Location: Glasgow change

RBS Talks - Dava Sobel

Books, Reading and "edinburgh"

Sorted by event / date & time / place / most viewed / star rating.

Ash Dickinson: Slinky Espadrilles
Date Location
Multiple slam champion and performance poet reads from his debut collection.
View full details
2 Jun 8pm The Canon's Gait, Edinburgh
Bookbug Session
Date Location
Rhymes, stories and songs to stimulate and delight wee ones. Suitable for under threes. Booking is essential.
View full details
22 May–28 Aug Tue 10.30–11.30am Wester Hailes Library, Edinburgh
22 May–31 Aug Tue & Fri 10.30–11.30am Muirhouse Library, Edinburgh
23 May–29 Aug Wed 10.15am & 11.15am Portobello Library, Edinburgh
23 May–29 Aug Wed 10.30–11am Drumbrae Library and Community Hub, Edinburgh
23 May–29 Aug Wed 11–11.30am & 2–2.30pm Newington Library, Edinburgh
23 May–29 Aug Wed 2–2.30pm Piershill Library, Edinburgh
24 May–30 Aug Thu 10.15–10.45am
9 Jun 10am 		Ratho Library, Edinburgh
24 May–30 Aug Thu 10.30–11am Morningside Library, Edinburgh
24 May–30 Aug Thu 11am–noon Granton Library, Edinburgh
24 May–30 Aug Thu 11.30am–noon Moredun Library, Edinburgh
25 May–31 Aug Fri 10.30–11am Blackhall Library, Edinburgh
25 May–31 Aug Fri 10.45–11.15am Sighthill Library, Edinburgh
1 Jun 10.30am Gilmerton Library, Edinburgh
2 Jun 10.30am Oxgangs Library, Edinburgh
5 Jun–19 Jun Tue 10.30–11.15am
13 Jun 10.30am
27 Jun 10.30am 		Leith Library, Edinburgh
5 Jun–19 Jun Tue 10.30–11.15am Stockbridge Library, Edinburgh
7 Jun–21 Jun Thu 10.30–11am South Queensferry Library, South Queensferry
7 Jun 10.30am Balgreen Library, Edinburgh
8 Jun 10.30am
22 Jun 10.30am 		Central Library, Edinburgh
8 Jun–9 Jun Fri 1–1.30pm; Sat 2.30–3pm
29 Jun 10.30am 		McDonald Road Library, Edinburgh
28 Jun–29 Jun Thu 10.30–11am; Fri 11–11.30am Fountainbridge Library, Edinburgh
3 Jul 10.30am
17 Jul 10.30am
11 Jul 10.30am 		Leith Library, Edinburgh
3 Jul 10.30am Stockbridge Library, Edinburgh
5 Jul 10.30am South Queensferry Library, South Queensferry
5 Jul 10.30am Balgreen Library, Edinburgh
6 Jul 10.30am
20 Jul 10.30am 		Central Library, Edinburgh
6 Jul 10.30am Gilmerton Library, Edinburgh
7 Jul 10.30am Oxgangs Library, Edinburgh
13 Jul–14 Jul Fri 1–1.30pm; Sat 2.30–3pm
27 Jul 10.30am 		McDonald Road Library, Edinburgh
26 Jul–27 Jul Thu 10.30–11am; Fri 11.30am Fountainbridge Library, Edinburgh
2 Aug–16 Aug Thu 10.30–11am South Queensferry Library, South Queensferry
2 Aug 10.30am Balgreen Library, Edinburgh
3 Aug 10.30am
17 Aug 10.30am
31 Aug 10.30am
14 Sep 10.30am
28 Sep 10.30am 		Children's Library at Central Library, Edinburgh
3 Aug Fri 10.30am & 11.15am Gilmerton Library, Edinburgh
4 Aug 10.30am Oxgangs Library, Edinburgh
7 Aug 10.30am
21 Aug 10.30am
8 Aug 10.30am
22 Aug 10.30am 		Leith Library, Edinburgh
7 Aug–21 Aug Tue 10.30–11.15am Stockbridge Library, Edinburgh
10 Aug–12 Aug Fri 1–1.30pm; Sun 2.30–3pm
31 Aug 10.30am 		McDonald Road Library, Edinburgh
30 Aug–31 Aug Thu 11–11.30am; Fri 10.30–11am Fountainbridge Library, Edinburgh
Breathin' Air with Howard Marks & John Sinclair
Date Location
Howard Marks, aka best-selling author and former international drug smuggler Mr Nice, in conversation with US political activist, poet and manager of MC5, John Sinclair.
View full details
6 Jun 7pm Electric Circus, Edinburgh
Chris Beckett & Southern Tenant Folk Union
Date Location
Award-winning sci-fi author Chris Beckett celebrates the recent release of his novel Dark Eden with a reading from the book, a Q&A session and an acoustic set from Edinburgh-based folk/bluegrass band Southern Tenant Folk Union (who released a song last year inspired by his novel The Holy Machine).
View full details
21 Jun 7pm Pulp Fiction, Edinburgh
The Dead Poets Slam
Date Location
Local performance poets morph into their literary heroes as they honour and remix classic poetry for a slam audience. The competition's open to everyone, with prizes to be won and props, costumes and theatrics encouraged. Email inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to take part and claim your poetry alter ego in advance.
View full details
20 Jun 8pm City Café, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Book Fringe
Date Location
Hosted by Word Power Books, this festival gives a platform to local publishers and writers, whether polemicists or comedians, during the capital's festival month. The Word Power bookshop is an intimate venue where authors can engage with their audience.
View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
10 Aug–24 Aug Times vary Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh
In Your Own Time
Date Location
