Our Partner

The YA Book Prize is run by The Bookseller magazine in partnership with Edinburgh International Book Festival. As part of this partnership, the YA Book Prize 2024 shortlisted authors will feature in events at the festival in August, as well as a special event to announce the winner. 

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a registered charity, a non-profit making organisation. The Book Festival’s Baillie Gifford Children’s programme of author events, activities and workshops is produced for young audiences of all ages, from babies to teenagers, attracting family audiences of around 20,000 each year. In addition, an extensive schools programme is created for primary and secondary pupils, with around 14,000 school children attending each year.

When the partnership was announced, the festival’s children and schools programme director Rachel Fox, said: "We are very excited to be working with The Bookseller on the YA Book Prize, which celebrates great books for young adults as we are always keen to connect with this audience and champion the talented authors who write such brilliant books for them. The book festival has been strongly supportive of YA writers for a number of years, and the partnership with The Bookseller is an excellent way to further strengthen our commitment to them and their teen readers going forward."

Caroline Carpenter, The Bookseller's children's editor and deputy features editor and chair of the YA Book Prize, added: "The Edinburgh International Book Festival is one of the world’s leading literary events and we are looking forward to working with the team there on the YA Book Prize. As the prize enters its eighth year, this partnership will allow us to reach new audiences and grow its impact, making it bigger and better than ever."

The Edinburgh International Book Festival will run from Saturday 10th to Sunday 25th August 2024 at The Edinburgh College of Art. The full programme will be announced in June 2024 and all details can be found at the festival's website.