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50 Years of Publishing Scotland

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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Scottish Book Trade Conference 2024

Booking is now open for the Scottish Book Trade Conference 2024, which will take place on Thursday 16 May at Central Hall, Edinburgh, and online.

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Books from Scotland

The latest issue Wake Up! is jam-packed with brilliant new voices, fantastic fiction, poetry, history and children's books, delicious recipes and celebrations of our legendary literary past.

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New Books Scotland

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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International Fellowship Programme

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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Our members

Search for publisher and network members, get information on joining, and catch up on member news.

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Translation Fund

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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Events

See our list of events from book festivals to book fairs, training courses to conferences.

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Scottish Books International

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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Sustainability in Publishing

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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Latest news

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Mar 28

Children’s Book North launches 2024 mentor scheme

Children’s Books North has doubled the number of places available on its 2024 mentor scheme for aspiring publishing professionals in the North and Scotland.

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Mar 28

Glasgow’s Aye Write and Wee Write festivals cancelled after not securing funding

Aye Write, which was launched in 2005, featured around 175 authors appearing in more than 120 events across 10 days last year.

Mar 27

VisitScotland to close all tourist information centres

It is expected that all of the current iCentres will operate as usual until the end of September this year at which point they will start a phasing out programme which will run until the end of March 2026. 

Mar 15

Shortlists announced for the British Book Awards 2024

Anna Frame of Canongate has been shortlisted in the Publicity Campaign of the Year Award category, while 404 Ink have been shortlisted for Small Press of the Year.

Mar 14

Publishing Scotland reveals 2024 International Publishing Fellows

This year‘s Fellows will come from Germany, Finland, Mozambique, Sweden, Brazil, China, USA and France.

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