Events

We host a variety of events, both in-person and online. Discover our events programme below, and sign up to attend insightful, engaging discussions about books and to meet your favourite authors.

February 2026

Wednesday25th

Doug Johnstone - Tombstoning

25th February 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday26th

Frances Crawford - A Bad, Bad Place

26th February 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

March 2026

Wednesday4th

Shona MacLean - The Cromarty Library Circle

4th March 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Saturday7th

Virginia Evans - The Correspondent

7th March 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday10th

Pim Wangtechawat - I Dreamed of You

10th March 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Monday23rd

Isabel Waidner - As If

23rd March 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday24th

John Grindrod - Tales of the Suburbs

LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains

24th March 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

John Grindrod - Tales of the Suburbs at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday25th

Kiran Millwood Hargrave - Almost Life

25th March 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday31st

Elle McNicoll - Unapologetic Love Story

31st March 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

April 2026

Wednesday8th

Davina Quinlivan - Possessions

A Memoir of Transformation in an Era of Precarity

8th April 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Davina Quinlivan - Possessions at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday9th

Kapka Kassabova - Borrowed Land: A Highland Story

9th April 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday14th

Polly Barton - What Am I, A Deer?

14th April 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday15th

John Lanchester - Look What You Made Me Do

15th April 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Sunday19th

An Evening with Evelyn Clarke

The Ending Writes Itself

19th April 2026, 7:30pm, Author Event at Portobello Town Hall

An Evening with Evelyn Clarke at Portobello Town Hall

Tuesday21st

Doug Johnstone - The Ossians

21st April 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday22nd

David Farrier - Nature's Genius

22nd April 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday28th

In Conversation with Dominic Gregory and David Gange

28th April 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

May 2026

Wednesday6th

An Evening with Patrick Radden Keefe

6th May 2026, 7:30pm, Author Event at Church Hill Theatre

Thursday14th

Will Maclean - Solace House

14th May 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Saturday16th

An Evening with Douglas Stuart

16th May 2026, 7:30pm, Author Event at Assembly Rooms

Wednesday20th

Imani Thompson - Honey

20th May 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Monday25th

An Evening with Matt Haig

25th May 2026, 7:30pm, Author Event at Freemasons' Hall

Tuesday26th

Ruth Ozeki - The Typing Lady and Other Fictions

26th May 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday28th

Jem Calder - I Want You to Be Happy

28th May 2026, 7:00pm, Author Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Previous events:

February 2026

Thursday19th

An Evening with George Saunders

Tuesday17th

Gutter Issue 33 Launch

Monday16th

Saleem Haddad - Floodlines

Wednesday11th

An Evening with Val McDermid

Silent Bones

Thursday5th

Louise Welsh - The Cut Up

Wednesday4th

An Evening with Jennette McCurdy

Tuesday3rd

Catherine Newman - Wreck

The Shift Live Podcast Recording

January 2026

Thursday29th

Ali Smith - Glyph

Monday26th

Bryan Washington - Palaver

December 2025

Wednesday3rd

Extra Teeth: Issue Ten Launch

November 2025

Tuesday25th

Clare Coghill - Café Cùil Cookbook

Sunday23rd

clare e. potter - Portobello Poetry Walk

A Push the Boat Out Festival Event