Literary-art Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening literary-art events all around Edinburgh, SC

Sad Song Club - Open Mic Night @ Sketchy Beats Café // Leith

 Wed, 03 Sep at 07:00 pm Sketchy Beats Cafe

Charlie Baylis, Ginny Darke & Zain Rishi

 Sat, 16 Aug at 08:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

Top of the Scots cabaret show

 Sat, 30 Aug at 07:15 pm Sighthill Bowling Club

Shadows on the Stage

 Mon, 18 Aug at 08:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

Rob Biddulph at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

 Sat, 16 Aug at 10:00 am 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9, United Kingdom

A Night of Scots & Gaelic Poetry with Gutter

 Fri, 22 Aug at 08:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

Braw and Brackish / Bittersweet - David Bleiman & Juliette Lee

 Wed, 10 Sep at 07:30 pm Typewronger Books Free

Forest Bathing at Lauriston Castle Gardens

 Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Ancestral Circles for Men - New Moon 2025

 Sat, 23 Aug at 06:30 pm HUT, Community Woodland, EH14 7JB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Launch of The Damned King

 Tue, 19 Aug at 07:30 pm Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

Black and Brown Book Club - Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez

 Sat, 20 Sep at 02:00 pm The Black Fox Free

Blue Diode

 Sat, 23 Aug at 08:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

Edinburgh Fringe: William & David Hershaw

 Sat, 16 Aug at 09:00 pm Ukrainian Community Centre

Storytime with the author Camille Brunel

 Sat, 13 Sep at 10:30 am West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kids Balkanarama: Fringe Edition

 Sun, 24 Aug at 02:30 pm The Out of the Blue Drill Hall

Sequins as part of Springboard'25 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

 Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm PASS - Acting, Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre & Costume for Stage

Gloria!

 Fri, 10 Oct at 07:30 pm Usher Hall

Forest Bathing at Lauriston Castle Gardens

 Sat, 16 Aug at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Kin Book Club - August

 Thu, 28 Aug at 06:30 pm Spry Wines Free

Garth Marenghi - This Bursted Earth Book Tour

 Sat, 01 Nov at 07:30 pm The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Children’s Book Festival at the Institut français d’Écosse

 Sat, 27 Sep at 10:30 am West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Manni Coe: Little Ruins

 Mon, 22 Sep at 07:00 pm 53-62 South Bridge,Edinburgh,EH1 1YS,GB

Wriggle & Buzz: Storytime Special with Simon Mole & Gecko

 Thu, 21 Aug at 09:30 am 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Weekend Recipes with Jessica Elliott Dennison

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Men's Circles - Full Moon 2025

 Sun, 07 Sep at 06:30 pm HUT, Community Woodland, EH14 7JB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Uncle Vincent

 Sat, 27 Sep at 07:30 pm Scottish Storytelling Centre

Justin Davies: Firebloom Book Launch

 Fri, 29 Aug at 06:30 am 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Feminist Book Club Edinburgh

 Sun, 24 Aug at 11:00 am Mimi's Little Bakehouse - City Art Centre Free

Diana Henry: Around the Table

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm Christ Church Morningside

Asian Art Awards 2025

 Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm Edinburgh Free

Moveable Feasts: Paris in Twenty Meals by Chris Newens

 Wed, 20 Aug at 08:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

Live performance event Fake Fringe

Sat, 16 Aug at 12:00 pm Croall Place, Leith Walk, EH7 4LT Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Heave Ho: A storytime special with Sally Anne Garland

 Thu, 28 Aug at 09:30 am 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

James Yorkston & Nina Persson - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

 Tue, 16 Sep at 07:30 pm The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Find Your Selves: Authentic Relating Playshop

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:30 pm The Salisbury Centre

Muriel Spark Walking Tour

 Sat, 06 Sep at 10:30 am Edinburgh, Scotland

I Think I Like Girls: On self & Sexuality with Rosie Day (Lighthouse)

 Sat, 16 Aug at 01:00 pm 43-45 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Meet the author Constance Trautsolt

 Thu, 02 Oct at 04:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Enchanted Snake

 Sat, 01 Nov at 10:00 am Lyre, Arts Space GBP 9 to 28

Rebel Book Club Edinburgh x CHINA

 Tue, 26 Aug at 07:00 pm The Melting Pot Consultancy GBP 12

Legss

 Thu, 09 Oct at 07:00 pm 73 Cowgate, EH1 1JW Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Women on Top Edinburgh

