Fort Kinnaird is hosting a free monthly book club in partnership with Musselburgh Library to bring the community together over the joy of reading.
READ MOREFringe 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!
READ MOREJoin 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!
READ MOREAdmit it, Jamaica made Scotland wealthy. Author of Bought and Sold: Scotland, Jamaica and Slavery, Kate Phillips tells the real story of Scotland and slavery.
READ MOREEnjoy a thrilling journey through time and mythology unlocking captivating secrets with historian and folklorist Stuart McHardy!
READ MOREIn 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.
READ MOREChoose 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.
READ MOREIf 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?
READ MOREThe 2024 Edinburgh International Book Festival returns from Saturday 10th to Sunday 25th August.
READ MOREWhy 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 MOREIn this lecture Hannah Fitzpatrick explores why maps are so captivating…and why we shouldn’t (always) use them to explain the world.
READ MOREView 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.
READ MOREAll 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.
READ MOREJoin Robin Laing and hear about the shenanigans of royals and aristocrats over centuries and a few other titbits!
READ MOREWith 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 MOREThis talk will explore the limits of speech and how we describe it in fiction across genres and formats.
READ MOREDave 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!
READ MOREThe 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!
READ MOREFree, fun and fantastic! East Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions!
READ MOREBGCP Comic Con returns to it's favourite place in Fife when the takeover of The Mercat Shopping Centre takes place on Saturday 31st August!
READ MOREJoin award winning artists and authors Sam Winston and Oliver Jeffers as they discuss their new collaboration The Dictionary Story at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street!
READ MORECome hang out with Jenny Colgan at the Bookface Sip & Swap on Saturday 24th August - it's all about books, banter and good company!
READ MOREJoin 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!
READ MORECelebrate the paperback launch of 'Ma Mum & William Wordsworth' at New Lanark World Heritage Site on Saturday 24th August!
READ MORELeadhills 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!
READ MOREJoin Waterstones Braehead for an exciting evening with Alex Howard as he discusses his brilliant new book The Ghost Cat with Ellis Tuesday!
READ MOREFree, fun and fantastic! Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions throughout the week!
READ MOREThe 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!
READ MOREJoin 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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