Welcome to Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival 2024.
We’re delighted to announce details of our line-up which includes beloved authors, fascinating topics, and a few extra events, too!
Friday will include four panels, opening with an indie author panel at 4:00 Friday afternoon. Saturday features six panels…and think about keeping your evening free!
Our festival strongly believes in paying our authors, chairs, and workshop leaders the fee recommended by the Scottish Book Trust, which has increased (which is wonderful for our authors!). This has meant an increase in ticket prices, but we are certain you’ll think it’s worth it!
Festival Passes and Individual Event Tickets are now on sale!
Events for Writers
Check out our writer-focused programme!
Agent “Speed Dating” — a chance to pitch your work to literary agents
Author headshots — update your photo with pro photographer Julia Boggio
Indie vs. traditional publishing — a panel of authors will lend insight and answer questions about the differences.
Demystifying the publishing process — learn from a panel hosted by the Women’s Prize Discoveries team
Workshops by industry professionals
Events are priced individually.
Festival Pass
Festival Pass, including all nine panels — £62.
(£50 for concession*)
Individual Events
Individual panels — £12.
(£9 for concession*)
*Concession tickets — Where applicable, are available to students, registered disabled (plus one companion), registered unemployed, under 16s, Young Scot card holders and sponsors. Proof of entitlement will be required.
The festival begins Friday, 27 September, opening with a Discoveries panel at 12 pm Friday afternoon.
Then six panels on Saturday, 28 September.
(And maybe keep your evening free…)
We have a few more exciting events to announce, but here are some highlights:
Our featured Friday night author is award-winning Maggie O’Farrell, who will be in conversation with Jenny Brown OBE about inspirational voices.
Last year’s headline author, Sara Sheridan, will close our author panels on Saturday, joined by author Lesley McDowell. The panel will be chaired by Kim Sherwood.
Fans of Happy Ever Afters will be delighted by the inclusion of Sharon Gosling, Rebecca Ryan and Heidi Swain on our triple-author Simon & Schuster panel, chaired by Sara-Jade Virtue.
Other panel subjects will include:
A Discoveries feature with The Women’s Prize.
An insight into indie and traditional publishing with Julia Boggio, Jayne Castel and Elliot Fletcher (sponsored by IngramSpark).
Regency Romance with Amita Murray.
Cosy Fantasy with authors Nadia El-Fassi and Lucy Jane Wood.
Modern family love and drama with authors Melanie Cantor and Georgina Moore.
Witch Trials, a favourite topic from last year, will return with a Scotland-focused panel featuring CJ Cooke and Kate Foster.