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Edinburgh book festival brings in online signings as it adapts to pandemic

Written By Unknown on Friday, July 31, 2020 | 5:18 AM

Fans will have chance to join one-to-one signings with writers such as Ian Rankin and Ali Smith

It is the bane of the book festival: a long, slow queue to get a book signed by a favourite author, perched in the corner of a warm and stuffy tent. But this year’s Edinburgh book festival is offering something far more intimate: the chance of a one to one signing with a famous writer from the comfort of your armchair.

After the cancellation of all the city’s summer festivals due to the coronavirus pandemic, the book festival has moved entirely online, hosting 140 book readings and, for the first time, online book signings.

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