Professional development and community for the literature sector in Scotland

Our Projects

To Be Continued

To Be Continued is Literature Alliance Scotland’s career development programme for literature professionals.

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Writer Bursaries for works-in-progress

The LAS Writer Bursaries for work-in-progress is a programme offering bursaries to established writers currently resident in Scotland.

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Scottish Book Festivals Network

The Scottish Book Festivals Network (SBFN) is a forum for sharing and establishing best practice and enabling informal exchange between the people who run and programme Scotland’s literary festivals.

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Find A Book Festival

Scotland is a nation of readers and celebrates this through more than 60 book and literary festivals throughout the year, from Stornoway to the Borders and from Skye to Aberdeen.

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Mapping The Sector

An action research project, mapping existing resources and gaps in provision for the Scottish literature sector.

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Next Level

From 2019 to 2024 LAS delivered four editions of Next Level, a career development programme for Arts Professionals with 4-6 years experience working with literature organisations.

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Writers Advisory Group

Between 2019 and 2024, LAS convened four Writers Advisory Groups to share insight from their experiences as writers living and working in Scotland.

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