The other day I showed a very cropped picture of the exterior of the Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and here now are some shots of the interior of this 1930s travelling ballroom which is the most unusual of the various temporary theatres which house all the EIBF events.
I was there to see Courtney Collins and Rosemary Goring, and managed to take a few snaps as the audience were taking their seats (and helping themselves to the tea and coffee which is kindly supplied for the morning crowd).
Seating here is either in raised booths or at a small round tables on the main floor, so it's quite convivial, but then most Book Festival events are just that with much friendly chat and bookish talk as people queue to go in, or line up afterwards to get their books signed by the authors they've been to see.
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