Books Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening books events all around Edinburgh, SC

ANN CLEEVES: An Evening at Edinburgh Castle

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm The Great Hall Edinburgh Castle

Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: German

 Thu, 09 Apr William Chambers Monument GBP 12 to 16

Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: French

 Thu, 09 Apr William Chambers Monument GBP 12 to 16

Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: English

 Thu, 09 Apr William Chambers Monument GBP 12 to 16

Dune! The Musical [Fringe 2026]

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

An Evening with Alex Aster : Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Edinburgh New Town Church GBP 5 to 26

Hamza Yassin's Adventures in Nature | Edinburgh

 Sun, 12 Apr at 03:00 pm Usher Hall

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

Joanna Cherry: Keeping the Dream Alive

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 20

Jon King in conversation with Phill Jupitus / Speakeasy @ The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 24.04.26

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm The Voodoo Rooms

Meet the gods, creatures, and heroes of Celtic legend

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland Free

Fantasy Bookclub Scotland Presents- ACOTAR by Sarah J Maas

 Sun, 12 Apr at 03:00 pm Brewhemia GBP 10 to 20

April Flea Market

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:00 am Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street, EH6 8RG Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Michael Pedersen: Muckle Flugga

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

Zoe Terakes on queer myths for lovers

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

Sports romance with Rebecca J. Caffery, Meg Jones & Adiba Jaigirdar

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 6

Late Night Romance Market

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

Typewronger's No Homework Book Club

 Sun, 12 Apr at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

Romance book club and book swap with Nadine Aisha Jassat

 Sun, 26 Apr at 03:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

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

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

An Evening of Wine Tasting with Rose Murray Brown

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

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

Book Launch: Hibernian Heroes

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

An Evening with Katherine Arden- Edinburgh West End

 Fri, 19 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

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

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

Jane Austen's Love & Freindship [Sic]

 Sun, 28 Jun at 07:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 17

Dear Library: Family Story Sessions

 Tue, 14 Apr at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland Free

Edinburgh in Sunlight - Oil Pastel Mono-print & Watercolour Workshop

 Sun, 19 Apr at 02:00 pm Out of the Blue Abbeymount Studios GBP 28

Like Minds

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:30 pm Typewronger Books Free

An Evening with Gillian McAllister - Edinburgh West End

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Romantasy 101 writing workshop with Lily X

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

An Evening with Isabel Ibañez - Edinburgh West End

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

Paige Toon in conversation with Naimh Hargan - Edinburgh West End

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

Sand Painting Workshop

 Sun, 26 Apr at 02:00 pm Out of the Blue Abbeymount Studios GBP 28

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

University of Edinburgh Global Law Conference

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

Queer in a Wee Place – LGBTQ Lives and the 2026 Scottish Election

 Tue, 21 Apr at 03:00 pm Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh Free

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

 Sat, 25 Apr at 02:00 pm Meadows GBP 28

Agnes Owens in the archives

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

Scottish Book Trade Conference 2026

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

An Evening with Antonia Hodgson

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

Theatre Book Club: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

 Sat, 25 Apr at 01:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Sapphic History Tour

 Thu, 23 Apr at 02:00 pm Meet outside St Mary's Cathedral Free

Morningside Library Bookbug Session

 Thu, 19 Mar Morningside Library Free

The 1911 Census Boycott in Scotland

 Thu, 16 Apr at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Book talk - Our Time: Finding hope in the climate crisis

 Thu, 16 Apr at 01:00 pm Edinburgh Climate Change Institute Free

Rebel Book Club Edinburgh x MIND GAMES

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm The Melting Pot Consultancy GBP 17

Notes in the Margin

 Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm Keller Taproom Edinburgh

Richard Strachan: Night Fire

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Bookbinding Workshop

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

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

An Evening of Slow Burn Fantasy: Edinburgh West End

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5

Broken Sleep Books Scotland Showcase: Ricky Monahan Brown &Maria Sledmere

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

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

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

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

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

An Evening with Moorea Corrigan: Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 24

More Petticoats and Pinnacles

 Thu, 04 Jun at 10:30 am Lauriston Castle

Magical Harry Potter Tour in Edinburgh: Spanish

 Thu, 09 Apr William Chambers Monument GBP 12 to 16

Effie the Midge Book Launch- Edinburgh

 Thu, 18 Jun 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 Joy book club

 Sun, 19 Jan at 02:15 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

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

Gaelic Bookbug at the National Library of Scotland

 Thu, 14 Aug at 10:30 am National Library of Scotland Free

Introduction to Rare Book Cataloguing

 Wed, 15 Apr at 10:00 am Main Library GBP 45

Scots Bookbug at the National Library of Scotland

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