Books Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening books events all around Edinburgh, SC

Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: German

 Wed, 29 Apr at 11:00 am William Chambers Monument GBP 12 to 16

Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: French

 Wed, 29 Apr at 10:30 am William Chambers Monument GBP 12 to 16

Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: English

 Wed, 29 Apr at 10:30 am William Chambers Monument GBP 12 to 16

The Outlander Auction Preview | Edinburgh

 Tue, 26 May at 09:00 am Bonhams Edinburgh Free

An Evening with George Monbiot : Edinburgh

 Sat, 02 May at 07:00 pm The Pleasance GBP 10 to 44

Dune! The Musical [Fringe 2026]

 Sat, 08 Aug at 01:25 pm The Voodoo Rooms Free

An Evening with Anthony Horowitz - Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm The Parish Church of St Cuthbert GBP 5 to 27

Michael Pedersen: Muckle Flugga

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 10

Book Launch: Hibernian Heroes

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Hibernian Football Supporters Club GBP 28

Late Night Romance Market

 Thu, 07 May at 06:30 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 6

Zoe Terakes on queer myths for lovers

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 6

The words to say I love you with Kai Spellmeier & Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 6

An Evening of Wine Tasting with Rose Murray Brown

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 27

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

few and far between: new eco fiction with Jan Carson

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

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

An Evening with Katherine Arden- Edinburgh West End

 Fri, 19 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

The History of Folk Horror

 Mon, 22 Jun at 07:00 pm Assembly Roxy GBP 14 to 33

Typewronger's No Homework Book Club

 Sun, 10 May at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

An Evening with Mark Edwards & William McIntyre

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

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

Murray Pittock: The Shortest History of Scotland

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 15

Blackwell's Book Quiz #203

 Mon, 04 May at 06:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Paige Toon in conversation with Naimh Hargan - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

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: 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

Fantasy Bookclub Scotland Presents- Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

 Sun, 10 May at 03:00 pm Brewhemia GBP 20

An Evening with Isabel Ibañez - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 24

Youth Innovation Day: Edinburgh

 Fri, 19 Jun at 01:00 pm The National Robotarium GBP 20

Mike Soutar: Next Gen CEO

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 22

An Evening with Antonia Hodgson

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

M. John Harrison: The End of Everything

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 17 to 21

University of Edinburgh Global Law Conference

 Thu, 30 Apr at 09:00 am Old College, The University of Edinburgh Free

Romantasy 101 writing workshop with Lily X

 Sun, 03 May at 04:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 12

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

Scottish Book Trade Conference 2026

 Tue, 12 May at 09:00 am Ps & Gs (St Paul's & St George's) Church Free

Speculoos Caramel Gateaux Demo and Tasting at The Cookbook Shop

 Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm The Cookbook Shop GBP 18

19th May 2026 - Ali McBride

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm The Edinburgh Bookshop GBP 5

An Evening with Thomas D. Lee - Edinburgh West End

 Fri, 26 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 27

Family Film Show at Moredun Library

 Wed, 29 Apr at 05:00 pm Moredun Library Free

The Magnolia Grows at Night with Terang Press

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

ScotlandsFest: Iona with Love

 Thu, 20 Aug at 03:00 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

Morningside Library Bookbug Session

 Thu, 19 Mar Morningside Library 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

Bookbinding Workshop

 Sun, 03 May at 11:00 am Field Studio Ltd GBP 33

Film Club - The Duellists (1977)

 Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm Bennets Bar Free

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 Mitch Hutchraft - Edinburgh West End

 Sun, 03 May at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

An Evening at Hotel Grimm with Mike Nicholson

 Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones Free

Bookshop Launch Event... Scottish Modern with Brown & Brown

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Free

Morningside Library Greek Storytime

 Fri, 29 May at 10:30 am Morningside Library Free

Charlie Bingham: The Life-Affirming Magic of Birds

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Foreign Fruit: Talk and Signing at The Cookbook Shop

 Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm 19A Haddington Pl, Leith Walk GBP 5

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 Callum McSorley - Edinburgh West End

 Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

The Book of Murmurs: A Graphic novel launch with Candice Purwin

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 19

An Evening with David Goodman - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 17 Mar EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Come and Play Session! Bounce and Rhyme Time at St George’s School Nursery.

 Fri, 20 Mar St George's School Free

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

 Sat, 25 Apr Meadows GBP 28

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

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

Book launch: Olive growing in Palestine

 Tue, 09 Jun at 01:00 pm Edinburgh Napier University Merchiston Campus Free

More Petticoats and Pinnacles

 Thu, 04 Jun at 10:30 am Lauriston Castle

An Evening of Dark Academia - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 24

Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre: Book Launch

 Wed, 06 May at 03:00 pm Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh Free

Churchill, Scotland and the Great War. A talk by Andrew Liddle.

Sun, 06 Sep at 02:00 pm The Scots Guards Club

An Evening with Kate Foster: Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Haunted Happenings with Heba Al-Wasity and MK Hardy

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Seal Song Edinburgh Launch

 Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm The Strathmore

Effie the Midge Book Launch- Edinburgh

 Thu, 18 Jun at 04:30 pm HARVEY AND WOODD Free

Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: Spanish

 Wed, 29 Apr at 11:00 am 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

Lesbian Words

 Sun, 19 Jan at 12:15 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

National Galleries Writing Group

 Thu, 21 May at 02:30 pm National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait 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

The Lavender Drawing Board

 Mon, 01 Sep at 01:00 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Scots Bookbug at the National Library of Scotland

 Mon, 07 Jul at 10:30 am National Library of Scotland Free