Join Us in the Gardens All events take place in Charlotte Square Gardens The Gardens are open from 9.30 until late. Admission is free
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Entrance Tent and Box Office The Guardian Spiegeltent (with bar & café) Toilets and baby change area The Bookshop (with café) RBS Children’s Bookshop RBS Story Box RBS Imagination Lab Buggy Park RBS Corner Theatre Peppers Theatre Party Pavilion Writers’ Retreat RBS Main Theatre London Review of Books Signing Tent (with bar & café) ScottishPower Studio Theatre First aid and administration area Drinking water taps
£5 BOOK VOUCHER!
When you spend £40 in one of our bookshops
Eating and Drinking Book Signing Café Bar In the London Review of Books Signing Tent Open daily from 9.30 – late Meet your favourite author and have your book signed whilst enjoying a great selection of local, seasonal and Scottish produce: sandwiches, tasty salads and freshly baked cakes, treats and snacks. Treat yourself to a glass of wine or relax with an organic coffee or tea and enjoy with your book on the decking. Café Brontë in the Bookshop In The Bookshop Open daily from 9.30 – 21.15 Surrounded by thousands of books, Café Brontë is the ideal location to eat, drink and read. Freshly roasted, organic and fair trade coffee, speciality teas, chilled soft drinks and superb wines available by the glass, deli-filled rolls and sandwiches, freshly made salads, sweet and savoury sharing platters and mouth-watering cakes and home baking.
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Di Rollo Of Musselburgh Ice Cream Trike Open daily from 11.00 – 18.00 Locally made ice cream – delicious whatever the weather. Spiegeltent Café Bar In The Guardian Spiegeltent Open daily from 9.30 – late A fully licensed café in our atmospheric travelling ballroom – the perfect place to eat, drink or chat with friends. Freshly made deli-filled sandwiches, homemade soups, salads and an array of baking and snacks, using local, seasonal produce and suppliers wherever possible. Freshly roasted, organic and fair trade coffee, speciality teas, chilled soft drinks and superb wines available by the glass. The Guardian Spiegeltent is where we stage events, daily debates and Unbound evenings. Enjoy a drink or snack while catching up with the latest Festival news, reviews and podcasts at guardian.co.uk/books, take part in the five Guardian debates or the Guardian Live Event. More details can be found on the daily event listings and at www.edbookfest.co.uk.
Book Festival Bookshops
All proceeds from our bookshops are put directly back into the Book Festival. The Bookshop Open daily from 9.30 – 21.30 Browse and explore the thousands of titles from Book Festival and other authors including Scottish interest books, British and international fiction and non-fiction. RBS Children’s Bookshop: Open daily from 9.30 – 20.30 Thousands of titles for youngsters, from babies to teenagers. Our free Activity Corner (which used to be at the back of the bookshop) is now located in the RBS Story Box – open daily from 11.00 -16.30 – just drop in. Book Signings Authors sign copies of their books after their events. Book signings take place in the London Review of Books Signing Tent, The Bookshop and the RBS Children’s Bookshop. Please check the venue boards outside each venue for when signings are scheduled.