Books Events in Edinburgh in August 2024
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Events in Edinburgh
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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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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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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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:
Dave Roman Drawing Party
Dave Roman, author of store favourite Unicorn Boy, will join the team at Waterstones Newton Mearns for a chat about his his life as an author and some improvised drawing challenges!
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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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East Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions
Free, fun and fantastic! East Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions!
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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:
Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston in conversation: The Dictionary Story
Join award winning artists and authors Sam Winston and Oliver Jeffers as they discuss their new collaboration The Dictionary Story at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street!
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Bookface Sip & Swap with Jenny Colgan
Come hang out with Jenny Colgan at the Bookface Sip & Swap on Saturday 24th August - it's all about books, banter and good company!
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Victor and Barry’s Kelvinside Compendium: Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson
Join beloved Scottish actors Alan Cumming (Goldeneye, The Good Wife) and Forbes Mason (The Crown, Eastenders) at Aye Write this August for an entertaining meander down memory close!
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Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Ma Mum & William Wordsworth Book Launch
Celebrate the paperback launch of 'Ma Mum & William Wordsworth' at New Lanark World Heritage Site on Saturday 24th August!
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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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Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
An Evening with Alex Howard
Join Waterstones Braehead for an exciting evening with Alex Howard as he discusses his brilliant new book The Ghost Cat with Ellis Tuesday!
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Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions
Free, fun and fantastic! Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions throughout the week!
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Film & Comic Con Glasgow
The Film & Comic Con Glasgow returns to Braehead Arena on the weekend of the 24th & 25th August bringing you the best in autograph sessions, photo shoots and panels with your favourite celebrities!
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Here's a selection of Books Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
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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