Talks & lectures, Literature within 5 miles of Edinburgh

3 events within 5 miles

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Michael Longley: My Life of Make-Believe

The prize-winning poet gives a talk about his experiences as a writing, including a look at his latest collection, A Hundred Doors.

St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)

Tue 28 May

Free / 0131 668 2019

John Francis Campbell and the Making of 'The Popular Tales of the West Highlands'

Learn more about four-volume work by the 19th century polymath and his struggles to get the now-iconic work published from Dr Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart.

National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh (1.1 miles)

Tue 11 Jun

Free / 0131 623 3918

  • 18:00

Leafing through Natural Scotland Book Festival

A weekend of talks, demonstrations and activities that investigate our relationship to the natural world as explored through writing, in celebration of the Year of Natural Scotland. Speakers include Sir John Lister-Kaye, TC Smout, Esther Woolfson, Ian Edwards and Fi Martynoga.

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (2.0 miles)

Sat 15 Jun

John Hope Gateway Centre

Prices vary / 0131 248 2909

  • 10:30 – 17:00

Sun 16 Jun

John Hope Gateway Centre

Prices vary / 0131 248 2909

  • 10:30 – 17:00