All of us here at Balfron Book Festival HQ would like to say a HUGE thankyou to everyone involved in the very first Balfron Book Festival held on 5-7th September 2025. From those who supported the original crowd funder and our wonderful volunteers, to our fantastic audiences and incredible creatives, there are so many people we want to thank, we truly couldn't have done it without you.

Balfron
Book Festival
3-6th September 2026

Here's to the next chapter...

Beautiful Balfron

Nestled in the heart of the Stirlingshire countryside, Balfron lies at the foot of the Campsie Hills. Despite its rural charm and proximity to the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, Balfron is only 30 minutes from Stirling and 45 minutes from Glasgow.

Balfron Book Festival will take place across the village in a range of venues from the village pub to the community hall. Please check the individual event for full venue information.

Find out more about Balfron

Introducing our Official Bookseller

Daydreams Bookshop is an award-winning, female-owned, independent bookshop based in Milngavie, at the start of the famous West Highland Way walking route. It opened in September 2024 and in January 2025, won Best Newcomer from National Book Tokens, a UK-wide accolade! Small but perfectly formed, Daydreams aim to delight adults and children alike with their beautiful range of books and book-related items sourced mainly from local suppliers.

Daydreams Bookshop is honoured to be the official bookseller at Balfron Book Festival. Elaine and Sophie cannot wait to meet you at their pop-up bookshops located at all key venues over the weekend.

Meet the
Wolf Pack

"Wouldn't it be great to have a book festival in the village?"

Once upon a time, a bunch of bookworms were talking about how nice it would be to celebrate stories in Balfron. After some umming and ahhing, those bookworms decided to give it a go. Cue many (many) meetings, countless ideas (some incredible, some… interesting), several crises of confidence, an unholy volume of tea and cake, and here we are!

Over the past year our small but mighty team has been working to create a programme that upholds our mission to be a fun and friendly festival that brings together communities and nurtures passion for reading and creativity.

We are very excited about this first year of the festival and look forward to welcoming you along to some of our events.

The BBF Team

Support Balfron Book Festival

Balfron Book Festival is a non-profit event and we are kickstarting our journey with a JustGiving campaign. Every donation makes a huge difference and supports costs such as venue hire, marketing materials and web hosting.

Thank you so much to everyone for supporting your local book festival - we couldn’t do it without you!

Make a Donation

Fancy showing your support for our festival and looking stylish to boot?

Inspired by the legend of the Balfron wolf, we have designed some lovely lupine merch! From hoodies to bookmarks, kit yourself out with some branded goodies and support Balfron Book Festival.