12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 1

in association with

Heaven, bliss, simply the best. Carol Ann Duffy The Book Festival’s contribution to Scotland’s cultural, economic and intellectual life is considerable. Rt Hon George Reid MSP

annual review 2005 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 2

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005

One of the great cultural successes of the past two decades. Sunday Herald

About the Book Festival Did you know? • There have been five directors The Edinburgh International Book • In the last five years, every of the Book Festival, all female. Festival is the largest festival of its kind winner has been • Ticket prices for Book Festival in the world. A vibrant meeting place invited to the Book Festival long events have been held at the for the greatest international writers before being shortlisted for the same accessible level for the last and thinkers and the finest Scottish prize: , , 5 years. authors, the Book Festival has grown DBC Pierre, Alan Hollinghurst rapidly to its current position of global and the 2005 winner, John • The Book Festival bookshops are importance. Banville. an important outlet and showcase for independent Scottish In 1983, the inaugural Book Festival • One of the first journalists publishers – we sell in three played host to just 30 Meet the Author to cover the Book Festival was weeks what a medium-sized events. Today, the Festival programmes the young Ian Rankin, writing bookshop would sell in one year! over 600 events for people of all ages, for a University newspaper. and is a potent magnet for publishers, • Among authors who have been the media, agents and others, as well • In 2001 V.S. Naipaul appeared invited to the Book Festival as ever growing numbers of the at the Book Festival and was long before they became general public. awarded the Nobel Prize for internationally famous are Literature immediately , , Increasingly, the Book Festival afterwards. In 2002 Sir John and of course, examines and sets the news agenda. Sulston appeared and was JK Rowling. In recent years, the festival has awarded the Nobel Prize for developed a high profile debates and Medicine immediately afterwards. discussions strand that is now one Other Nobel Prize-winners to The Book Festival gratefully of its most striking hallmarks. Each appear include Seamus Heaney, year, audiences and authors meet to , Wole Soyinka, acknowledges the support exchange thoughts and opinions on Toni Morrison, Dario Fo and 2005’s of the Scottish Arts Council some of the most pressing issues that winner, Harold Pinter. and the City of Edinburgh face the international community Council as well as title today. sponsors The Herald and Sunday Herald.

(See page 7 for all sponsors)

1 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 3

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005

heartening year. A broad but often challenging programme attracted more people than ever before. Our overall audience Welcome numbers are up (over 120% in the last five years), our average from Susan Rice CBE, attendance in each event is up, our spirits are up. Chair, Edinburgh The chief theme of the 2005 programme was Nations Unlimited, International Book a wide-ranging and in-depth look at the future of the nation- state. This was a major international collaboration with fellow Festival Board and Chief Executive, festivals in Norway and Sweden and was several years in the preparation: an interlinked series of events with leading writers Lloyds TSB Scotland. and thinkers which began in Edinburgh then crossed the North If I had to use one word to describe the Edinburgh International Sea to Stavanger and Gothenburg, powerful and productive Book Festival, it would be impact. There is, for example, a direct northern connections. thread leading from the Book Festival to Edinburgh being named the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature to the This too was the year of Russia, an opening weekend in which decision to award the inaugural Man Booker International a magnificent array of writers from and about that great nation Prize here – out of all possible global cities – in 2005. crowded into our Edinburgh garden.

The Book Festival itself reflects a world stage, attracting Our festival must be purposefully, pointedly international, must authors from East and West, and this year in particular from prise open any parochialism and open our minds to the world. the North, from Canada and the Scandinavian countries. The Along with 170 Scottish authors – a record number – no fewer interconnections with authors and literary festivals in other than 30 different countries were represented in the 2005 countries continue to grow and strengthen. So does the Book programme. The great Italian Nobel prize-winner Dario Fo Festival’s reputation, if one judges the amount of imitation thrilled audiences (and organisers) with his style, energy and there is now both in Scotland and around the UK. unquenched radicalism; a focus on Africa included the great But I don’t know that anyone can simply imitate success. André Brink; a bigger than ever contingent of Canadians included The 2005 Festival was our biggest and our best ever. The ideas the peerless , whom we were proud to present that flowed around and out this summer can’t be bottled and with the Edinburgh International Book Festival Enlightenment delivered elsewhere. Award, for her distinguished contribution to world literature. In our final weekend, Salman Rushdie, confident and unbowed, In her own inimitable style, Director Catherine Lockerbie yet again passionately defended freedom of speech and the primacy of the took the Book Festival to a new level. She is supported by an able pen over the sword – a motto and mantra of the Book Festival. and dedicated team who are joined by many others during the summer. Behind it all is an enthusiastic Board whose members The organisational task of creating the world’s largest literary are passionate about both the idea and the reality of the Book festival remains vast. Public funding remains low (less than Festival. My thanks and gratitude go to each and every one. 18% of the income we need). Competition intensifies – there are Introduction now over 250 book festivals throughout the UK and more new ones, many inspired by our model, are constantly being set up. Ideas and the imagination are the raw material of the Book Complacency is not an option. Aware of the sheer scale of the Festival. Our content is to do with thought itself: thought, work which lies ahead, we are nevertheless proud of what we expressed in words, and contained within that most were able to offer in 2005. sophisticated and infinitely interactive device: the book. For those who care about such things, 2005 was another Catherine Lockerbie, Director

