Speakers

Jenny Niven

Jenny Niven is the director of The Edinburgh International Book Festival, one of the world's leading festivals of literature and ideas. Prior to this, she was founder and director of the award-winning Push the Boat Out, a festival of poetry, spoken word, and language. She is the former executive producer of Dandelion, an epic programme of sowing, growing, and sharing across Scotland, and Chair of Literature Alliance Scotland, the national membership organisation for books and publishing.