Poets from Newcastle's Northern Poetry workshop, including Dundee's own WN Herbert, read from their new anthology. There's a free glass of wine on offer too.
View full details
9 Jun 1.30pm Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
Inky Fingers Minifest
Date Location
A grassroots minifest, born from the Edinburgh lit scene, which celebrates the best of spoken word and experimental practices. With word slams, storytelling, workshops and competitions, this is a quirky wordy addition to the Edinburgh Festivals programme.
View full details
7 Aug–12 Aug Times vary Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Inky Fingers Open Mic
Date Location
A fresh platform for people who love words. Email ahead (inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com) for a chance to perform, or just watch and admire.
View full details
26 Jun 8pm
24 Jul 8pm 		The Third Door, Edinburgh
James Robertson
Date Location
James Robertson reads from And The Land Lay Still. Booking is essential.
View full details
20 Jun 10.30am Oxgangs Library, Edinburgh
John Irving
Date Location
An evening with the bestselling author of The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, in conversation with John Boyne. In one of only two UK events he discusses his new novel, In One Person. Tickets available from Waterstones Edinburgh West End, 128 Princes Street.
View full details
30 May 7pm Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh
Laughing at the Clock: Aonghas MacNeacail
Date Location
Reading to celebrate Aonghas MacNeacail's 70th birthday and the launch of his new poetry collection.
View full details
6 Jun 6.30pm Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
The Picts
Date Location
Stuart McHardy, author of A New History of the Picts, presents his vision of the ancient past, interpreting early Pictish symbols and shedding light on how our colourful ancestors merged together to form the Scotland we know and love.
View full details
9 Jun 10am Salisbury Centre, Edinburgh
Polish Bookbug Session
Date Location
A Polish language version of the monthly story and rhyme time for under fours.
View full details
1 May–28 Aug Tue 10.30–11am McDonald Road Library, Edinburgh
12 Jun 10.30am Gilmerton Library, Edinburgh
10 Jul 10.30am
14 Aug 10.30am 		Gilmerton Library, Edinburgh
Scotsman Literary Dinner
Date Location
Prestigious summer dinner event with special guest AS Byatt in conversation with Scotland on Sunday literary editor Stuart Kelly, plus a three-course meal and wine for all. Booking is essential.
View full details and ticket info
20 Jun 6.30pm The Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh
Scottish International Storytelling Festival
Date Location
The 2012 edition of the festival that began as a celebration of oral folk tale traditions continues to spread its influence across the country, with many events taking place far from the festival's spiritual home at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Inspiration this year comes from European folklore, in particular the tales of the Brothers Grimm.
View full details
19 Oct–28 Oct Times vary Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Simon Jackson/Torpedo Buoy, Poetry Book and Album Launch
Date Location
Multi-talented Simon Jackson, aka Torpedo Buoy, launches his poetry book Fragile Cargo and his new album Tomorrow when I awake as god. Live music, poetry, drink and biscuits are all on hand.
View full details
23 Jun 2pm Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
Social Session with Hazel McHaffie
Date Location
Saving Sebastian author Hazel McHaffie reads from her novel and, accompanied by Dr Shawn Harmon, debates the issues around medical ethics and stem cell research that arise in the book.
View full details
12 Jun 6.30pm Waterstone's George Street, Edinburgh
St. Philibert and the Devil
Date Location
Live performance of Patsy Dyer’s story of magic set in Elizabethan Oxfordshire, inspired by John Clare’s 'The Nutters'.
View full details
8 Jun 7pm Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Tessa Ransford, Pauline Prior-Pitt and Chrys Salt
Date Location
Three poets read from their collections. Part of Edinburgh Book Fringe.
View full details
15 Aug 1pm Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh
The Warrior Poets: A Multinational Perspective on World War Two
Date Location
An event co-hosted by the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars and the Scottish Poetry Library, exploring the poetry of World War Two with particular focus on ideas about national identity and Britishness.
View full details
28 Jun 6pm Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

Found 21 events.

Sorted by event / date & time / place / most viewed / star rating.

RSS feed