2 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 4

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005

The vibrant festivals are key to the city’s economy. Financial Times

A powerful forum to talk about dangerous issues. The Scotsman Of all the book festivals I have been to this year (pretty much all of them), Edinburgh is the best and boldest. Hilary Spurling, Winner, Whitbread Book Of The Year 2005

Edinburgh International The Book Festival is increasingly Book Festival in 2005 popular with businesses: sponsorship income increased The Nations Unlimited theme 379 author events and workshops by 33% this year. comprised almost 40 events, with were programmed for adults. speakers including Neil Kinnock, The Book Festival created 1,061 George Monbiot and the leading 31, 272 people attended the 269 weeks of employment. Norwegian broadcaster and writer events in the Children’s Programme. Åsne Seierstad. 27% of ticket sales were made 12,780 pupils from 171 schools through the Book Festival website, Ian Rankin wrote a brand new short across Scotland came to the 60 traffic to the site overall increased story exclusively for those who events in the Schools Programme – by 59% on the previous year. attended his events. 2,000 more than the previous year. 93 free events were created for Several international authors 3,493 primary school children adults and children including 15 completely new to the UK, and attended 16 events on the Schools evenings of free live jazz and hitherto unknown here attracted Gala Day. In addition 727 pupils blues music in the Glenmorangie capacity audiences. attended 18 Book Festival outreach Spiegeltent and twice-daily events in locations across Scotland. storytelling sessions. 11 authors long-listed for this year’s Man Booker Prize took part in the Nearly 40% of all events sold out 60,000 books were sold in the Book 2005 Edinburgh International Book (253) and 100 more sold over 80% Festival bookshops, the proceeds of Festival. of their available seats. which go directly towards producing the Book Festival. Nearly £3m of media coverage was There were 500 participating generated in the UK alone. authors, 170 from Scotland. Authors There was a steep increase in the were invited from over 30 countries number of creative writing including Sudan, Estonia, Palestine, workshops offered; demand still far China and South Africa. More than exceeds supply. ever before performed in their native language with a translator.

3 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 5 Page pm 2:54 24/2/06 12535_Bookfest_ have steadily risen: Visitors totheBookFestival Edinburgh International BookFestival 2001 specific booksandareas ofinterest. much easierfor visitors to find was changedthisyear. Thismadeit the Children’s Bookshopthelayout In order to helporientate visitors to with visitors, andwithauthors. the festival. Thisproved popular re we addedaselection ofbooks interest atthisyear’s festival ex to in thebookshopsare related directly The majorityofbooksstocked in boththeseareas. fe the years thebookoffering atthe supportive andreinforcing. Over These objectives are mutually • • has twomainobjectives: signings. Thebooksales operation and alsoonededicated to author bookshops for adultsandchildren bookselling operation consisting of Fe The Edinburgh International Book Book Festival Bookshops fiction andnon-fiction. A dazzlingchoice ofwritingfor adultsandchildren, s events orthe mainthemesbeing c plored. To create additional of thefestival. To into thefestival). Fe To s

