Edinburgh, UK. 01st Jan, 2018. The opening night of “Message from the Skies”, a literary journey through the city of Edinburgh. It features a new story, “New Year's Resurrection”, by leading Scottish writer Val McDermid told through projections onto Edinburgh's buildings and landmarks with readers guided by a smart phone application. This projection takes place at the Signet Library at the start of the event. Credit: Andy Catlin/Alamy Live News


“Message from the Skies” was commissioned and presented by Edinburgh’s Hogmanay and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. This is a free event and the projections will run daily from 1 to 25 January 2018, from dusk 5pm until 10pm. It was produced by Underbelly and Pearlfisher, in partnership with Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, and funded by Creative Scotland through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals EXPO fund.


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Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Andy Catlin / Alamy / Afripics
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