THE Edinburgh International Book Festival has got a fight on its hands this summer. A literary festival which costs nothing to attend and doesn't pay its performing writers a penny is to launch at the same time as the capital's world-famous event.
Low-budget event attracts top writers including Ian Rankin By Edd McCracken, Arts Correspondent
THE Edinburgh International Book Festival has got a fight on its hands this summer. A literary festival which costs nothing to attend and doesn't pay its performing writers a penny is to launch at the same time as the capital's world-famous event.