今年的爱丁堡国际图书节在4月份和爱丁堡夏天的其他艺术节一起被取消了，但是图书节组委会在很短时间内把今年的图书节改成完全在网上举行，所有节目免费。从8月15日至31日，共有140多个节目。今年图书节的口号是Keep the Conversation Going。以下是我对图书节第一个星期的节目选择，时间均为英国夏令时。
Olivette Otele & Angela Saini: Pseudoscience and Slavery
Sat 15 Aug 16:00 – 17:00
Opening Night: Strange Times
Sat 15 Aug 20:30 – 21:30
Amelia Gentleman: Windrush – A Very British Betrayal
Sun 16 Aug 19:00 – 20:00
Hilary Mantel: Inside the Head of Thomas Cromwell
Sun 16 Aug 20:30 – 21:30
Michele Hutchison & Marieke Lucas Rijneveld: Reap What You Sow
Mon 17 Aug 14:30 – 15:30
Linn Ullmann: Portrait of a Family
Mon 17 Aug 17:30 – 18:30
Ian Rankin: A Rebus for the Dark Times
Mon 17 Aug 19:00 – 20:00
Hallie Rubenhold: The Problem with Great Men
Tue 18 Aug 14:30 – 15:30
Philippe Sands with Ian Rankin: On the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
Tue 18 Aug 19:00 – 20:00
Women in Politics: A Year of Reckoning
Tue 18 Aug 20:30 – 21:30
Maaza Mengiste: When Italy Invaded Ethiopia
Wed 19 Aug 17:30 – 18:30
Yoko Ogawa & Stephen Snyder: The Memory of Forgetting
Thu 20 Aug 13:00 – 14:00
Frans Timmermans with Gordon Brown: The Way Forward for Europe
Fri 21 Aug 20:30 – 21:30
Bernardine Evaristo with Nicola Sturgeon: The Triumph of Girl, Woman, Other
Sat 22 Aug 20:30 – 21:30
所有节目需要到爱丁堡图书节的网站上观看。
