Books Events in Edinburgh
Check out happening books events all around Edinburgh, SC
Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: German
Tue, 19 May
William Chambers Monument
GBP 12 to 16
Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: French
Tue, 19 May
William Chambers Monument
GBP 12 to 16
Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: English
Tue, 19 May
William Chambers Monument
GBP 12 to 16
Ian Rankin in conversation
Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm
French Institute of Scotland
GBP 20
Dune! The Musical [Fringe 2026]
Sat, 08 Aug at 01:25 pm
The Voodoo Rooms
Free
The Outlander Auction Preview | Edinburgh
Tue, 26 May at 09:00 am
Bonhams Edinburgh
Free
Harry Potter Bridge, Glencoe and the Highlands Day Trip
Sun, 04 Oct at 07:00 am
University of Edinburgh
GBP 49
Narratives of the Future II
Fri, 12 Jun at 01:30 pm
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Free
The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
Sun, 14 Jun at 07:00 pm
18 Grassmarket
GBP 28
Edinburgh: City of Wizards Outdoor Exploration Game
Mon, 01 Jun at 12:01 am
Edinburgh City Chambers
GBP 8
few and far between: An evening with the award-winning Jan Carson
Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
GBP 0 to 5
Hard by a Great Forest: Georgian Book Club Q&A + Georgian Wine Night
Tue, 19 May at 07:30 pm
Sotto Enoteca & Trattoria
GBP 29
Benengeli 2026. A Conversation about Libraries in Literature
Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm
Edinburgh Central Library
Free
Let The Quiet Ones Rise: AN EVENING of weirdness & wonder with Robin Ince
Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
GBP 0 to 5
Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life : Evening with Samar Yazbek
Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
GBP 0 to 5
Fantasy Bookclub Scotland Presents- Crescent City by Sarah J Maas
Sun, 14 Jun at 02:00 pm
Slow Progress Records & Coffee
GBP 20
An Evening with Terry Deary - Edinburgh West End
Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 25
An Evening with Katherine Arden- Edinburgh West End
Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 25
Jane Austen's Love & Freindship [Sic]
Sun, 28 Jun at 07:00 pm
Augustine United Church
GBP 17
Meet Lisa Jewell - Edinburgh West End
Thu, 02 Jul at 12:30 pm
Waterstones
GBP 12
Lin Anderson: The High Island
Wed, 05 Aug at 07:00 pm
Blackwell's Bookshop
GBP 3 to 20
Ghost stories from Edinburgh and Beyond with author Graeme Milne
Thu, 11 Jun at 07:30 pm
The Banshee Labyrinth (cinema room)
GBP 10
ScotlandsFest: Between the Stones – Outlander through Scotland
Wed, 19 Aug at 01:30 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
ScotlandsFest: Unfinished Business: Scotland's Political Crossroads
Wed, 26 Aug at 01:30 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
ScotlandsFest: Talking two millennia (of Scotland's history)
Wed, 26 Aug at 10:30 am
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
ScotlandsFest: A Wee Bit Zen – when less is more
Mon, 24 Aug at 12:00 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
An Evening with Mark Edwards & William McIntyre
Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 20
In Good Taste: Talk and Signing at The Cookbook Shop
Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm
The Cookbook Shop
GBP 6 to 12
ScotlandsFest: Choose Life Choose Leith – Trainspotting on Location
Thu, 27 Aug at 10:30 am
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
ScotlandsFest: No Scotland No Party!
Thu, 27 Aug at 03:00 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
Castle Chorus Summer Concert
Fri, 19 Jun at 07:30 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
Free
Puppet Show at Moredun Library
Tue, 19 May at 10:30 am
Moredun Library
Free
Havisham: Elle Machray delivers a queer feminist reimagining of Dickens
Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
GBP 0 to 5
Let's Get Familiar: Author Event with Kirsty Logan
Fri, 19 Jun at 06:00 pm
LGBT Health and Wellbeing
Free
An Evening with Isabel Ibañez - Edinburgh West End
Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 24
A celebration of wild swimming
Thu, 30 Jul at 05:30 pm
National Library of Scotland
Free
The Dawn of AI: Edinburgh
Fri, 19 Jun at 01:00 pm
The National Robotarium
GBP 20
An Evening with Thomas D. Lee - Edinburgh West End
Fri, 26 Jun at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 27
May’s ‘Feline’ Literary Salon
Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm
The Outhouse
Free
Edinburgh Book Bonanza
Sat, 17 Oct at 10:00 am
Le Monde Hotel
GBP 3 to 55
Bookbug Week Storytime and Craft
Sat, 23 May at 11:30 am
Mcdonald Road Library
Free
Silent Reading Slumber Party
Fri, 22 May at 09:00 pm
Victoria Bar
Free
Speculoos Caramel Gateaux Demo and Tasting at The Cookbook Shop
Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm
The Cookbook Shop
GBP 9 to 18
Mike Soutar: Next Gen CEO
Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm
Blackwell's Bookshop
GBP 3 to 22
M. John Harrison: The End of Everything
Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm
Blackwell's Bookshop
GBP 17 to 21
Book Launch: "Between Novel and Network" by Suzanne R. Black
Fri, 05 Jun at 05:00 pm
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Free
ScotlandsFest: Scotland's Darkest Past
Thu, 20 Aug at 12:00 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
Rowe Irvin: Life Cycle of a Moth
Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm
Blackwell's Bookshop
GBP 3 to 10
ScotlandsFest: Iona with Love
Thu, 20 Aug at 03:00 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
Morningside Library Bookbug Session
Thu, 19 Mar
Morningside Library
Free
Come and Play Session! Bounce and Rhyme Time at St George’s School Nursery.
