Literary-art Events in Edinburgh
Check out happening literary-art 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: English
Wed, 29 Apr at 10:30 am
William Chambers Monument
GBP 12 to 16
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
EDINBURGH - HEN HOOSE - QUEEN'S HALL
Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Global Harmony an evening of music featuring YOSA and ESSO Orchestras.
Tue, 23 Jun at 07:30 pm
The Usher Hall
Free
Penetration / The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 01.08.26
Sat, 01 Aug at 07:30 pm
The Voodoo Rooms
Darren McGarvey: Trauma Industrial Complex: The Live Show
Sun, 21 Jun at 07:30 pm
Leith Arches
Irvine Welsh's P*RNO
Sat, 10 Oct at 12:30 pm
Leith Theatre
Guy Davis / The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 13.05.26
Wed, 13 May at 07:30 pm
The Voodoo Rooms
Darren McGarvey Trauma Industrial Complex
Fri, 08 May at 07:00 pm
North Edinburgh Arts, 12C MacMillan Square
GBP 12 to 16
Ghosts of the Gladstone's Land
Sat, 09 May at 07:00 pm
Gladstone's Land NTS
Storytelling in the age of AI | In-person
Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm
The Royal Society Of Edinburgh
Free
Loud Poets: Edinburgh Spoken Word Showcase
Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm
Scottish Storytelling Centre
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
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
RSE Gifford Seminar: The Conversions of Christianity | In person
Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm
The Royal Society Of Edinburgh
Free
The Migration Menu: Live from Edinburgh with Tony Singh at Kalpna
Sun, 31 May at 10:00 am
Kalpna - Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurant
GBP 7
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
Spanish Wine Tasting with Miguel Crunia
Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm
The Fort
GBP 44
Edinburgh: Sean Collyns Medium | Live with the Spirit World
Thu, 25 Jun at 07:30 pm
Assembly Roxy
GBP 38 to 65
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
Doctor Faustus
Tue, 18 Aug at 07:30 pm
St John's Church
GBP 10 to 15
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
Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Golden Light and Turning Leaves
Sat, 05 Sep at 10:00 am
Lauriston Castle
GBP 27 to 32
Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Transformation and the Art of Letting Go
Sat, 03 Oct at 10:00 am
Lauriston Castle
GBP 27 to 32
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
Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour
Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am
Edinburgh Castle
GBP 22
Blackwell's Book Quiz #203
Mon, 04 May at 06:00 pm
Blackwell's Bookshop
Free
The Forest in Full Voice: An Introduction to Mindfulness in Nature
Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am
Lauriston Castle
GBP 27 to 32
'Square Baw': A history of Scottish football
Thu, 07 May at 05:30 pm
National Library of Scotland
Free
Paige Toon in conversation with Naimh Hargan - Edinburgh West End
Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 13
ScotlandsFest: Trust issues, fake news, real poems
Mon, 24 Aug at 03:00 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Finding Balance in the Late Summer
Sat, 15 Aug at 10:00 am
Lauriston Castle
GBP 27 to 32
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: Ancient Voices, Living Landscape – Scotland's Geomythography
Wed, 26 Aug at 12:00 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
ScotlandsFest: Tea and Tales
Mon, 24 Aug at 10:30 am
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
Cut, Paste, & Taste: Queer Zine & Wine Tasting Workshop
Fri, 05 Jun at 07:00 pm
Tribe Porty
GBP 27
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
Practical Intuition
Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am
JA The Bruntsfield Edinburgh
GBP 230
An Evening with Antonia Hodgson
Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 13
Celebrating James Hutton’s lasting impact
Wed, 03 Jun at 09:30 am
The Royal Society Of Edinburgh
Free
M. John Harrison: The End of Everything
Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm
Blackwell's Bookshop
GBP 17 to 21
Narratives of the Future
Fri, 01 May at 01:30 pm
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Free
Stillness at the Solstice: An Introduction to Mindfulness in Nature
Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am
Lauriston Castle
GBP 27 to 32
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
Don't Forget We're Here Forever: Lamorna Ash
Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
GBP 0 to 5
ScotlandsFest: A Scottish Football Odyssey
Thu, 27 Aug at 01:30 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
19th May 2026 - Ali McBride
Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm
The Edinburgh Bookshop
GBP 5
Creative Walks (for tenderhearted humans) *May edition
Sat, 23 May at 11:00 am
Holyrood Park Education Centre
Free
Coming to our senses: the role of science education in an age of polycrises
Wed, 27 May at 05:15 pm
Godfrey Thomson Hall, Thomson's Land, The University of Edinburgh
Free
Robert Burns Tour
Wed, 29 Apr
St Giles' Cathedral
GBP 14
The Drafted Haiku Deathmatch!
Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm
Canon Gait Pub
The Magnolia Grows at Night with Terang Press
Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm
Typewronger Books
Free
Spotlight Talk: Earth Matters
Fri, 08 May at 02:00 pm
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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
ScotlandsFest: Art Without Borders – Demarco's Europe
Thu, 27 Aug at 12:00 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
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
ScotlandsFest: Fortunes From Flesh – Scotland and Slavery
Thu, 20 Aug at 01:30 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
Folklore & Women: The power of folklore in reclaiming female stories
Tue, 07 Jul at 07:00 pm
Assembly Roxy
GBP 14 to 33
Authentic Connection Group
Wed, 04 Mar at 06:00 pm
The Salisbury Centre
Free
Creative writing: Spellcasting
Tue, 14 Apr at 03:00 pm
National Library of Scotland
GBP 5
Young Religious Poets Competition Final
Wed, 19 Aug at 01:00 pm
Canongate Kirk
Free
ScotlandsFest: Donald Dewar – An Incomplete Legacy?
Wed, 26 Aug at 03:00 pm
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
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
ScotlandsFest: In Search of Scottish Architecture
Thu, 20 Aug at 10:30 am
St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
GBP 6 to 12
An Evening at Hotel Grimm with Mike Nicholson
Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
Free
Exploring ESPE with Jen Wren
Wed, 27 May at 03:30 pm
Dance Base, Scotland's National Centre for Dance
Free
Voices Against Putin's War: An Evening in Solidarity with Ukraine.
Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop
Free
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
Creative Writing Workshop: Bonds, Borders, Belonging
Wed, 13 May at 11:00 am
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
GBP 3
An Evening with Callum McSorley - Edinburgh West End
Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm
Waterstones
GBP 5 to 20
Exploring the Jackie Kay archive
Thu, 28 May at 05:30 pm
National Library of Scotland
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
Inaugural Lecture - Professor Jill Burke
Wed, 20 May at 05:15 pm
Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School - Doorway 4
Free
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
Regency Edinburgh - Lauriston Castle Lectures
Tue, 30 Jun at 10:30 am
Lauriston Castle
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
Works in Progress Launch Night
Fri, 08 May at 05:00 pm
Teviot Row House Student Union
Free
Grassland Plant Identification (Edinburgh) NEW FOR 2026
Thu, 25 Jun at 10:00 am
Holyrood Park Education Centre
GBP 105
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
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