Edinburgh Events and Reading Groups
We're delighted to bring our all-year-round Literary Festival to our bookshop in Edinburgh. We have a packed calendar which ranges from readings in the bookshop to evenings with literary stars.
Susan Tomes
Tuesday 19th March, 7.30pm
We are lucky to be welcoming concert pianist and writer Susan Tomes to Edinburgh to celebrate her latest exquisite book of music history, Women and the …
View event detailsOf This and Other Worlds - Science Fiction Reading Group
Wednesday 20th March, 7.30pm
Heading into 2024, we’ll be continuing our Fantasy and Science Fiction reading group, exploring worlds both fantastical and horrific, monstrous and utopian. Whether your interests lie …
View event detailsHeather Parry
Thursday 21st March, 7.30pm
We're thrilled to be welcoming back to the bookshop a bookseller favourite and beloved local writer, Heather Parry. From the mind that brought the enthrallingly horrifying …
View event detailsJoseph Hone
Monday 25th March, 7.30pm
Who better than Joseph Hone, historian and book enthusiast, to introduce us to the thrilling history of a 1930s literary crime! Join us this spring as …
View event detailsPeter Frankopan
Monday 25th March, 7.30pm
N.B. Please note that the change from the original date of 28th March. If you booked under the original date and can no longer make it, …
View event detailsSimon Heffer
Tuesday 26th March, 7.30pm
This spring we are looking forward to welcoming back historian and Telegraph columnist Simon Heffer for Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars.Sing As We …
View event detailsChristopher Harding on the Western Fascination with the East
Wednesday 27th March, 7.30pm
With great joy we welcome Christopher Harding to the bookshop for a discussion of his latest work on Asian History, The Light of Asia: A History …
View event detailsFernanda Eberstadt: Stories of the Body Militant
Thursday 28th March, 7.30pm
We are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming American writer Fernanda Eberstadt to celebrate the publication of her latest subversive book, Bite Your Friends. In this extraordinary, …
View event detailsGrace Curtis
Friday 29th March, 7.30pm
Grace Curtis is a rising star in the world of Science Fiction & Fantasy writing. Already touted by the likes of Hannah Kaner, Amie Kaufmann, Tamsyn …
View event detailsStuart Turton
Wednesday 3rd April, 7.30pm
Did you, like us and 1,000,000 other readers, adore Stuart Turton's The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle? If so, you have a treat coming your way …
View event detailsMadhumita Murgia: Living in the shadow of AI
Thursday 4th April, 7.30pm
It is with great excitement that we welcome the Financial Times' inaugural Artificial Intelligence editor, Madhumita Murgia. After writing about AI for Wired and the FT, …
View event detailsJustine Firnhaber-Baker
Friday 5th April, 7.30pm
About House of LiliesThe Capetians rank among the most influential royal families in medieval European history. From small beginnings around Paris in the late tenth century, …
View event detailsRosie Hewlett: Retelling Medea
Monday 8th April, 7.30pm
We are thrilled to welcome the magnificent Rosie Hewlett to chat about her first self-published novel, Medea. Medea is an unmissable new addition to the canon …
View event detailsPercival Everett
Tuesday 9th April, 7.30pm
It is a profound honour to be a stop on Percival Everett's first ever UK tour. Following on from his gruesomely hilarious, Booker-shortlisted novel The Trees, …
View event detailsNicky Hayes' Little History of Psychology
Wednesday 10th April, 7.30pm
Calling all fans of Yale's Little History series! Join us for an evening at the bookshop with President of the British Psychological Society, Nicky Hayes, for …
View event detailsJenny Kleeman
Thursday 11th April, 7.30pm
If life has a price, who gets to live and who is left to die in world of finite resources?Join us for an evening with journalist, …
View event detailsA Deeply Unserious Wine Tasting with Hannah Crosbie
Monday 15th April, 7.30pm
Join us in the bookshop for a deeply unserious - yet undoubtedly delicious - wine tasting with the wonderful Hannah Crosbie.Hannah comes to the bookshop to …
View event detailsJonathan Silvertown: A Cooperative History of Life
Tuesday 16th April, 7.30pm
Jonathan Silvertown is an Honorary Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at Edinburgh University's Institute of Evolutionary Biology.He joins us at the bookshop to talk about his latest …
View event detailsAn Evening with Simple Minds' Derek Forbes
Wednesday 17th April, 7.30pm
Join us in the bookshop for an evening with Simple Minds legend Derek Forbes.Known for his iconic spine-rattling riffs, Derek Forbes has established himself on the …
View event detailsSusan Stokes-Chapman
Thursday 18th April, 7.30pm
We first welcomed Susan Stokes-Chapman to the bookshop in Spring 2022. Back then, we celebrated her marvellous #1 Sunday Times bestselling debut, Pandora. This time round, …
View event detailsA British Museum Lecture: Richard Abdy on Life in the Roman Army
Friday 19th April, 7.30pm
N.B. This event is now taking place at Greenside Church (1b Royal Terrace, EH7 5AB). All other details remain unchanged.The British Museum comes to Edinburgh!This evening …
View event detailsNick Bano: How to Solve the Housing Crisis
Monday 22nd April, 7.30pm
Nick Bano is an author and Barrister who specialises in representing homeless people, residential occupiers, and destitute and migrant households. He joins us in the bookshop …
View event detailsAgnes Arnold Forster: A History of Nostalgia
Tuesday 23rd April, 7.30pm
Agnes Arnold-Forster is a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Agnes joins us at the bookshop to discuss her debut trade publication, Nostalgia: A History …