Fri, 20 Mar
St George's School
Free
Zine Club: Tape Transfer Collages Edition!
Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm
Calton View Cafe (Royal Mile)
Free
Morningside Library Greek Storytime
Fri, 29 May at 10:30 am
Morningside Library
Free
16th June 2026 - Ali McBride
Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm
The Edinburgh Bookshop
GBP 5
ScotlandsFest: Heel for Heel – Scottish Dance Fever
Wed, 19 Aug at 03:00 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
ScotlandsFest: Northern Spirits, Restless Hearts
Mon, 24 Aug at 01:30 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
Broken Sleep Books Scotland Showcase: Ricky Monahan Brown &Maria Sledmere
Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm
Typewronger Books
Free
The joy of home shopping catalogues
Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm
National Library of Scotland
Free
An Evening with David Goodman - Edinburgh West End
Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 23
Symposium with Åsa Johannesson: What is a Queer Methodology?
Sat, 23 May at 12:00 pm
Stills
GBP 8 to 10
Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class
Tue, 17 Mar
EH7 6AE
GBP 65 to 93
New Climate Ethnographies: A Collective Book Talk
Sat, 30 May at 03:00 pm
Chrystal Macmillan Building, The University of Edinburgh
Free
Book Launch for families: Coping with Early Parenting
Fri, 12 Jun at 10:30 am
LifeCare Edinburgh
Free
William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the Archive
Wed, 10 Jun at 04:30 pm
HM General Register House
Free
Essy Sparrow on Tour: Edinburgh
Thu, 28 May at 07:30 pm
Rare Birds Book Shop
GBP 17
An Evening with Moorea Corrigan: Edinburgh West End
Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 24
ScotlandsFest: Farmyard Follies
Wed, 19 Aug at 10:30 am
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
An Evening with Kate Foster: Edinburgh West End
Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 23
An Evening of Dark Academia - Edinburgh West End
Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 24
Book launch: Olive growing in Palestine
Tue, 09 Jun at 01:00 pm
Edinburgh Napier University Merchiston Campus
Free
Rebel Book Club Edinburgh x SPEAKING OUT
Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm
The Melting Pot Consultancy
GBP 17
Bookshop Launch Event... Scottish Modern with Brown & Brown
Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
Free
An Evening at Hotel Grimm with Mike Nicholson
Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
Free
Haunted Happenings with Heba Al-Wasity and MK Hardy
Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 23
An Evening with Callum McSorley - Edinburgh West End
Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 20
Chinese in Edinburgh| COFFEE + Co-working, Reading, Social
Wed, 20 May at 10:00 am
KUL COFFEE
Free
How it’s made: our Rain exhibition
Thu, 23 Jul at 05:30 pm
National Library of Scotland
Free
Book Launch - Markus Stitz - Gravel Rides Edinburgh, Fife & the Lothians
Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm
Gamma Transport Division
More Petticoats and Pinnacles - Lauriston Castle Lectures
Thu, 04 Jun at 10:30 am
Lauriston Castle
BOOKENDS // Photobook critique club
Sun, 19 Jul at 02:00 pm
20 Castle Terrace
Free
Churchill, Scotland and the Great War. A talk by Andrew Liddle.
Sun, 06 Sep at 02:00 pm
The Scots Guards Club
Family Film Show at Moredun Library
Wed, 27 May at 05:00 pm
Moredun Library
Free
Pages & People May Book Club
Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm
Leith Wine Kitchen
Free
Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour
Sat, 25 Apr
Meadows
GBP 28
Write Club
Sat, 30 May at 02:00 pm
Leith Library
Free
Effie the Midge Book Launch- Edinburgh
Sat, 11 Jul at 04:30 pm
HARVEY AND WOODD
Free
Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: Spanish
Tue, 19 May
William Chambers Monument
GBP 12 to 16
Queer Men for Queer Literature
Sun, 08 Dec at 12:15 pm
Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette
Free
Queer Gothic Words
Sun, 26 Jan at 12:15 pm
Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette
Free
Edinbirds CommuniTEA Evening - Writing Club
Tue, 11 Feb at 06:00 pm
Bird & Blend Tea Co.
Free
Book Launch: Theological Libraries in the UK & Ireland
Tue, 01 Sep at 04:10 pm
Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh
Free
Bookbug at the National Library of Scotland
Thu, 08 Feb at 10:30 am
National Library of Scotland
Free
Gaelic Bookbug at the National Library of Scotland
Thu, 14 Aug at 10:30 am
National Library of Scotland
Free
Scots Bookbug at the National Library of Scotland
Mon, 07 Jul at 10:30 am
National Library of Scotland
Free
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