However, book-lovers will be relieved to know it’s not been shelved altogether, with events instead being streamed online weekly over a three-month period later this year.,,meantime, here’s a look back to 2008’s event.
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IN PICTURES: Literature lovers enjoy 2008’s Borders Book Festival
Last weekend should have seen the staging of the 16th annual Borders Book Festival in Melrose, but that literary extravaganza, like most other events in the region this summer, was cancelled as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
By Kathryn Wylie
Published 18th Jun 2020, 11:45 BST