Literary-art Events in Edinburgh

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

MATILDA THE MUSICAL

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

The Secrets of Niddry Street Vaults *Sold Out*

 Sat, 28 Feb at 11:45 pm Niddry St Vaults

Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon

 Wed, 18 Feb at 07:00 pm Nicolson Square Venues GBP 0 to 21

Lake District and Windermere Day Trip

 Sat, 14 Mar at 07:00 am University of Edinburgh GBP 49

Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight – ‘Clair de Lune’

 Sat, 14 Feb at 07:00 pm St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh GBP 6 to 44

Wreckless Eric / The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 11.03.26

 Wed, 11 Mar at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms

Fairytales ‘26 (Traverse Theatre) by Jordan S. Daniel & Tash McPhillips

Sat, 28 Feb at 07:00 pm Traverse Theatre

Foundering

 Wed, 11 Feb at 07:00 pm St Giles' Cathedral GBP 11 to 17

Will You Free My Palestine?

Sat, 14 Feb at 03:00 pm Sketchy Beats Cafe

Typewronger's No Homework Book Club

 Sun, 08 Feb at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

An Evening with Shari Lapena - Edinburgh West End

 Mon, 23 Feb at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Tartan Noir with Professor David Wilson and Martin Frizell - Edinburgh (1)

 Mon, 06 Apr at 07:30 pm Pleasance Theatre GBP 2 to 71

Kenan Malik: How the British Working Class Became White

 Tue, 10 Feb at 06:00 pm G.07 Informatics Forum, The University of Edinburgh Free

Who’s Lore is it Anyway? Queering Scottish Folktales with Elisabeth Flett

 Sat, 07 Feb at 02:00 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Head. Heart. Hand. preview performance

 Thu, 19 Feb at 02:00 pm Traverse Theatre Free

AYE❤️U SETT

 Sat, 14 Feb at 08:00 pm Leith Depot GBP 5

Burnt love letters: A history of queer love

 Sat, 14 Feb at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

The Awakening + Black Lakes

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:30 pm 212 Cowgate, EH1 1NQ Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Meet Hannah Gold - Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 25 Feb at 04:30 pm Waterstones GBP 15

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH EDINBURGH: FUNDRAISER

 Thu, 19 Feb at 07:00 pm Leith Depot GBP 6 to 8

Welcome to Improv: A Drop-In Improv Class w/ TBC Improv UK

 Tue, 24 Feb at 11:00 am TBC Improv UK GBP 22

Darren McGarvey Trauma Industrial Complex

 Fri, 08 May at 07:00 pm North Edinburgh Arts, 12C MacMillan Square GBP 12 to 16

Campaigning women: Chrystal Macmillan, Helen Crawfurd and Helen Steven

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

IWD 2026 - Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour

 Sun, 08 Mar at 10:00 am Edinburgh Castle Free

Personal perspectives on Alasdair Gray’s ‘Lanark’

 Thu, 12 Mar at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Celebrating Scotland’s languages with New Scots

 Sat, 21 Feb at 12:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

The history of Scots and English in 10 objects | In-person

 Fri, 06 Mar at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Guest Workshop: Intro to Improvised Rap

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:30 pm Summerhall GBP 54

Edinburgh Business Show

 Thu, 23 Apr at 10:00 am Hibernian Football Club GBP 0 to 318

The haill clanjamfrie: What's so braw aboot Scots | In person

 Fri, 13 Mar at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

WWW.BookClub

 Mon, 09 Feb at 07:00 pm Nor’ Loft GBP 42

Telegraphy by Farah Ali

 Wed, 25 Feb at 06:30 pm Typewronger Books Free

Food Is Life: A writing/craft seminar with Candice Chung

 Sun, 08 Feb at 04:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 7

Feminist Book Club Edinburgh — February meeting: "Persepolis 2"

 Sun, 08 Feb at 11:00 am Mimi's Little Bakehouse - City Art Centre Free

IWD 2026 - Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour

 Sun, 08 Mar at 02:00 pm Edinburgh Castle Free

An Evening with Elisabeth Wolf - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

The Legitimacy Gap in Borrowed Laws

 Tue, 10 Feb at 04:00 pm Edinburgh Law School Free

Role Initiative: Create your own character

 Fri, 13 Feb at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland GBP 0 to 5

The Bed Trick : Sex and Deception on Trial with Izabella Scott

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 19

Madame Florentine Besson and the Birth of the Modern Trumpet: WHM Talk

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Centre for Research Collections GBP 0 to 5

If we lose our languages, do we lose ourselves? | In-person

 Sat, 21 Feb at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Celebrating the Herring Lasses, A’ comharrachadh Clann Nighean an Sgadain

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Supporting Loved Ones With Dementia: Power of Attorney and Property

 Tue, 17 Feb at 05:30 pm ESPC Property Lounge Free

A Multilingual Roundtable on Kiffe Kiffe Demain by Faiza guène

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies Free

Awakening the Forest: An Introduction to Mindfulness in Nature

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Theatre Book Club: Inspector Morse

