New Books Scotland Autumn/Winter 2025 is our latest catalogue of the finest writing and books being produced by Scottish publishers.
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The latest issue 'Celebrate' showcases extracts, reviews and Q&As from books that are perfect for gift giving, excellent for giving you chills up your spine, and ideal for getting into the winter mood.
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See photos from the latest Scottish Books Showcase event which took place in Munich, Germany in June 2025.
This visit was a fantastic opportunity for Scottish writers and publishers to network and promote their work overseas.
See photos from our time at London Book Fair 2025 on the 'Scotland at London' stand.
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Editing for Better Communications -
Covering topics from structure and style to soundness and sense, this course will help you become a better editor in a communications role for a business or another type of organisation.
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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Search for publisher and network members, get information on joining, and catch up on member news.
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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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2024 marked our 50th anniversary. This online showcase gives a taste of some of our highlights from the past five decades.
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Publishing Scotland’s curated online showcase of thousands of Scottish books. Learn more.
Our UK-wide book distribution service based in Glasgow. Learn more.
International promotion of Scottish books, writers, festivals, and organisations. Learn more.
Publishing Scotland provides support, training, funding and advocacy for the book publishing sector in Scotland.
We act as the voice and network for publishing, to develop and promote the work of companies, organisations and individuals in the industry, and to co-ordinate joint initiatives and partnership.
Apply by 12pm on Wednesday 14 January for this co-director role based in Edinburgh. Apply to join th…
Apply by 5pm on Thursday 15 January for this full-time, fixed-term traineeship based in Edinburgh. L…
Submit by Thursday 8 January for these sports book prizes. Award categories: New for 2026 – Sports A…
Apply by 12 January for the PublisHer Excellence Awards. The Sharjah-based global women’s network, P…
Discover the companies and organisations that belong to Publishing Scotland.
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Useful resources related to the publishing industry, including information on funding, sustainability, Brexit, and Fair Work.
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Hands-on Prompt-Based AI for Publishers workshop to learn practical prompting techniques and develop prompting strategies to produce book concepts, marketing copy, searchable metadata, and summarised data insights.
Is your publishing business behaving responsibly in terms of ESG? This webinar will look at the current laws in the UK about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and areas […]
Online proofreading course for beginners with Publishing Scotland’s regular tutor Denise Cowle. 3 CIEP upgrade points. 10 and 12 February 2026.
Publishing Scotland member Charco Press has today announced that it is launching a range of fine art prints based on their iconic covers.
Last week the Booksellers’ Association launched their report on the importance of Scotland’s bookshops.
The shortlists across all four categories for the Cafe Nero Book Awards 2025 were announced this morning. The Two Roberts by Damian Barr has been shortlisted for the fiction prize. This title is published by Publishing Scotland member publisher Canongate Books. The Cafe Nero Book Awards judges said: ‘The Two Roberts is an epic reimagination of the lives of t…
Last night in Edinburgh was the ceremony for the Saltires, Scotland’s National Book Awards. Prizes were awarded for the winners of Scotland’s Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Research Books of the Year 2025, and the winners of Scotland’s Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry Debuts of the Year 2025.
Through Publishing Scotland’s ‘Go-See’ initiative, BookSource is pleased to offer support to the Scotland based publishing community to help develop their businesses, to reach new markets, and to internationalise their offering.
