 12 July 2009
- ^ Sheridan, Sara (13 June 2013). "West Port Book Festival, Edinburgh". UK's Quirkiest Book Festivals. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Sunday Herald 6 August 2008