Books events in Edinburgh
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Events in Edinburgh
Abbey Strand Book Club
Explore spaces and objects which have shaped history and inspired fiction at the Abbey Strand book club!
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Free Book Club at Fort Kinnaird
Fort Kinnaird is hosting a free monthly book club in partnership with Musselburgh Library to bring the community together over the joy of reading.
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An Evening with Andy the Highlander
Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh are thrilled to be welcoming social media sensation Andy the Highlander on 31st July, who joins us to present Lochs & Legends!
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Fringe by the Sea
Fringe by the Sea is back with a bang! With over 250 events between August 2nd and 11th in the beautiful seaside town of North Berwick, there's something to suit every taste!
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ScotlandsFest: Fower Legs Guid, Twa Legs Better! - Thomas Clark
Join translator Thomas Clark on a fascinating journey through Orwell, Scots and the language we use today.
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An Evening with Alex Howard
Join us at Waterstones Edinburgh West End on Wednesday 7th August as we welcome Alex Howard to the shop to celebrate the paperback release of The Ghost Cat!
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ScotlandsFest: Slavery and Scotland, Our Hidden History - Kate Phillips
Admit it, Jamaica made Scotland wealthy. Author of Bought and Sold: Scotland, Jamaica and Slavery, Kate Phillips tells the real story of Scotland and slavery.
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ScotlandsFest: The Geomythography of Scotland - Stuart McHardy
Enjoy a thrilling journey through time and mythology unlocking captivating secrets with historian and folklorist Stuart McHardy!
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ScotlandsFest: Quines, Women of Scotland - Gerda Stevenson
In poetry and song, award-winning writer/actor/singer Gerda Stevenson presents the remarkable women from her acclaimed book, Quines: Poems in Tribute to Women of Scotland.
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ScotlandsFest: Trainspotting on Location - Tim Bell
Choose Life. Choose Leith. Choose a walking tour through Leith’s heart, dissecting Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting – the book, the movie and the play. Uncover the layers of this iconic phenomenon.
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The Underground Lectures: ’A strong dash of herself’: Golden Age Mystery Writers and their Fictional Alter Egos
If readers would traditionally ignore the authors themselves when reading a book, how does that experience change when a version of the author themself is a character?
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Edinburgh International Book Festival
The 2024 Edinburgh International Book Festival returns from Saturday 10th to Sunday 25th August.
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ScotlandsFest: Our Fathers Fought Franco - Willy Maley and Jennie Renton
Why did these young men put their lives on the line and go to Spain to fight with the International Brigades? How did they all end up in the same prison cell? And what is their legacy today?
READ MOREThe Underground Lectures: What Maps (Don’t) Tell Us
In this lecture Hannah Fitzpatrick explores why maps are so captivating…and why we shouldn’t (always) use them to explain the world.
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ScotlandsFest: In Conversation - Richard Demarco
View Scotland through the lens of visual arts and literature. A rambling, enlightening dialogue discussion on the state of the Edinburgh festivals and Scotland as a whole.
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ScotlandsFest: The History of Art in 100 Limericks - Angus Reid
All you’ll ever need to know about art served up in hilarious, bite-sized and rhyming mouthfuls, dripping with the venom of a Marxist / feminist / queer point of view.
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ScotlandsFest: The Queen’s Bahookie, and Other Tales From Scotland’s Castles - Robin Laing
Join Robin Laing and hear about the shenanigans of royals and aristocrats over centuries and a few other titbits!
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ScotlandsFest: We Are Scottish Football - Julie McNeill
With a pen dipped in passion, Julie McNeill explores the emotional landscape of football, bringing to life the highs and lows, triumphs and tribulations that define the beautiful game in Scotland.
READ MOREThe Underground Lectures: Phon Fiction: Descriptions of Speech in Novels
This talk will explore the limits of speech and how we describe it in fiction across genres and formats.
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Candice Brathwaite: Manifesto
Join us at the Assembly Rooms for an inspiring evening with critically-acclaimed Sunday Times bestselling author, advocate, journalist and TV presenter Candice Brathwaite!
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An Evening with Deborah Harkness
Enjoy a spectacular evening with bestselling author Deborah Harkness and her latest book The Black Bird Oracle on Thursday 5th September at the Tom Fleming Centre for Performing Arts!
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Textile Orientalisms: Paisley Shawls in Literature
Join the National Trust for Scotland on Friday 6th September at the Georgian House to welcome the author, Suchitra Choudhury, for a presentation of her work and wider discussion!
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Jay Rayner - Nights Out At Home
Join the ever-tasteful, often hilarious, writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner as he celebrates 25 years as The Observer’s award-winning restaurant critic with the publication of Nights Out At Home!
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Meet Ben Aaronovitch at Waterstones Edinburgh West End
Bestselling fantasy author Ben Aaronovitch comes to to Waterstones Edinburgh West End, to sign copies of The Masquerades of Spring, the new novella in the his brilliant Rivers of London series.
