Writing Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening writing events all around Edinburgh, SC

Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera x Valentine's Day

 Sat, 14 Feb at 08:30 pm St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh GBP 6 to 44

Head. Heart. Hand. preview performance

 Thu, 19 Feb at 02:00 pm Traverse Theatre 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

An Evening with Shari Lapena - Edinburgh West End

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

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

Campaigning women: Chrystal Macmillan, Helen Crawfurd and Helen Steven

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

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

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

Guest Workshop: Intro to Improvised Rap

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

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

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

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

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

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

Storytelling in the age of AI | In-person

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

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 Feb at 10:00 am Wasps Riverside House GBP 40

Scottish women writers in children’s literature

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

Tobi Coventry: He's the Devil

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

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

 Fri, 27 Mar at 01:00 pm University of Edinburgh Library Free

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

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

An Evening with Sarah Wynn-Williams - Edinburgh West End

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

Creative making: Victorian paper valentines

 Tue, 10 Feb at 10:30 am National Library of Scotland GBP 15

First Draft Assembly - Edinburgh

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:00 pm The Waverley Bar Free

Living Writing: Monthly Creative Writers’ Meetup

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

Katalina Watt on Saltswept - Edinburgh West End

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

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

Galentine's Event

 Sat, 14 Feb at 01:00 pm Inch Community Education Centre

Multi-Award-Winning Indian novel to be Launched in Edinburgh on Feb 2

 Mon, 02 Feb at 05:30 pm Edinburgh City Chambers Free

Yin Yoga and therapeutic writing workshops

 Sat, 28 Feb at 03:00 pm Blue Morpho Edinburgh GBP 20 to 66

Writing the French Caribbean: an Introduction

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

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 03 Mar at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

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

Dissertation Away Day

 Tue, 17 Feb at 10:00 am Room 1.55 Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh Free

Creative making: Inspired by nature

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

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 14 Apr at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 26 May at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

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

BOOKENDS

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm 20 Castle Terrace Free

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 09 Jun at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 17 Mar at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Book Launch: The Development of Commercial Law in Scotland

 Thu, 26 Mar at 05:30 pm Edinburgh Law School Free

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 24 Mar at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Grassland Plant Identification (Edinburgh) NEW FOR 2026

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

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 19 May at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

'On Weaving' by Luke Fowler & Corin Sworn

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Mote 102 Free

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 21 Apr at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 28 Apr at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 02 Jun at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 12 May at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 16 Jun at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Meet the Editors of Global Constitutionalism

 Fri, 06 Mar at 10:30 am Edinburgh Law School Free

National Galleries Writing Group

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

Nurture Circles for Wellbeing Practitioners

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

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 23 Jun at 10:00 am EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

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