#Edinburgh #Book #Festival, part of the August madness has a few #music related events.
There's a whole "Music Matters" strand: "In this series of events we welcome musicians who have put down their instrument and picked up a pen to record the pleasure and pain of their experiences." https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/themes/music-matters-221
Of particular interest, Matthew Herbert has written a novel which, " evokes startling, shifting sonic landscapes such as the sound of insects hitting number plates followed by a drill striking oil beneath the earth’s surface. The result is surprising and unforgettable"
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/matthew-herbert-11997
There's also Viv Albertine of the Slits and hip hop originators The Last Poets (possibly the least Book fest-y people to be appearing this year).
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/the-last-poets-11884
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/viv-albertine-1-11658
Tickets for the Book Festival went on sale on Tuesday and always sell out fast (I am not a salesman for them, this is a fact and also a #humblebrag that this year I got my act together in time.)