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Jacqueline Wilson - Think Again
The Portobello Bookshop team are hosting an event with the one and only Jacqueline Wilson on Monday 16th September at the Assembly Rooms!
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In Conversation: Rodge Glass & Esa Aldegheri
Join us at Waterstones Edinburgh West End on Wednesday 18th September when we will be joined by Rodge Glass to celebrate the release of his memoir Joshua in the Sky.
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An Evening with Dougie Donnelly
Join Waterstones West End Tuesday 24th September when we will be joined by Dougie Donnelly to celebrate the release of My Life in Sport.
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In Conversation with Elle Machray and L.R. Lam
Join us at Waterstones Edinburgh West End on Thursday 26th September to celebrate Elle Machray's Remember, Remember.
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In Conversation with Jon Sopel
Explore post-Brexit Britain and what it means to British with Jon Sopel, renowned British journalist, bestselling author, political insider and presenter of the chart-topping podcast The News Agents.
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Michael Palin - There And Back
Best-selling author and comedy legend Michael Palin is going back on the road, with a new UK tour this autumn, which will include a night at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall on Sunday 6th October!
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Sandi Toksvig: Friends of Dorothy
Following the sell-out 2022 tour of Next Slide Please, Sandi Toksvig - comedian, broadcaster, writer and campaigner - returns to theatres with an evening to celebrate the publication of her new novel.
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Nobody’s Empire: An Evening With Stuart Murdoch
Join Stuart Murdoch for an evening of reading, songs and a live Q&A at Summerhall, in celebration of his debut novel, Nobody's Empire.
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Derek Forbes - a Very Simple Mind
Following the recent release of his autobiography ‘A Very Simple Mind’, Derek Forbes is now on tour promoting it! Catch him at The Voodoo Rooms on 12th November!
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Meet Derek Landy at Waterstones Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird
Meet global best-seller and award-winning author, Derek Landy at Waterstones as he signs copies of The Haunted House on Hollow Hill.
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Lemn Sissay - Let The Light Pour In
Spend an evening with a master of the spoken word, BAFTA nominated author, activist, performer and Sunday Times number one bestseller, Lemn Sissay OBE.
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Books Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
East Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions
Free, fun and fantastic! East Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions!
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An Evening With Chris Brookmyre
Best-selling crime writer Christopher Brookmyre returns to The Avenue Shopping Centre in Newton Mearns to discuss his latest book, The Cracked Mirror!
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Children’s Library Summer Events
The East Renfrewshire Libraries team have a whole summer of events for kids planned including family fun days, storytime, arts and crafts and not forgetting the annual Summer Reading Challenge!
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Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Kirkcaldy Comic Con
BGCP Comic Con returns to it's favourite place in Fife when the takeover of The Mercat Shopping Centre takes place on Saturday 31st August!
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Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Hollie McNish
With fans ranging from Emma Watson, Pink and Benjamin Zephaniah, Ted Hughes Award winner Hollie McNish is a poet whose readings are not to be missed!
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Worldcon: Glasgow 2024
The Scottish Event Campus will host over 5,000 fans of science fiction books, films, TV shows, games and other media at Worldcon: Glasgow 2024 in August!
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Bookface Sip & Swap With Sophie Gravia
Join Bookface for a bookish morning sipping drinks, swapping books, and chatting with author Sophie Gravia in Glasgow on Sunday 4th August!
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Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Leadhills Miners Library
Leadhills Miners Library is the oldest subscription library in the British Isles and is now a museum of literature and village life, open weekends May to September!
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An Evening with Shaun Ryder
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure, Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder will bring his new, spoken word tour to Airdrie Town Hall on Sunday 27th October 2024!
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East Kilbride Comic Con
East Kilbride Comic Con is back, with more traders, props and all of your favourite heroes and villains for two full days in September!
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Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
An Evening With Jennifer Delaney
Celebrate the launch of Tales of a Monstrous Heart with Jennifer Delaney as she discusses her brilliant debut at Waterstones Braehead!
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Talk on The Glen Cinema Disaster, by Brian Hannan
Join Paisley Heritage Group for a talk with questions and answers session from Brian Hannan, author of The Glen Cinema Disaster book, on the very sad topic of the Glen Cinema disaster.
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Shaun Ryder: Happy Mondays, and Fridays, and Saturdays, and Sundays
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure, Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder will bring his new, spoken word tour to Airdrie Town Hall on Friday 25th October!
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Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Shaun Ryder
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure, Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder will bring his new, spoken word tour to The Albert Halls on 26th October!
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Bloody Scotland 2024
The 13th international crime writing festival returns from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th September with a fabulous programme of authors to help bring a shiver to your spine.
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Only Here, Only Now: Tom Newlands
Join Stirling Libraries at St Ninians Library on 15th August as we chat to author Tom Newlands about his critically acclaimed debut novel 'Only Here, Only Now'!
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A Blether O Books: Scotland Through Literature
Join the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum this October as they welcome a selection of authors in this celebration of Scottish literature!
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