Literary-art Events in Edinburgh

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

Halloween at the Georgian House

 Fri, 31 Oct at 07:00 pm The Georgian House, Edinburgh

Franco-Scottish Fair

 Sat, 25 Oct at 11:00 am West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ride for Tim: Edinburgh talks mental health and cycling

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:45 pm Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House

Carlton Kirby's True Tales of the Tour de France

 Wed, 12 Nov at 07:30 pm Ghillie Dhu

Sally Magnusson: The Shapeshifter's Daughter

 Fri, 14 Nov at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

READ WRITE HEAR

 Sun, 09 Nov at 01:00 pm 28 Brougham Street, EH3 9JH Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lemon Grove Bookclub - October

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Backstage Barbershop Edinburgh GBP 6

Mairi Kidd: Poor Creatures

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Living Writing: Monthly Creative Writers' Meetup

 Sun, 02 Nov at 01:30 pm Leith Depot Free

Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera'

 Fri, 31 Oct at 07:15 pm St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh GBP 16 to 54

The Enchanted Snake

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

An Evening with Peter MacQueen and the Hebridean Baker

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

John P Mackintosh Memorial Lecture 2025: Sir Malcolm Rifkind

 Thu, 30 Oct at 05:45 pm St Cecilia's Hall Free

Backlash: A new era of policing women & queer people

Sat, 08 Nov at 12:30 pm 2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Anders Buaas - The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

 Thu, 13 Nov at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms

Screening of "Elevator to the Gallows" + Live Jazz Performance

 Thu, 30 Oct at 06:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Upstart Scotland AGM 2025

 Sat, 25 Oct at 11:00 am Augustine United Church Free

Hen Party with Arthur Parkinson

 Thu, 20 Nov at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Drafted!: The Slam!

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:30 pm The Canons' Gait

Exclusive Dinner Experience with Doug Dane

 Sat, 25 Oct at 05:30 pm Miro's on the Prom GBP 131

Book Club Discussion - Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

 Sat, 25 Oct at 02:00 pm Old Eastway Tap Free

The World of Jane Austen: Devoney Looser & Zoë McGee in conversation

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Slurp and Sleuth: A Body At The Book Festival

 Sat, 29 Nov at 07:30 pm Tanners Free

Opening Night! Navigating Life exhibition

 Fri, 21 Nov at 06:00 pm Whitespace Free

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

Robin Sheriff: The Science of Fermentation

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 25

Cycling UK in Scotland Annual Gathering 2025

 Sat, 01 Nov at 10:30 am Augustine United Church Free

Meet Doug Dane: Author of Mistaken Identity & Creator of RESET.

 Sat, 25 Oct at 01:00 pm Tribe Porty Free

Author Portraits - Grand Clearance

 Sun, 26 Oct at 10:00 am Gallery Close Photography Gallery

Garth Marenghi - This Bursted Earth Book Tour

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

What if your employer adopted a 4 day work week?

 Sat, 08 Nov at 11:00 am ECCI Free

New College Festival of Books and Belief

 Fri, 07 Nov at 11:00 am New College, Mound Pl, EH1 2LX Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Vanessa R. Sasson: ‘The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women’

 Fri, 07 Nov at 05:30 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Free

Weekend Recipes with Jessica Elliott Dennison

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

Edinburgh Contra Dance - December 2025

 Sat, 06 Dec at 07:45 pm Columcille

Inaugural Lecture: Anna Vaninskaya

 Wed, 22 Oct at 05:15 pm 50 George Square Lecture Theatre (G.03) Free

Day 1 - Call for Papers - Beyond Borders: International Law in Antiquity

 Thu, 06 Nov at 02:00 pm Edinburgh Law School Free

Networking Unscripted Oct 2025

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:30 pm Manahatta Edinburgh Free

Scottish Arts Trust Recital -Anna Pych (Soprano) and Eléna Esposito (Piano)

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:00 pm Scottish Arts Club GBP 10 to 15

Abi Millar: ‘The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age’

 Fri, 07 Nov at 02:30 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh GBP 8 to 12

Poetry Jukebox Launch: Fragments of Scotch Poetry

 Thu, 04 Dec at 06:30 pm Scottish Poetry Library GBP 5

Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth - Robin Ince with James Matthewson

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:30 pm Typewronger Books Free

BSL Book Club | Sign Between the Lines - Yassmin Abdel-Magied

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:30 pm Blackwood Bar, Deaf Action GBP 0 to 5

Career Pathways in Spoken Word Poetry (Summerhall Arts x I Am Loud)

 Sat, 08 Nov at 02:00 pm Summerhall

Religion and Scottish Drama

 Sat, 08 Nov at 04:00 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh GBP 8 to 12

Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Edinburgh

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm Augustine United Church Free

Emily Buchanan, Natalie Jayne Clark and Elspeth Wilson - Edinburgh West End

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5

BookshopLATES... New Scottish Houses

 Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Free

RSVP: Death / Rebirth- live music & poetry event

 Tue, 28 Oct at 06:00 pm Leith Library Free

Cold Turkey's Honey Roast Hope

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Assembly Roxy GBP 14 to 17

The pleasures and power of reading with Graeme Macrae Burnet

 Thu, 20 Nov at 07:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Black History Month Lecture 2025

 Thu, 30 Oct at 04:10 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Free

What's your Wonder?

 Thu, 20 Nov at 06:00 pm Tribe Porty CIC Free

Strawmoddie 10th Anniversary Scratch Night

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:30 pm St Brides Centre GBP 9 to 12

Digital Skills 4 Girls Edinburgh: Podcast Challenge!

