Waterstones West End

We're thrilled to welcome back Kaite Welsh to our store to launch her new novel The Unquiet Heart on Friday 31st May at 6.30pm. The Unquiet Heart is the second novel in her feminist historical crime series following medical student Sarah Gilchrist as she unravels more mysteries in Victorian Edinburgh. We loved her…

Ollie Ollerton, former Special Forces soldier and star of TV's SAS: Who Dares Wins will be with us on Saturday 15th June to sign copies of his book Break Point. As a hardened veteran of the SAS, Ollie Ollerton has faced more ‘break points’ than most of us. The stresses and challenges he has faced - dodging a hail of…

We are delighted to welcome international best selling author Jane Harper for a special event to discuss her new novel - The Lost Man - and the phenomenal success of her debut novel The Dry. Jane Harper has won numerous top awards including the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel, the British Book Awards Crime and…

Think you know your neighbours? Think your street is safe? You might want to think again, as we are hosting two of our favourite thriller writers, Louise Candlish and Fiona Cummins, who both have new novels that explore the dark side of suburban living. Louise Candlish is the bestselling author of twelve novels…

This month we'll be talking about *Home Fire *by Kamila Shamsie. Hope to see many of you in the shop for an interesting discussion. Email events.edinburghwestend@waterstones.com for more information.

This month we'll be talking about *The Only Story *by Julian Barnes. Hope to see many of you in the shop for an interesting discussion. Email events.edinburghwestend@waterstones.com for more information.

Informal evening of music and poetry. All tickets should be purchased via Brownpaper tickets.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Matthew Todd (author of Straight Jacket, Pride) is in conversation with James Barr (from award-winning podcast A Gay and A NonGay), looking back at the uprising and the events that followed and transformed the lives of the LGBTQ community. Join them as they examine the…

Bring your friends to a roaring good storytime reading of "How to be a Lion".

An alien has crash-landed in your book! How are you goin to get him home? Come and join in at storytime in our Children's department.

Join us for storytime to hear all about Thomas the Tank Engines latest adventure " Thomas and the Dinosaurs". Followed by activities, and a chance to play with some trains and dinosaurs! Free event. Children's Department.

After the success of our Spark Challenge Book group, we've decided to continue meeting with a brand new theme. Together we'll cover Twelve Decades of Scottish Literature by taking a text from each decade, some you'll know and some you may not, and using them to explore Scottish literature as a whole. All are welcome, but…

After the success of our Spark Challenge Book group, we've decided to continue meeting with a brand new theme. Together we'll cover Twelve Decades of Scottish Literature by taking a text from each decade, some you'll know and some you may not, and using them to explore Scottish literature as a whole. All are welcome, but…

After the success of our Spark Challenge Book group, we've decided to continue meeting with a brand new theme. Together we'll cover Twelve Decades of Scottish Literature by taking a text from each decade, some you'll know and some you may not, and using them to explore Scottish literature as a whole. All are welcome, but…