Scotland

Scotland is home to the Edinburgh International Book Festival, one of the largest and most respected literary festivals in the world, held each August as part of the city's wider festival season and drawing authors and readers from across the globe for several weeks of talks, readings, and debates.

Glasgow and other Scottish cities support their own literary events throughout the year, and Scotland's strong tradition of independent publishing and bookselling keeps the fair calendar active well beyond Edinburgh's flagship event. Genre coverage is broad, spanning literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's literature.