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EIBF commissions new book
18.08.08 Catherine Neilan
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has commissioned a book comprising work from four of Scotland's top authors. Award-winning writers John Burnside, Janice Galloway, A L Kennedy and Don Paterson have offered new stories and poems for the book—the first to be commissioned by the festival in its 25-year history.
The new publication, Lights off the Quay, was launched at the festival with authors reading extracts alongside an introduction from the minister for culture Linda Fabiani.
Catherine Lockerbie, director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, said: "This is an incredibly exciting project, a whole new development for the festival. The work they have produced is quite breathtaking—testimony to the extraordinary literary talent present in Scotland."
Fabiani added: "Lights Off The Quay is exactly the kind of opportunity we established the Scottish government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund for—to showcase Scottish-based talent at the festivals and beyond."
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