tival hasmadesteady progress 120,000 ommended byauthors attending tival runsauniqueindependent enhance visitors’ experience generate income for theBook s tival (allproceeds are putback 2002 160,000 2003 185,000 2004 207,500 2005 220,000 Where dothey come from? books theirfullvalue. and relaxing and dedicated to giving atmosphere that isbothstimulating visitors alsoexperience aunique the best bookshopsinthecountry, operation compares favourably with our independentbooksales 2005. While thescale andscope of ov Over 60,000bookswere soldand throughout theworld. other potential citiesofliterature now actively seekingto encourage permanent andinclusive –weare (eg CityofCulture) thetitle is Literature. Unlike othertitles world’s first UNESCOCityof designation ofEdinburgh asthe of theuniqueandground-breaking 2005 marked thefirst anniversary City ofLiterature Edinburgh UNESCO Edinburgh. Otherinitiatives brought Albanian novelist IsmailKadare in the world,wasawarded to thegreat have beenpresented anywhere in international awards whichcould Prize, oneofthemost valuable new inaugural ManBooker International were extremely prestigious –the c achievements brought about bythe The year wasfullofremarkable onferring ofthetitle. Someofthese er 5,000different titles stocked in annual review 2005 Scotland onSunday 12% 13% 24% 51% Overseas Rest ofUK Rest ofScotland Edinburgh Where dofirst-time visitors come from? inaugurating aliterary “salon” once writers residencies andexchanges, c life andenergy ofthecityand about areal increase inthe literary and fruitfulinternational links. developments, butto important not only to newdomestic and itspartners isactively leading activity, andfor theBookFestival promote andencourage literary c The CityofLiterature context planned for 2006. A furthersuchconference isbeing Scotland’s richliterary heritage. journey through Edinburgh and t programme ofevents, visitsand cities ofliterature enjoyed aspecial UNESCO andfrom otherpotential a highprofile delegation from During theBookFestival itself, Kidnapped around Robert LouisStevenson’s a city-widereading campaign business ofliterature, andplanning a monthfor allthoseinvolved inthe alks, includingadramatised ountry: settingupaprogramme of ontinues to support,amplify, . 20% 12% 19% 49% Overseas Rest ofUK Rest ofScotland Edinburgh 4 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 6

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005

The Book Festival is an institution of further education, a place where stagnant minds can be prodded into life and tired old opinions refreshed with startling new perspectives. The Herald

A place for learning Where other literary festivals have and to encourage them to move an elegant smattering of events for on from the immediately familiar. Every aspect of the Book Festival’s children, Edinburgh’s has always activity is educational. By programming • Specialised events for parents and supported a much richer seam the widest range of events for people carers were programmed to advise of all ages and backgrounds we offer of kids’ material… inventive, imaginative how best to help their children get participating authors and visitors some programming sets this festival apart the most out of reading and writing. from others. [There is] as wide a range of the best opportunities to learn about • Events on every kind of subject of perspectives on the world of books different cultures, to challenge featured in the Book Festival such preconceptions and to participate in as possible. The Sunday Herald as nationhood, science, history, art discussions about important issues that Education for all and culture, politics, illustration affect all of us and the way we live. and travel looking at everything Our aim is to provide an enriching and The Book Festival aims to provide from how electricity works and the memorable experience and help instil a opportunities to learn for everyone: Big Bang to the value of language love of reading and writing for life and • A newly created archive of event and the challenges of mountaineering. with this in mind we have now developed recordings and transcripts is a formal education policy. • Events for reluctant readers now available on our website were offered to stimulate a lasting In late 2004 the Book Festival embarked (edbookfest.co.uk) to enable enjoyment of reading and writing. on a three year long Integrated Education access to Book Festival events year round. The archive includes • Discussions on the causes and Project with the support of the Scottish cures of terrorism, climate Arts Council. The focus of this project is Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Melvin Burgess, Liz Lochhead, change, Scottish writing, Africa, readership development and lifelong how people perceive America, learning. To ensure education remains David Almond, Muriel Spark, Jeanette Winterson and many more. globalisation, Russia and much at the heart of everything we do, and more were available. to implement this new project, we • There were more adult creative appointed an Education Officer. She writing workshops and masterclasses • International fiction events has been working to forge strong links than ever before due to the introduced new and established with relevant organisations such as overwhelming success of these writers from across the world to Communities Scotland, Careers in previous years. Scottish audiences for the first time. Scotland, YouthLink and the Scottish • A Stepping Stones leaflet was • There were nearly 300 events for Adult Learning Partnership amongst developed this year to assist children from Bounce & Tickle for others, and is seeking new ways to children and parents choose what babies to Teenage Kicks. encourage and assist our audience in events to attend and what books to their personal reading journeys. She read, with the aim of extending has also been working to further the their personal reading journeys. geographical and social reach of the Book Festival extending it to those who • The Book Festival website was currently do not or cannot attend our enhanced and now includes a events, for whatever reason. recommendation system to help people choose what events to see

