Events

• Edinburgh International Book Festival 2017

  Saturday, 12 August 2017 to Monday, 28 August 2017
  
  

  12-28 August

• St Hilda's College Oxford mystery and crime conference 2017

  Friday, 18 August 2017 to Sunday, 20 August 2017
  Location: St Hilda's College, Oxford
  

  Authors taking part include Val McDermid, Andrew Taylor, Natasha Cooper, Henry Sutton, Sharon Bolton, and Ann Cleeves

• Festival of Writing 2017

  Friday, 08 September 2017 to Sunday, 10 September 2017
  Location: York
  

  The UK's biggest creative writing event

• McIlvanney Prize 2017

  Friday, 08 September 2017
  Location: Stirling Castle
  

  Formerly the Scottish Crime Book of the Year; worth £1,000 to the winner

• Philippa Pearce lecture Chris Riddell

  Friday, 08 September 2017
  Location: Homerton College, Cambridge
  

  The former Waterstone's Children's Laureate will talk on 'The Age of the Beautiful Book'

• Booksellers Association conference and Gardners tradeshow 2017

  Sunday, 10 September 2017 to Tuesday, 12 September 2017
  Location: Conference Aston
  

  With guests including Kit de Waal and Brian Blessed

• Man Booker Prize 2017 Shortlist

  Wednesday, 13 September 2017
  Location: Man Group HQ
  

  Worth £50,000 to the winner. The judges are Baroness Young (chair), Lila Azam Zanganeh, Sarah Hall, Tom Phillips, and Colin Thubron

• Financial Times And Mckinsey Business Book Of The Year 2017 Shortlist

  Tuesday, 19 September 2017
  Location: Central London
  

  £30,000 to the winner; £10,000 to each of the runners-up

• Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2017

  Tuesday, 19 September 2017
  
  

  Judges: Claudia Hammond, Naomi Alderman, Richard Fortey (chair), Sam Gilbert, Shaminder Nahal

• Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2017

  Friday, 06 October 2017 to Sunday, 15 October 2017
  
  

  6-15 October