Literary in Edinburgh This Month

Sat 1 Aug

In conversation with tourists - Edinburgh based podcast

📍 Edinburgh

Sat 1 Aug

An Evening with Chicane

📍 Edinburgh Corn Exchange

Sat 1 Aug

Intimate Lives: The History of Sex and Desire in Edinburgh's Old Town (16+)

📍 Gladstone's Land

£12.50 - £14.00

Mon 3 Aug

August Bookclub 2026

📍 Lost in Leith

Free - £2.88

Wed 5 Aug

Fiction Book Group - Edinburgh West End

📍 Waterstones

Wed 5 Aug

Lin Anderson: The High Island

📍 Blackwell's Bookshop

£3.00 - £20.00

Fri 7 Aug

The Tale of the Original Jekyll and Hyde (Told by a Mad Hatter from Stockport)

📍 Riddles Court

Fri 7 Aug

Closer to Cultures: 2026 Spring/Summer Season

Sat 8 Aug — Sun 9 Aug

The Stories School Told Us: Exploring Educational Wounds

📍 Physis Scotland

£195.00

Wed 12 Aug

Edinburgh School of Poets Afternoon Open Mic

📍 Scottish Poetry Library

Thu 13 Aug

Edinburgh School of Poets Morning Open Mic

📍 Scottish Poetry Library

Thu 13 Aug

Regeneration Reading Group

📍 Lauriston Agroecology Farm

Fri 14 Aug

Walking with Shadows - A Dance and Creative Literary Experience

📍 Stockbridge Library

£0.00

Tue 18 Aug

TBC EDINBURGH - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

📍 The Beverly

Wed 19 Aug

Binks Hub Writing Retreat [August]

📍 Main Library

Wed 19 Aug

Young Religious Poets Competition Final

📍 Canongate Kirk

Wed 19 Aug

Book launch event - Eoin McLaughlin - The Inclusive Wealth of Nations

📍 Library of Mistakes

Free - £9.00

Thu 20 Aug

Rebel Book Club Edinburgh x REWIRED

📍 The Melting Pot Consultancy

£16.96

Fri 21 Aug

The Shamrock and the Cross – Spectators Under Heaven

📍 Canonmills Church

Fri 21 Aug

Meet The Author

📍 The Secret Brew

£10.00

Sat 22 Aug

Cammy Barnes

📍 Royal Highland Showgrounds

Tue 25 Aug

Book club, city centre

📍 Edinburgh Central Library

Tue 25 Aug

It's our Last Hurrah at The Wash Bar!

📍 Wash Bar

Sat 29 Aug

Bearsden Library Edinburgh Festival Live Stream: Sally Magnusson

📍 Bearsden Library and Community Hub