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Scottish Book Trade Conference 2024

The Scottish Book Trade Conference 2024 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

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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Mar 12

Longlist revealed for The International Booker Prize 2024

The longlist includes Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott and published by Charco Press.

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Mar 11

Internationally renowned authors launch new initiative to inspire Scotland’s future literary greats

The project will give some children and young people the chance to appear alongside globally renowned authors at one of Scotland’s leading book festivals.

Mar 11

404 Ink win Scottish Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards 2024

The overall regional and country winner of the Small Press of the Year award will be revealed on Monday 13th May 2024, and go on to compete to be named Independent Publisher of the Year.

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