5 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 7

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005

The biggest names aren’t always the best for learning about experience, hard won knowledge and the true voice of cultures vastly different to your own. There’s always a place for debate

and discovery as well as sheer enjoyment. The Scotsman

Schools programme closes to the general public and is Schools Bus Fund given over entirely to primary schools. The 2005 Book Festival attracted 2,000 We were delighted to be able to provide more school children than in 2004. As well as being fun, it was a Bus Fund to schools this year to 12,780 pupils from 171 schools across educational as we found out lots cover their transport costs. Without Scotland attended 60 author events of info about the books written. this financial assistance many pupils and workshops programmed The good thing about the Book Festival would not get the opportunity to specifically for schools. On Schools is that you get to find out what the experience the Book Festival as their Gala Day 3,493 pupils attended the authors are thinking and truly read schools would normally be unable to 16 programmed events. between the lines. afford the costs of the trip. Pupil, Gracemount High School The feedback we gather from the Thanks to the sponsorship of thousands of school children and You’re doing a great job – I think it ScottishPower and the support from teachers who have attended the Book is brill. Jay Yule, age 10 the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Festival has led to the continual West Lothian and Midlothian Councils development of the schools Outreach Programme the Schools Bus Fund enabled 9,133 programme and the information The Book Festival runs a five day pupils from 109 schools across we provide to teachers and school outreach programme each year in Scotland to attend the Book Festival. librarians. It ensures the range of association with the Scottish Book The Book Festival encourages pupils events at the Book Festival continues Trust which has been specifically at a critical age to be interested in to be relevant and is used as designed to address the key issues reading/authors. a valuable learning resource by of access, participation and social Curriculum Resources and Information schools from across Scotland and inclusion. It is aimed at primary and Service, Aberdeen the UK. This year, as well as the 60 secondary school children that author events and workshops, there otherwise would not have access to our Funding enabled 23 pupils from an were many creative and interactive programme of author events due to area of severe deprivation to attend. workshops where children learnt how geographical distance or financial It made a huge impact in their lives to create and illustrate stories and disadvantage. Events are held in public for which I thank you! hone writing skills. As part of the libraries across Scotland. This valuable Northfield Academy programme there were also a series work is sponsored by Royal Mail and of lively events for teachers and this year enabled 727 pupils to attend practitioners addressing key issues in 18 events in Fife, Stirling, Dundee, education and literacy, and a Schools Glasgow, the Scottish Borders and Gala Day, a day when the Book Festival outlying Edinburgh.

6 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 8

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005 sponsors and supporters

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is funded by

Title Sponsors

Major Sponsors and Supporters

HAWTHORNDEN LITERARY INSTITUTE

Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters

The Binks Trust The Danish Cultural Institute Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh The Craignish Trust Estonian Cultural Endowment The Kobler Trust The Cruden Foundation Institut Français d’Ecosse Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland Culture Ireland With thanks to: Kris Bonthrone, BOSLIT, Collective Gallery, The Howard, The National Museums of Scotland, NUJ, Scotland-Russia Forum, Scotland's Theatre Gateway and Queen Margaret University College, Scottish Book Trust, Scottish Institute for Human Relations, Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling Centre, The Signet Library, The Sutherland Trust, Templeton Foundation Press. The Edinburgh International Book Festival is sited in Charlotte Square Gardens by kind permission of the Charlotte Square Proprietors 7 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 9

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005

The Book Festival is proud to credit Schools Gala Day: a day dedicated entirely to Gillespie Macandrew WS funded British Sign The Herald and Sunday Herald as title primary school pupils. A Bus Fund helped Language interpreters, helping to make the sponsors socially deprived and geographically distant Book Festival fully accessible schools attend the Book Festival. Both sponsored by ScottishPower

Our heartfelt thanks to all supporters for helping to make the 2005 Edinburgh International Book Festival the most successful ever.

Income from the corporate sector, trusts and organisations Edinburgh is now the world’s first UNESCO City of and individuals now makes up 30% of our income and we Literature and the Book Festival is delighted to have are delighted with and grateful for this support. The Book played a key role in creating the new title. It serves to Festival is the world’s biggest literary celebration but promote Edinburgh and Scotland as centres of creativity without this support, the programme would be almost and excellence and fantastic places to live and work. a third smaller. All our sponsors and supporters can be proud to have played a part in making this happen. Sponsorship was up 33% on 2004, with a record number of enquiries from companies around the UK about associating with the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The 33% spurt in sponsorship We were delighted to have the continued support of our greatly valued supporters and welcomed important new since last year… is a tangible corporate sponsors including major sponsors ScottishPower and The Open University in Scotland and event sponsors reflection of the growing Adam & Company, Anderson Strathern, Gillespie Macandrew WS, Swan Hellenic Discovery Cruising and Turcan Connell. allure and prestige of the Sponsors associated with events with the world’s greatest authors and thinkers including novelists, poets, politicians, world’s largest and most crime writers, scientists, journalists, historians and The Herald biographers. We presented the widest possible range of diverse literary festival. events for entertainment purposes and wider corporate social responsibility objectives – stimulating, funny, thought-provoking talks, readings and workshops. We know that businesses want to be associated with the highest quality and we strive to ensure that we provide the best possible personal service and attention to their individual needs and objectives.

