Writing Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening writing events all around Edinburgh, SC

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

Global Harmony an evening of music featuring YOSA and ESSO Orchestras.

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:30 pm The Usher Hall Free

Storytelling in the age of AI | In-person

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

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

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

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

An Evening with Mark Edwards & William McIntyre

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

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

'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

"From Arthur's Seat" Official Launch Party

 Fri, 08 May at 06:30 pm Teviot Place Free

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

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

Cut, Paste, & Taste: Queer Zine & Wine Tasting Workshop

 Fri, 05 Jun at 07:00 pm Tribe Porty GBP 27

Celebrating James Hutton’s lasting impact

 Wed, 03 Jun at 09:30 am The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Wild Writing. A 6 week generative writing workshop series

 Tue, 05 May at 10:00 am Scottish Poetry Library GBP 60 to 120

M. John Harrison: The End of Everything

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 17 to 21

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

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

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

Rowe Irvin: Life Cycle of a Moth

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 10

Creative writing: Spellcasting

 Tue, 14 Apr at 03:00 pm National Library of Scotland GBP 5

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

Charlie Bingham: The Life-Affirming Magic of Birds

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Buds of May

 Sun, 24 May at 03:00 pm OMH Therapies Yoga & Meditation Studio Edinburgh GBP 23 to 30

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

Serendipity and the Craft of Anthropology

 Thu, 14 May at 04:15 pm Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI), The University of Edinburgh Free

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

Imagine a gender equal world - help write women onto Wikipedia!

 Fri, 27 Mar University of Edinburgh Library Free

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

 Sat, 25 Apr Meadows GBP 28

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

Grassland Plant Identification (Edinburgh) NEW FOR 2026

 Thu, 25 Jun at 10:00 am Holyrood Park Education Centre GBP 105

Edinburgh Sparks Open Mic

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm The Canons' Gait Free

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

Personal Resolve: your life as a spoken story

 Mon, 04 May at 09:00 am The Salisbury Centre Free

Seal Song Edinburgh Launch

 Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm The Strathmore

Effie the Midge Book Launch- Edinburgh

 Thu, 18 Jun at 04:30 pm HARVEY AND WOODD Free

HSK 4 Reading and Writing 1

 Mon, 11 May at 09:20 am Scottish Confucius Institute for Business and Communication, Post Grad Building GBP 33

Nurture Circles for Wellbeing Practitioners

 Sat, 08 Nov at 01:30 pm The Salisbury Centre Free

Queer Men for Queer Literature

 Sun, 08 Dec at 12:15 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Edinbirds CommuniTEA Evening - Writing Club

 Tue, 11 Feb at 06:00 pm Bird & Blend Tea Co. Free

National Galleries Writing Group

 Thu, 21 May at 02:30 pm National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait Free

The Lavender Drawing Board

 Mon, 01 Sep at 01:00 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Binks Hub Writing Retreat

 Wed, 28 May at 09:00 am Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh Free