The Braemar Literary Festival, curated and staged by the Fife Arms in collaboration with The Queen's Reading Room was established in 2022 and now returns for its fourth year.
Turn the page on your next big adventure and visit us in our storybook setting from 26th September to 28th September for a weekend celebrating the power and quiet beauty of the written and spoken word and the creative use of text across all artforms.
We have a stellar line up for 2025 and are delighted to be joined by acclaimed author and actor Sir Stephen Fry, prolific and best-loved author Sir Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling writer Monica Ali and the author/screenwriter of global sensation ‘One Day’, David Nicholls. Food writer and critic Tom Parker Bowles also returns alongside restaurant critic and columnist Giles Coren, as part of our fantastic literary line up plus many more.
Fife Arms Hotel
Experience the very best of Scottish hospitality and secure your front row seat for the Braemar Literary Festival with an unforgettable stay at the Fife Arms hotel.
This exclusive getaway includes:
• Two nights’ accommodation with breakfast
• Welcome cocktail reception followed by a special festival launch dinner curated by a guest chef and entertainment in The Clunie Dining Room
• Complimentary access to all festival talks and performances with reserved priority seating
• Festival guest bag on arrival with complimentary gift
A literary escape to the Highlands
The village of Braemar in the heart of the Scottish Cairngorms is a historic destination, steeped in centuries of both art and stories. It holds longstanding associations with key Scottish literary icons such as Robert Louis Stevenson, who wrote the first thirteen chapters of Treasure Island whilst holidaying in Braemar and Nan Shepherd, the celebrated author of The Living Mountain, who revolutionised 'mountain' literature through her poetry and writings on the Cairngorms.
Our spectacular village location
The Fife Arms hotel celebrates many of these literary figures within its dedicated and uniquely decorated rooms, and through its annual cultural programme of which Braemar Literary Festival is part.
PAST FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