View event detailsSinéad Gleeson
Wednesday 24th April, 7.30pm
'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS'Wild, elemental... I adored it' LOUISE KENNEDY'Intelligent, probing' MAGGIE O'FARRELL'Wonderfully gothic ... [a] cracking debut' DOUGLAS STUARTSinéad Gleeson is a literary …
View event detailsAngela Harding: Reimagining Isabella Tree's 'Wilding'
Thursday 25th April, 7.30pm
Angela Harding - author, printmaker and illustrator - is a master of her forms. Beloved for her linocuts and screenprints that celebrate the beauty and wilderness …
View event detailsCaroline Crampton on the History of Hypochondria
Friday 26th April, 7.30pm
Caroline Crampton - celebrated author of The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary - comes to Edinburgh this April to present …
View event detailsDaniel Susskind
Tuesday 30th April, 7.30pm
At this time of uncertainty about growth and its value, award-winning economist Daniel Susskind has written an essential examination of the very concept of growth itself. …
View event detailsKim Sherwood
Wednesday 1st May, 7.30pm
Martinis on May Day to celebrate the newest Double-O novel from Kim Sherwood!Join us on the 1st of May for the Scottish Launch of A Spy …
View event detailsNathan Abrams on Kubrick
Monday 6th May, 7.30pm
Everyone knows the name Stanley Kubrick, but how many of us know the man behind the camera? Enigmatic, aloof, and heralded as a cinematic genius, Kubrick …
View event detailsCatherine Prasifka
Tuesday 7th May, 7.30pm
We are so thrilled to welcome Catherine Prasifka to the bookshop this May for her new book This is How You Remember It. Catherine's debut novel …
View event detailsSarah Perry
Thursday 9th May, 7.30pm
Sarah Perry, beloved author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth, returns in 2024 with her finest novel to date, Enlightenment. Described by Sean Hewitt as a …
View event detailsCatherine Coldstream on Her Life as a Contemplative Nun
Tuesday 14th May, 7.30pm
This May, we are excited to welcome Catherine Coldstream to the Bookshop to talk about her debut memoir Cloistered which follows her experience of becoming — …
View event detailsDavid Mitchell: Cloud Atlas, 20 Years On
Wednesday 15th May, 7.30pm
When it was first published in 2004, The Guardian called Cloud Atlas ‘a remarkable book’, adding ‘there won't be a bigger, bolder novel this year. With …
View event detailsIngrid Persaud
Thursday 16th May, 7.30pm
Ingrid Persaud is the Costa First Novel Award winning author of Love After Love: a remarkably sensitive exploration of familial love, dissolution, and renewal. It is …
View event detailsJuano Diaz
Friday 17th May, 7.30pm
Juano Diaz' Slum Boy is a literary sensation in the making. Already winning the hearts of Andrew O'Hagan and Douglas Stuart, Slum Boy is an endlessly …
View event detailsCaroline Eden
Monday 20th May, 7.30pm
We cannot wait to host Caroline Eden, friend of the bookshop and author of the wonderful, award-winning books, Samarkand, Black Sea and Red Sands. Caroline will …
View event detailsNicolas Padamsee: An Observer Best Debut Novelist for 2024
Tuesday 21st May, 7.30pm
Nicolas Padamsee's England is Mine is an explosive novels about one of Britain's most pressing issues: violent extremism amongst young men. Nicolas was named by one …
View event detailsAmor Towles
Friday 24th May, 7.30pm
Besides the obvious prestige of writing three NYT bestsellers - Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway - Amor has and continues …
View event detailsVelia Vidal
Monday 27th May, 7.30pm
We are very excited to partner again in 2024 with one of our favourite independent publishers, Charco Press, and celebrate translated fiction together in the Bookshop. …
View event detailsCat Bohannon & Kate Womersley
Tuesday 28th May, 7.30pm
We're honoured to be hosting Cat Bohannon for her Women's Prize for Non-Fiction longlisted Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.Over …
View event detailsSusan Dennard & S.T. Gibson
Thursday 30th May, 7.30pm
We are thrilled to welcome two bestselling fantasy authors to the bookshop this May, S.T. Gibson and Susan Dennard, to celebrate their latest fantasy novels! Evocation …
View event detailsCoco Mellors: From Cleo and Frank to the Blue Sisters
Friday 31st May, 7.30pm
Is there anybody who didn't adore Cleopatra & Frankenstein?Beloved by our booksellers and readers alike, Coco Mellors' debut - a Sunday Times bestseller, no less - …
View event detailsMarlon James: A Decade Since the Booker Prize
Monday 3rd June, 7.30pm
Who would believe it has been a decade since Kingston's finest, Marlon James, won the Booker Prize? His A Brief History of Seven Killings is a …
View event detailsAndrew O'Hagan
Tuesday 4th June, 7.30pm
Andrew O'Hagan has been nominated for the Booker Prize, voted one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2003, and won the E. M. Forster …
View event detailsSelva Almada
Wednesday 5th June, 7.30pm
We are thrilled to be welcoming Selva Almada for her latest novel published by the wonderful independent publisher Charco Press. Shortlisted for the Mario Vargas Llosa …
View event detailsClaire Daverley
Thursday 6th June, 7.30pm
Claire Daverley won our hearts with her blockbuster debut, Talking at Night. It also won the (perhaps more influential) acclaim of Jojo Moyes and Libby Page, …
View event detailsMax Hastings
Wednesday 19th June, 7.30pm
This summer we welcome back Military Historian Max Hastings. Known for such gripping and thoroughly researched works as Abyss and Operation Pedestal, we are looking forward …
View event detailsIrvine Welsh
Monday 8th July, 7.30pm
This July, we're over the moon to be hosting Irvine Welsh to celebrate publication of his newest novel. Beloved all over the world but especially so …
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