Mikaela Loach halted a panel discussion about her new book to hold up a banner criticising the festival's main sponsor, Baillie Gifford, before leading audience members out of the venue for a protest in the street outside
An author and climate activist walked out of her own event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in protest at its links to"fossil fuel companies".
Mikaela Loach halted a panel discussion about her new book to hold up a banner criticising the festival's main sponsor, Baillie Gifford, before leading audience members out of the venue for a protest in the street outside. It comes after more than 50 authors and event chairs at the festival signed an open letter criticising the involvement of the investment firm, who they accused of making"huge profits from global disaster"., while writers, including Zadie Smith and Gary Younge have threatened to boycott next year's event.
Ms Loach posted a video on Instagram of the moment she interrupted the talk on Saturday - assisted by fellow writers and activists who held up a banner reading:"You wouldn't burn books, don't burn the planet. Drop Baillie Gifford". In the clip, she is seen telling the audience:"I can't actually in good faith continue just talking about these issues without doing something, especially given the festival is sponsored by an investment firm that is banking rolling this climate crisis.More on Climate Change
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