The Scottish Book Trade Conference 2024 took place on Thursday 16 May at Central Hall, Edinburgh, and online. Browse the speakers, sponsors, programme and photos from this year's conference.
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In celebration of our 50th anniversary in 2024, this online showcase gives a taste of some of our highlights from the past five decades.
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The latest issue Ray of Light showcases a feast of delicious debuts, exciting novels, poetry, cookery and children's books, that will hopefully end up on your shelves!
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New Books Scotland Spring/Summer 2024 is our latest catalogue of the finest writing and books being produced by Scottish publishers.
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Our annual Fellowship Programme encourages relationships between the international publishing community and their Scottish counterparts. The 2024 Programme will take place from 19 to 25 August, welcoming eight international publishers.
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In the most recent funding round, twelve international publishers received awards contributing to the costs of translating works of Scottish authors into Ukrainian, Hebrew, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian, Portuguese, German, Simple Chinese, and Georgian.
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See our list of events from book festivals to book fairs, training courses to conferences.
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Co-owned by Publishing Scotland, Scottish Books International is dedicated to the international promotion of books, writers, festivals, and organisations. Its Author Travel Fund supports writers who have been invited overseas to promote their work.
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Have a look at our Knowledge Bank to find out what the book industry is doing so far to help tackle the climate emergency.
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Explore the knowledge bankGlobal Ink: Edinburgh International Book Festival's International Industry Day brings together professionals from across the book trade from Scotland, the UK, and beyond. Join literary festivals, publishers, translators, authors, and […]
Introduction to Proofreading course delivered online across two days (17 and 24 September). Book by 27 August to get a discount. Three CIEP upgrade points.
Bookshop Day is one-day nationwide celebration of all high street bookshops including independent bookshops. This year it will take place on Saturday 5 October 2024.
10 new books will be published in Scots this year through the Scots Language Publication Grant. The Scots Language Publication Grant provides assistance for publishing new work (including translated texts), reprinting existing historical or culturally significant work, and also effective marketing and promotion of existing and new work. The Alligrog – Wee St…
Books from 11 regions and 10 languages have won English PEN’s flagship translation awards including a title from Edinburgh-based publisher Charco Press – This Mouth Is Mine by Yásnaya Elena A. Gil (Mexico), translated from the Spanish and Mixe by Ellen Jones. Books are selected for PEN Translates awards on the basis of outstanding literary quality, the stren…
The Bookseller’s Rising Stars is an annual list of the book industry’s up and comers. We are delighted to see some Scottish members and colleagues included here. Congratulations to go to: Caro Clarke of Portobello Literary, Charléne Busalli of the Islay Book Festival/Celtic House, Rachel Morrell of Black & White Publishing and Euan Tait of The Portobello…
The Bookseller (8 July) reported on Charlie Redmayne, c.e.o. of HarperCollins, and other leading figures in the industry, taking the opportunity of the general election result to reiterate some of the key issues facing book publishing, in the hope that the new Labour government would provide greater support. Meanwhile, the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)…
This specially curated ‘50 for 50’ list marks the 50th anniversary of Publishing Scotland.
