Books Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening books events all around Edinburgh, SC

Dune! The Musical [Fringe 2026]

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

The Potter Trail - Exclusive Small Group Edinburgh Guided Tour

 Fri, 12 Jun at 02:00 pm 4 Greyfriars Place GBP 20

Harry Potter Bridge, Glencoe and the Highlands Day Trip

 Sun, 04 Oct at 07:00 am University of Edinburgh GBP 49

KATHRYN STOCKETT: The Calamity Club

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm Christ Church Morningside

The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

 Sun, 14 Jun at 07:00 pm 18 Grassmarket GBP 28

Narratives of the Future II

 Fri, 12 Jun at 01:30 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

An Evening with Katherine Arden- Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

An Evening with Terry Deary - Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 17 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 9 to 17

Meet Lisa Jewell - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 02 Jul at 12:30 pm Waterstones GBP 12

Edinburgh: City of Wizards Outdoor Exploration Game

 Wed, 01 Jul at 12:01 am Edinburgh City Chambers GBP 8

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

Ghost stories from Edinburgh and Beyond with author Graeme Milne

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:30 pm The Banshee Labyrinth (cinema room) GBP 10

Fantasy Bookclub Scotland Presents- Crescent City by Sarah J Maas

 Sun, 14 Jun at 02:00 pm Slow Progress Records & Coffee GBP 20

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

AN EVENING WITH… MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY LA BELLE ANGELE EDINBURGH

 Sat, 13 Jun at 07:00 pm La Belle Angele

An Evening with Mark Edwards & William McIntyre

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

Typewronger's No Homework Book Club

 Sun, 14 Jun at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

In Good Taste: Talk and Signing at The Cookbook Shop

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm The Cookbook Shop GBP 6 to 12

Lin Anderson: The High Island

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 20

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: 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: 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

Book Launch: "The Fallen" by Dr Louise Brangan

 Wed, 24 Jun at 05:00 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

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

M. John Harrison: The End of Everything

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

A celebration of wild swimming

 Thu, 30 Jul at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

An Evening with Thomas D. Lee - Edinburgh West End

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

The Dawn of AI: Edinburgh

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

Castle Chorus Summer Concert

 Fri, 19 Jun at 07:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church Free

How Queer Bookshops Changed the World: An Evening with AJ West and June Thomas

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm 43-45 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Let's Get Familiar: Author Event with Kirsty Logan

 Fri, 19 Jun at 06:00 pm LGBT Health and Wellbeing Free

An Evening of Folklore - Edinburgh West End

 Mon, 22 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5

Rowe Irvin: Life Cycle of a Moth

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 10

Edinburgh Book Bonanza

 Sat, 17 Oct at 10:00 am Le Monde Hotel GBP 3 to 55

ScotlandsFest: Iona with Love

 Thu, 20 Aug at 03:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Rainbow Verses: A night of queer poetry from Indie presses

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm 43-45 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

 Sat, 25 Apr Meadows GBP 28

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

 Fri, 20 Mar St George's School Free

Screen Printing Workshop

 Sun, 28 Jun at 07:00 pm Sketchy Beats Cafe GBP 0 to 10

Rottenheart: Launching Kat Dunn's new Gothic Horror with Kirsty Logan

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

16th June 2026 - Ali McBride

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm The Edinburgh Bookshop GBP 5

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

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

Between The Covers Live - Celebrating Agatha Christie

 Tue, 13 Oct at 07:30 pm The Queen's Hall

An Evening with Rhiannon Grist: Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 16 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

Book Launch for families: Coping with Early Parenting

 Fri, 12 Jun at 10:30 am LifeCare Edinburgh Free

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 17 Mar EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Book launch: Olive growing in Palestine

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

An Evening of Dark Academia - Edinburgh West End

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

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

ScotlandsFest: Farmyard Follies

 Wed, 19 Aug at 10:30 am St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Haunted Happenings with Heba Al-Wasity and MK Hardy

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

Rebel Book Club Edinburgh x MANOSPHERE

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm The Melting Pot Consultancy GBP 17

Thermos Museum Books

 Fri, 19 Jun at 06:30 pm 36 Dalmeny Street, EH6 8RG Edinburgh, United Kingdom

How it’s made: our Rain exhibition

 Thu, 23 Jul at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Book Launch: "Playwriting and the Craft of Audience Participation"

 Thu, 18 Jun at 05:00 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

Black and Brown Book Club - Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:45 pm The Meadows Free

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

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

BONUS June Bookclub 2026

 Mon, 22 Jun at 07:00 pm Argonaut Books GBP 0 to 3

Bookbug at the Museum

 Tue, 16 Jun at 09:30 am 1A Dryden Terrace , EH7 4NB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

BOOKENDS // Photobook critique club

 Sun, 19 Jul at 02:00 pm 20 Castle Terrace Free

Queer Joy book club

 Sun, 19 Jan at 02:15 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette 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

Effie the Midge Book Launch- Edinburgh

 Sat, 11 Jul at 04:30 pm HARVEY AND WOODD Free

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

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