What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey an' a' that? Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that.

Robert Burns


Below are all the upcoming literary events that take place at venues all across our City of Literature - from storytelling and poetry to readings, exhibitions and competitions. Or all the ones that have been if you are watching the archived events.

You can use the box to the right to narrow your search.


Overview of All Events


Masharef: Vistas

07.08.2010
The Palestinian landscape is beautiful but sadly endangered. To reconnect Palestinian people…

The Green Pencil Award 2010

07.09.2010
Organised by Edinburgh Libraries and supported by Eco-Schools in Edinburgh,…

Stories from a West Bank Village

10.09.2010
Earlier this year Jan Sutch Pickard, a poet and storyteller from Mull,…

Practical Storytelling with Children

11.09.2010
This workshop is aimed at those working in after school clubs, playworkers…

Blackwell Book Group

13.09.2010
Who says reading is a solitary pursuit? Not us! Come and…

Philippa Gregory and Geoffrey Carnall

14.09.2010
The Edinburgh Bookshop is hosting besteselling historical fiction author…

Words, Words, Words - Submissions

14.09.2010
Words, Words, Words is a performance, a reading, a workshop –…

Story Space

16.09.2010
Exciting tales, music and movement takes place in the Storytelling Bothy for…

Urdu Literary Week

17.09.2010
Edinburgh's first International Urdu Literary Week will be held in September…

Tiny Tales

21.09.2010
An entertaining morning for wee ones to discover the joy of tales,…

The Faded Map

22.09.2010
The Faded Map brings to…

Peter F. Hamilton

23.09.2010
Celebrated science fiction author Peter F. Hamilton will be in-store reading from…

Guid Crack: New season launch

24.09.2010
A new season, a new Guid Crack. The end of the summer,…

Caithness Horizons

25.09.2010
Experience Scotland's Northlands in story, poetry and drama. Caithness is a treasure…

The Story of the Storytelling Centre

25.09.2010
Come along to this free guided tour and learn about the…

Cloudberry Castle Ballet Book Launch

26.09.2010
Join Janey Louise Jones (author of Princess Poppy) for the ballet-themed…

Words, Words, Words - September 2010

27.09.2010
Words, Words, Words is a performance, a reading, a workshop –…

Views of a Nation

28.09.2010
Mike Parker (author of Map Addict) and Mick Ashworth (consultant…

One OClock Gun Anthology Launch

30.09.2010
To celebrate the launch of the One O’Clock Gun Anthology, published…

Painted Stories from Bengal

02.10.2010
Gurupada Chitrakar is a master storyteller whose painted stories include topical and…

Blackwell book Quiz

04.10.2010
Do you know your Waugh from your Peace, or your…

A Promised Land

06.10.2010
Rivka Feldman, a Holocaust survivor, was friend to Jane Haining, the Scottish…

Gliterary Lunch - October 2010

07.10.2010
If you like good food, good books and good company, with…

Poetic History (National Poetry Day)

08.10.2010
Discover the poetic history of the Old Town on this walking tour…

Iain M. Banks

12.10.2010
Come and meet Iain M. Banks at Waterstone's Edinburgh West End. He'll…

Storytelling Cafe: Health & Healing

13.10.2010
An evening of relaxing, healing stories in an informal café setting. Sit…

Express Yourself

15.10.2010
Come along and be part of this free drop-in storytelling session for…

Pitching Your Manuscript

16.10.2010
This event is for writers of a fiction or non-fiction manuscript…

Peach, Oscar and the Dragon's Tears

18.10.2010
All of the land is suddenly plunged into endless night under the…

The Alchemy of Illness

19.10.2010
To feel ill and troubled has happened to all of us. The…

The Frog Princess

20.10.2010
By Edinburgh based The Puppet Lab. Three royal brothers are ordered by…

Story Space: Eastern Routes

21.10.2010
A special Story Space exploring themes from this year's Scottish International Storytelling…

International Storytelling Festival

22.10.2010
Scotland's world-class celebration of traditional story, with music and song, looks…

Tiny Tales: Eastern Routes

26.10.2010
A special Tiny Tales morning exploring themes from this year's Scottish International…


Want to Know More?

If you want to find out more about the organisations, writers and projects that together make up Edinburgh City of Literature, you might want to look here.