As part of the events to celebrate Edinburgh becoming the first UNESCO City of Literature,[17] three versions of Kidnapped were made freely available by being left in public places around the city.[18] Throughout February 2007, 25,000 copies of the novel were distributed in that way.[19]
A statue honoring Stevenson through a depiction of the two main characters from Kidnapped. Alan Breck Stewart and David Balfour was unveiled in 2004 in Edinburgh. The location for the work by Scottish sculptor Alexander Stoddart is where, in the novel, the two friends part ways.
- A new printing of Barry Menikoff's edition of the novel.[19]
- A retelling of the tale for children.[18]
- A 2007 graphic novel version created by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy. Translations of the graphic novel were also published in Lowland Scots and Scots Gaelic.[18]
