The Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival is back for 2026!

This year, all of our author panels will take place on Saturday 24th October 2026, in our lovely venue of Christ Church Morningside - just five minutes walk from Bruntsfield Links and a short bus ride from the city centre.

Tickets
Our festival strongly believes in paying our authors, chairs, and workshop leaders the fee recommended by the Scottish Book Trust, which has increased in the past year (which is wonderful for our authors!). This has meant an increase in some ticket prices, but we are certain you’ll think it’s worth it! All festival passes are reduced to reflect the move of our indie panel to a workshop event.

Patron Passes (on sale from 16th August 2026)
Price: £65
Includes: access to all 5 author panel events
Excludes: access to Agent Speed Dating
Extras: In recognition of their extra support, patrons will receive a goody bag of books and an invitation to our festival wrap party in The Edinburgh Bookshop on the evening of Saturday, 24th October.
Limited Availability: 30 Patron passes only - guaranteed to sell out!

Early Bird Festival Pass (on sale from 16th August - 12th September 2026)
Price: £40 (£40 for concession*)
Includes: access to all 5 author panel events
Excludes: access to Agent Speed Dating and our festival wrap party

Individual Event Panel Tickets (on sale soon)
Price: £14 (£11 for concession*)
Includes: access to the selected author panel event

Agent Speed Dating will be back for 2026
More information to come

*Concession tickets — Where applicable, concession tickets 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.

2026 Programme
Details of our full programme will be announced soon. The line-up can be found on our website as authors are revealed.

Our Venue
We’re delighted to be back at Christ Church Morningside this year (directly across the road from our 2023 and 2024 venue). Christ Church has a sophisticated, newly upgraded sound system including a hearing aid loop in the sanctuary. Our festival bookshop (run by The Edinburgh Bookshop) will be located in the church hall alongside book merch makers stalls and a pop-up cafe (courtesy of Coffee Inc Bruntsfield), giving festival goers more space to browse, buy books, and relax before, between, or after events. Agent Speed Dating will take place in the adjacent Centre.

About the Festival
The Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival is a literary festival celebrating writing for, by, and about women. We are an inclusive event and welcome everyone who finds joy in reading women's fiction - commercial, romance, historical, literary, book club and beyond. Our festival showcases authors of genres that are often overlooked, and our aim is to give readers the opportunity to connect with their favourite writers.