Edinburgh Book Lovers' Tour July 5, 2008

To discover literary Edinburgh, you have to walk it, defying Robert Louis Stevenson's "bleak winds" and exploring Dorothy Wordsworth's "passes of dark stone", simply because there is no other way of penetrating the ancient wynds, closes and creeper-ridden burial grounds of this city, whose literary past is written on it's dark and hoary face. This tour recounts many lives and tales, but to squeeze 500 years of literary Edinburgh into two hours is an impossible task. There is so much more to tell, and so much more to see. Having travelled the length and breadth of Edinburgh I can assure you the pickings are rich, the locations diverse and stimulating, and with over 500 years to choose from, everybody's reading taste is catered for from Robert Burns to J.K. Rowling. So why not accompany Allan Foster on a book lovers' odyssey around the Old Town to explore more of literary Edinburgh's fascinating and never-ending story, complete with commentary, readings, dramatisations and lots of laughter.

MEET OUTSIDE THE WRITERS’ MUSEUM, LADY STAIR’S CLOSE
(just off the Royal Mile, behind Deacon Brodie’s Tavern) Duration: 2 Hours approx

May to September - Every Saturday & Sunday at 1.30pm
(10.30am & 1.30pm daily during Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August)
October - April: Saturday only at 1.30pm

GROUP BOOKINGS (6 or more) AVAILABLE OUTWITH THESE DAYS AND TIMES'

BOOKING ESSENTIAL! To book phone 01573 223888

Official Website: http://www.edinburghbookloverstour.com/booklovers.htm