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- Aye Write! Bank of Scotland Book Festival - Launched in 2005, Aye Write! celebrates the rich variety of Glaswegian writing and also brings the best of Scottish and international writers to the city. All events take place in Glasgow's magnificent Mitchell Library. The programme includes a fascinating mix of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose, talks, debates and workshops. It aims to encourage reading, writing and creativity for all ages, as well as being stimulating, entertaining, inspirational - and great fun
- Bath Literature Festival - Starting in 1995, the Bath Literature Festival has become a well established ten days of literary events, encompassing writing in all its forms. The festival is fast gaining a reputation for presenting the very best in local, national and international writers to an ever-increasing audience. The Festival takes place in late February/early March in Bath city centre
- Beverley Literature Festival - Yorkshire
- Book Slam - London's first/ best/ only literary night out featuring all the top writers, the finest live music and a semi-professional Serbian DJ. Our guests have included the likes of Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, Plan B, Nick Hornby, Kate Nash and many more. You should come. It's clubbing for grown-ups
- Cambridge Word Fest - set in the beautiful and historic heart of Cambridge, the festival offers a sociable weekend packed with the best of contemporary literature and commentary on key political issues, and workshops for adults and children
- Chester Literature Festival
- Ciana Ltd - promotes two international remainder and promotional book fairs for the book trade each year. These fairs are trade only and are not open to the public. Proof of trade status will be required before you can register. Both the January and the September Fairs, held at two different locations in London, have the largest selection in the UK of remainder companies exhibiting, with visitors and exhibitors attending from all over the world
- Derbyshire Literature Festival - takes place across the whole county in June every other year. The Festival aims to make it easy for people to see and take part in all sorts of events and activities about reading and writing, from pub quizzes to poetry readings. Stories and writing are the building blocks of most other art form (scripts for TV, lyrics for songs and choreography for dance, for instance), so the Festival includes these types of literature event too
- Edinburgh International Book Festival - began in 1983 and is now a key event in the August Festival season, celebrated annually in Scotland's capital city. Biennial at first, the Book Festival became a yearly celebration in 1997
- Essex Book Festival - managed by Essex County Council Libraries in partnership with local Borough and District councils and Thurrock Unitary Council. Germaine Greer, Francis Wheen and Mike Ripley are patrons of the Festival
- Festival of Dartmoor Literature -held at Tavistock Town Hall
- Guildford Book Festival
- The Hay Festival
- Kingston Readers' Festival - Kingston University, London
- The Lincoln Book Festival - a celebration of books and the many other art forms they inspire
- The London Book Fair - "the global publishing community's leading spring forum for booksellers, publishers, librarians and book production services worldwide. Ideally timed to provide you with a concentrated 3-day trading and educational platform offering access to the world's books, real business contacts and shared knowledge. Everything you need to compete effectively in today's fast paced marketplace"
- The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association - "was founded in 1974, with just 20 members. It was set up to provide provincial bookdealers with a shop window in London by holding a regular book fair. More than a quarter of a century on we have over 600 members and organise around 100 book fairs a year"
- Sedbergh Festival of Books and Drama - Cumbria
- Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival - will include author events and booksignings, panel discussions, writers' workshops as well as being an opportunity for local writers to show their work
- World Book Day - was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The origins of the day we now celebrate in the UK and Ireland come from Catalonia, where roses and books were given as gifts to loved ones on St. George’s Day – a tradition started over 80 years ago