After 5pm, Books

Monthly evening featuring live performance art, theatre, comedy, music, burlesque and spoken word.

The controversial speaker introduces his epic fantasy novel, set in Mexico during the Spanish conquest.

The Pleasance / Scroobius Pip. Scroobius Pip presents a unique mix of humour and heart-wrenching explorations of the human condition. When Words was premiered at Latitude Festivals poetry tent in 2012 it drew an unexpected crowd of 4,000 and went on to enjoy a sell-out December tour. Scroobius Pip will once again prove…

The former politician, who joined the old Conservative party in 1964, is out in and about in support of her new autobiography.

The actor, best known as Boycie from BBC1's Only Fools and Horses talks about his career, following by signings of his autobiography, Being Boycie.

The author of This Is Where I Am talks about her book, which focuses on a refugee family, and speaks with Joe Brady and Wafa Shaheen of Refugee Council Scotland.

The author of World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down reads from her book and leads a discussion on the topic.

The crimer writer discusses and reads from his book Flesh Wounds.

A fully audio-visual presentation hosted by former Top Gear presenter Steve Berry, which tells the story of Herbert's career as well as indulging in all things motor racing.

Contributors to Unstated: Writers On Scottish Independence talk about the impending referendum in 2014.

Monthly forum offering writers, poets, publishers, booksellers, librarians, creative writing students or anyone else with a literary interest the chance to get together socially to talk about books and publishing. First timers, please contact the organisers via the website.

Test your literary credentials in teams of up to five members. Please arrive for 5.45pm. Booking is essential.

The omnipresent guitarist Earl Slick, whose most recent project was David Bowie's The Next Day, discusses his new book.

Journalist and author of the music and rave history books talks with ghostwriter Luke Bainbridge and reads an extract from his book.

A mixture of anecdotes and music from the Olympic ice skater and entertainer, as he recalls how the late American dancer-actor-director helped shaped his career, along with Millwall Football Club.

Blind Poetics, Illicit Ink, Inky Fingers and Writers’ Bloc have put aside their differences to come together for National Flash Fiction Day (just kidding they probably all get along just fine). A number of Edinburgh's finest bring their terse, compact stories to the stage to prove tiny stories can still pack a wallop.

The cricket commentators talk about their careers and stories from their trips around the world.

To mark the launch of his seventh book of verse, Love, Of A Kind, the critically acclaimed poet takes audiences on an exhilarating journey through his poetry.

A talk about Norfolk Folk Tales by the author of a new book on the forgotten mysteries of the county.

Ian McEwan joins John Mullan for a discussion of his 1970s spy novel, Sweet Tooth. The novel takes the familiar tropes of the Cold War thriller to examine fiction writing and the relationship between author and reader.