As a small team with international reach, we are dependent on working with local, national and global partners. We also believe in partnership as a philosophy: we can all achieve more when we work together.
Since 2004, we’ve worked with well over 250 different partners. Here are just a few of our current partner organisations and some of the projects we’re producing together.
The local authority for Scotland’s capital, supporting the city’s cultural life and helping sustain Edinburgh’s reputation as a leading global centre for literature and the arts.
Current projects: Writer's Room, International Collaboration
The network body for Scotland’s publishing industry, supporting a vibrant community of publishers and literary professionals.
Current projects: Silent Reading Group, Year of Reading 2026 Campaign
Scotland’s national library, preserving the country’s written heritage and making it accessible to people around the world.
Current projects: Dear Library Story Sessions
The biggest literary festival of its kind in the world. Founded in 1983, it brings writers and audiences together for two weeks every August to celebrate books, ideas and conversation.
Current projects: International Collaboration
The city’s tram network, helping people travel across Edinburgh and connect with its cultural and literary destinations.
Current projects: Tramlines
Scotland’s national tourism organisation, promoting the country’s culture, heritage and experiences to visitors from around the world.
Current projects: Edinburgh Literary Map
The world’s first purpose-built Centre for live storytelling, programming a year-round traditional arts calendar of live storytelling, theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, family events and festivals.
We are extremely grateful for the generous support we receive from our funders. Without their investment in our literary city, we could not continue our vital work:
Amazon Literary Partnership
City of Edinburgh Council
Charles and Ruth Plowden
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
The Ratcliff Family
Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities
— Robert Louis Stevenson
