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Author's gift to Book Festival


Published on Friday 12 June 2009 10:10

AUTHOR Alexander McCall Smith has donated a "significant" sum to the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

The Edinburgh-based writer would not reveal an exact figure, except to say that it was "less than a million pounds".

He said: "The festival has a new scheme and was approaching people and I am happy to give, I am pretty keen on the festival."


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