8 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 10

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005

How we are funded 38% Box Office 30% Sponsorship & Donations 18% Public Funding 14% Booksales + other trading

Income 82% of income is earned by the Book Festival through the Box Office, its independent Booksales operation, and from business sponsorship and donations. 16% is awarded in grants from the Scottish Arts Council and 2% in grants from the City of Edinburgh Council. Total Income for the Year £1,098,372

45% Programme 37.5% Staff 9.5% Marketing 8% Admin & depreciation

Expenditure 45% of expenditure goes on programming and staging nearly 650 events in Charlotte Square Gardens which we transform into a tented village for 18 days each August. 22 hard-sided tents and structures are erected in the gardens, 14 of which are dedicated to author events, activities and services.

Please note: the above figures are estimated, based on Total Expenditure for the year £1,086,734 the finance records for 2005. Audited accounts for 2005 are available from December 2007.

9 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:54 pm Page 11

Edinburgh International Book Festival annual review 2005

Our objectives Board and The main objectives of the Book Festival are to: Management 2005

• create one of the world’s pre-eminent literary BOARD OF DIRECTORS showcases in which leading thinkers and Susan Rice (Chair) writers may enjoy the company and inspiration Will Atkinson of their peers and the reading public. Jenny Brown Fiona Brownlee Tom Connor • encourage the exchange of lively and Ewan Easton challenging thought, fostering open and fruitful Jamie Jauncey debate and expanding public awareness of Nicky Stonehill cultural, ethical, political and other matters Carol Wood affecting every citizen. YEAR ROUND CORE STAFF • construct an increasingly attractive and Catherine Lockerbie Director Amanda Barry Marketing & PR Manager stimulating programme, of the highest literary Judith Craig Sponsorship & Development Manager and artistic quality. Kath M Mainland General Manager • Place education at the core of the festival’s work Karen Mountney Children’s Programme Director and ensure a wide variety of events of diverse Oisin Murphy-Lawless Programme Administrator appeal, assisting readers and festival-goers in Steve O’Connor IT and Systems Administrator moving onwards from the immediately familiar. Fiona Pearson Education Officer James Shaw Booksales & Retail Manager • give equal value to programming for children, Lyn Trotter PA to Director actively seeking to fire the imagination and broaden the horizons of young readers. 2005 FESTIVAL TEMPORARY STAFF Danni Bastion Site & Technical Support • place special emphasis on the work of Alistair Biggs Technical Manager contemporary Scottish authors and of Scottish Maggie Briggs Admin Assistant publishing, creating the single most important Joan Birse Box Office Manager annual showcase for Scottish literature. Gareth Davies Press & Marketing Assistant Alison Foster Accommodation Administrator • develop the international elements of the Louise Greidinger Press Officer festival, enhancing awareness of the festival Olivier Joly Press Manager overseas and bringing to Scotland authors who Andy Loughrey Warehouse Manager would not otherwise be heard in this country. Calum McGhie Site Logistics • ensure a leading role in Scottish literary and Robin Sanders Site Manager cultural initiatives outwith the period of the Lisa Sangster Booksales Coordinator Box Office Supervisors Dan Brown festival itself, working with other institutions Kirsten Williamson and partners to increase the profile of and Phoebe Boag funding for literature and culture. The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a company • be a model of good practice, not only in limited by guarantee with charitable status. cultural and artistic fields, but as a responsible Registered in Scotland 79939. Registered as a charity in Scotland no. SCO10120. business. Contact details: Edinburgh International Book Festival 5a Charlotte Square Edinburgh EH2 4DR

T 0131 718 5666 F 0131 226 5335 E [email protected] W www.edbookfest.co.uk

10 Design: Emma Quinn Photos: Pascal Saez Cover Photo: Euan Myles onderfully efficient and gracious efficient onderfully ull programme details announced on 15 June announced details ull programme eat given that you’re juggling so you’re that eat given www.edbookfest.co.uk Next Book Festival: Next 2006 12 – 28 August Edinburgh Gardens, Square Charlotte F Salman Rushdie Great to be back in Edinburgh at to be back in Edinburgh Great this terrific Book Festival. It really is a wonderful festival. is a wonderful It really Mark Leonard An oasis of urbanity, culture and culture An oasis of urbanity, world. crazy good humour in our f and writers. many events Iyer Pico can’t remember one that is so one that is remember can’t w an especial and together, and kindly I attend lots of these events, and events, of these lots I attend 12535_Bookfest_ 12535_Bookfest_ 24/2/06 2:55 pm Page 12