 Sat, 07 Mar at 01:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

IWD 2026 - Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm Edinburgh Castle Free

Lothian Region Terror Tales: Official Book Launch by John S Tantalon

 Fri, 13 Feb at 06:00 pm The Canons' Gait

IWD 2026 - Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour

 Sat, 07 Mar at 10:00 am Edinburgh Castle Free

HoA RSS | Prof. Angela Dimitrakaki, Dr Kirsten Lloyd and Dr Tamara Trodd

 Thu, 26 Mar at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

Catholic Women Writers: Voices from Scotland and Beyond

 Wed, 11 Feb at 05:45 pm Gillis Centre Free

An Evening with Gillian McAllister - Edinburgh West End

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

Wild Writing: generative writing classes, 6 week in person block

 Tue, 10 Feb at 10:00 am Scottish Poetry Library GBP 120

Punch Needle Valentines/Galentines Workshop, Edinburgh

 Thu, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Ginger Twist Studio GBP 44

An Evening with Sarah Wynn-Williams - Edinburgh West End

 Tue, 24 Feb at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

History of Art Research Seminar Series | Dr Laura Bissell

 Thu, 26 Feb at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

djembe drum workshop

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm Bridgend Inspiring Growth GBP 6

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am Meadows GBP 13

David Larbi - Frequently Happy - Edinburgh West End

 Mon, 09 Feb at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 15

Natural Ink Making Workshop

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am Wasps Riverside House GBP 40

An Evening with Neil Lancaster - Edinburgh West End

 Tue, 10 Mar at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Natural Ink Making Workshop

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am Wasps Riverside House GBP 40

Abelard Giza, Janusz Pietruszka, Kuba Śliwka | Edynburg

 Sun, 12 Apr at 07:00 pm The Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre formerly George Square Theatre

Tobi Coventry: He's the Devil

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

The exile of Mary, Queen of Scots

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

EWF - 10th February - Elisabeth Wolf (Alison Belsham)

 Tue, 10 Feb at 07:00 pm The Edinburgh Bookshop GBP 5

Scottish women writers in children’s literature

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Rebel Book Club Edinburgh x SOBER

 Tue, 24 Feb at 07:00 pm The Melting Pot Consultancy GBP 17

Preserving Digital Cultural Heritage

 Wed, 25 Mar at 04:00 pm Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh Free

meglepetés - felolvasószínház

Sat, 14 Feb at 05:00 pm Kiki's

Emotional Freedom Techniques Certification Course (In Person)

 Fri, 27 Mar at 09:30 am The Salisbury Centre GBP 109 to 537

Stephen Rutt: The Waterlands

 Wed, 01 Apr at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Theatre Book Club: Death on the Nile

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Shockwave Therapy & Laser Therapy training

 Sat, 28 Mar at 09:30 am Murrayfield Stadium, Moncrieff Suite GBP 75

Screening of "Three Friends" by Emmanuel Mouret

 Wed, 18 Feb at 06:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Theatre Book Club: Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

 Sat, 14 Feb at 01:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Living Writing: Monthly Creative Writers’ Meetup

 Sun, 22 Feb at 01:30 pm Leith Depot Free

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

Katalina Watt on Saltswept - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Floodlines: Celebrating new fiction from Saleem Haddad

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 17

The Fellowship of Storytellers

 Wed, 11 Feb at 06:30 pm The Wee Red Bar Free

Moon Women: A reflection of human history

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm Augustine United Church Free

Edinburgh Sparks

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm The Waverley Bar Free

Book Event: Such Fragile Futures: An Artist and a Poet Reflect in a Garden

 Fri, 27 Feb at 04:10 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Free

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

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

Storytelling in the age of AI | In-person

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Remembering the Reformation

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:00 pm William Robertson Wing, The University of Edinburgh Free

The Last Starborne Seer Craft Night!

 Sat, 07 Mar at 07:00 pm Book Lovers Bookshop GBP 6 to 21

Frontierlands: Hazel Sheffield on an alternative to capitalism in the UK

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 22

Death, AI and Librarianship - A Professor R. David Lankes Lecture

 Tue, 03 Mar at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland Free

Writing the French Caribbean: an Introduction

 Tue, 03 Mar at 05:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ecstatic Visions

 Fri, 27 Feb at 06:00 pm Inspace GBP 0 to 12

Susan Manning Memorial Lecture 2026: Cedric Tolliver

 Fri, 20 Mar at 05:00 pm 50 George Square Lecture Theatre (G.03) Free

The Othered Woman: Shahed Ezaydi on How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 17

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 10 Mar at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

A Constitution as a nation’s autobiography: what is put In and what is left

 Fri, 06 Feb at 02:00 pm Edinburgh Law School Free

Sapphics, Sports and Spice: Celebrate The Release of Perfect Match!

 Sat, 21 Mar at 06:30 am Lady and The Bear GBP 7 to 11

Theatre Book Club: The Boy at the Back of the Class

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

History of Art Research Seminar Series | Dr Victoria Whitworth

 Thu, 12 Feb at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

Creative making: Inspired by nature

 Tue, 10 Mar at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland GBP 10