 Wed, 29 Oct at 05:30 pm CodeBase Edinburgh Free

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

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

THE WU SESSIONS OPEN MIC

 Thu, 30 Oct at 09:00 pm WU asia pacific

Neighbourhood night with Author Kent Hung

 Tue, 11 Nov at 06:00 pm 19-25 William Street, EH3 7NG

Tony Black: Gritty Crime Novelist and Bold Edinburgh Storyteller

 Thu, 27 Nov at 07:30 pm Porteous' Service Room Free

Sustainable zine making

 Fri, 28 Nov at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland Free

WORLD WIDE WEIRD : Mariana Enríquez and Mona Awad

 Mon, 03 Nov at 06:45 pm Oxgangs Library Free

Lorna Reid with Konrad Wiszniewski and the Green Note Trio

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:30 pm Baberton Golf Club

Day - 2 Call for Papers - Beyond Borders: International Law in Antiquity

 Fri, 07 Nov at 10:00 am Edinburgh Law School Free

Drafted! Poetry Slam

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:30 pm The Canons' Gait GBP 5

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

 Sun, 26 Oct at 02:00 pm Meadows GBP 14 to 28

Creative writing: Libraries through time

 Wed, 12 Nov at 01:00 pm National Library of Scotland GBP 5

1 World Film Festival | 2026

 Sat, 31 Jan at 07:00 pm The Banshee Labyrinth Free

Writer's Playtime

 Tue, 28 Oct at 07:00 pm The Volley GBP 5 to 7

Ancestral Circles for Men - New Moon 2025

 Tue, 21 Oct at 06:30 pm HUT, Community Woodland, EH14 7JB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Stramash Book Launch

 Tue, 11 Nov at 06:30 pm Scottish Poetry Library Free

Amina Shah in conversation with Jenny Colgan

 Thu, 04 Dec at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

John Roy Stuart Latha Chuilodair - Falkirk Muir 280th Anniversary - evening

 Tue, 18 Nov at 06:30 pm Hill Street Theatre GBP 14

Stuart Johnstone: Edinburgh Crime Author with a Gripping Police Past

 Wed, 12 Nov at 06:00 pm Colinton Library Free

Author Portraits - Grand Clearance

 Wed, 22 Oct at 10:00 am Gallery Close Photography Gallery

Big Picture Live: Edinburgh

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm City Art Centre And Museum, Edinburgh.

How popular was Jane Austen?

 Thu, 11 Dec at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Book Bonanza Edinburgh 2025

 Sat, 25 Oct at 11:00 am La Monde Edinbugh

Queer & Christian - an evening with Rev Brandan Robertson

 Wed, 12 Nov at 07:30 pm Augustine United Church GBP 5 to 10

Noir At The Bar Edinburgh

 Thu, 27 Nov at 07:45 pm Hot Toddy GBP 6

Maryville: a dyke bar revival with Joelle Taylor [Radical Book Fair]

 Wed, 05 Nov at 07:00 pm Assembly Roxy

MATILDA THE MUSICAL

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

Cinetopia Salon #1: Elevator to the Gallows (Louis Malle 1958) + Live Jazz performance

 Thu, 30 Oct at 06:00 pm French Institute for Scotland

Velvetine Verses: Scotland's Young Makars Poetry Evening

 Thu, 11 Dec at 06:00 pm Scottish Poetry Library Free

Mark Hummel Band

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:15 pm @The Voodoo Rooms, EH2 2AA Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Great North Road by Robert Louis Stevenson, with Stuart Campbell

 Wed, 12 Nov at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 12

Chutzpah: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality and Daring to Stay

 Mon, 27 Oct at 12:00 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Free

Christmas Lecture: Dr Benji Waterhouse

 Thu, 04 Dec at 06:15 pm Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh GBP 12

Alexander McCall Smith at Toppings & Co., Edinburgh (UK)

 Thu, 27 Nov at 07:00 pm New Town Church, Edinburgh

Architectural History & Theory Seminar Series| Shiben Banerji

 Tue, 25 Nov at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art Free

An Evening with Olly Smith – Book Launch & Wine Tasting at Majestic Wine

 Thu, 27 Nov at 07:00 pm Majestic Wine Comiston GBP 45 to 80

John Henry Newman and the Ends of Art

 Mon, 17 Nov at 04:10 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Free

Louise McMonagle (Cellist) Concert at the Scottish Arts Club

 Sun, 02 Nov at 03:00 pm Scottish Arts Club GBP 10 to 15

St Cecilia's Music Museum

 Tue, 11 Nov at 10:30 am St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh Free

Sports Law Conference

 Thu, 30 Oct at 11:00 am The WS Society GBP 192 to 360

Fawlty Towers Live at Edinburgh Playhouse

 Tue, 27 Jan at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

Improvisation for beginners workshop with Simone Seales

 Sun, 30 Nov at 11:00 am Traverse Theatre GBP 17 to 28

Wild Homecomings - an evening with Author Keith Broomfield

 Mon, 24 Nov at 07:00 pm Water of Leith Conservation Trust and Visitor Centre GBP 7

Hosting like a Pro! Workshop with Loud Poets at Push the Boat Out Festival

 Fri, 21 Nov at 01:30 pm Pleasance, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Ebony Frame: A Ghost Story

 Sat, 08 Nov at 07:00 pm The Studio St. Augustine's Church

‘Engraved on Man’s Skin’: The Auld Alliance, Much More than a Military Alliance

 Thu, 23 Oct at 03:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom