Getting Beyond “Church As Usual”

From 13th-16th August, the eclectic West Port area of Edinburgh (just off Grassmarket) will play host to its own Book Festival. We say eclectic here as the area has bookshops, tattoo parlours, pubs, fashion shops, vintage clothes shops, jewellery shops,ail bars and strip clubs, all sitting side by side. Eclectic.The West Port Book Festival aims to offer free events to a diverse audience who share our passion for books, bookshops and fun. We have also been creative, dipping into the dressing up box, casting our eye around forew talent and transforming local shops into intimate, innovative venues.Some quite interesting events are on - in particular We want to see the author Eleanor Thom, as We read and enjoyed her debutovel The Tin Kin, and We want to go to the Magic Books & Learned Animals event as our talented friend Sharon is doing a talk (also, her exhibition A Sage of the Stage,ot a Beast in a Cage has our favourite title of anything ever).Theres going to be the world’s first Literary Twestival, book binding workshops, magicians, many more author events, and a talk on lost books, among other things.We should be able to make a few of the events - work commitments may interfere - but hope to go as this looks great fun. Anyone else going