 Wed, 27 Aug at 10:00 am W Edinburgh

Meet the authors Laurent Binet and Jean-Baptiste Andréa

 Tue, 19 Aug at 06:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Sat, 20 Sep at 12:00 pm EH7 6AE GBP 60

Understorey : A Year Among Weeds with Anna Chapman Parker (lighthouse)

 Fri, 22 Aug at 01:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Sat, 13 Dec at 12:00 pm EH7 6AE GBP 60

Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival 2025

 Fri, 26 Sep at 12:00 am Christ Church Morningside

PUBLIC BOOK SIGNING: A.F. Steadman - Skandar and the Spirit War

 Fri, 05 Sep at 01:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Sat, 11 Oct at 12:00 pm EH7 6AE GBP 60

Made of Magic - poetry of rage & (be)longing

 Mon, 18 Aug at 10:50 pm theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

Kae Kurd: What's O'Kurd Edinburgh

 Thu, 02 Oct at 08:00 pm Monkey Barrel Comedy

Forest Bathing at Lauriston Castle Gardens

 Sat, 04 Oct at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Living Writing: Monthly Creative Writers' Meetup

 Mon, 08 Sep at 04:30 pm Leith Depot Free

Mary Portas: I Shop, Therefore I Am

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm Christ Church Morningside

Elaine Thomson: Hawthorn Book Launch

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ece Temelkuran : A Manifesto Against a Heartless World

 Wed, 20 Aug at 01:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop

Sara Ahmed: No Is Not a Lonely Utterance

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm 43-45 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Big-hearted Storytelling with Vashti Harrison (suitable for wee ones)

 Thu, 21 Aug at 01:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop

Queer Debut Showcase: Elspeth Wilson, Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin & Selali Fiamanya

 Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm 43-45 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

McNaughtans Non-Fiction Book Club

 Wed, 27 Aug at 06:30 am Typewronger Books Free

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Sat, 08 Nov at 12:00 pm EH7 6AE GBP 60

Date, Desire, Divorce

 Mon, 18 Aug at 06:40 pm Royal Mile, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh Book Bonanza

 Sat, 25 Oct at 11:00 am Le Monde GBP 3 to 50

Fawn's Blood: Queer vampire night with Hal Schrieve

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm 43-45 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

George, Don't Do That... The Joy of Joyce Grenfell

 Tue, 19 Aug at 03:30 pm The Royal Scots Club

Luke Jackson / The Speakeasy at The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 06.11.25

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms - Bar, Restaurant & Function Rooms in Edinburgh

Literary Escape Festival

 Sat, 08 Nov at 10:15 am Greyfriars Charteris Centre

Jean-Yves Laurichesse: Writing between memory and fiction

 Tue, 14 Oct at 05:30 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

OPEN MIC

 Sun, 31 Aug at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

SCHS Autumn Conference - The Church and Society

 Sat, 15 Nov at 09:30 am Augustine United Church GBP 5 to 10

Introduction to Transmission Meditation - Edinburgh workshops 2025

 Sun, 02 Mar at 07:00 pm The Salisbury Centre Free

Finding Nature in the City: An Introduction to Urban Forest Bathing

 Sun, 07 Sep at 10:00 am Museum of Edinburgh GBP 12 to 17

Hunger, Edinburgh Fringe

 Mon, 18 Aug at 07:25 pm The Space on the Mile Venue

Tommy Arch / The Speakeasy @ The Voodoo Rooms / 11.09.25

 Thu, 11 Sep at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms - Bar, Restaurant & Function Rooms in Edinburgh

Dracula

 Mon, 18 Aug at 07:30 pm The Royal Scots Club

Antigone - "Vive le Fringe!" 2025

 Fri, 01 Aug at 02:30 pm French Institute of Scotland, West Parliament Square, Edinburgh, UK

Art into Poetry exhibition by RowdyMoos Productions with sound by Roddy

 Tue, 26 Aug at 12:00 pm Dundas Street Gallery

Watch Me Die - #Edfringe2025

 Mon, 18 Aug at 11:00 pm The Space at Surgeons Hall