Library events
Our calendar page lists details of one-off in-person and online adult events hosted by libraries.
For details of regular events such as book groups and children's activities at a specific library visit the library's page or follow them on Facebook.
In the past we've hosted authors such as Val McDermid, Maggie O'Farrell and Ian Rankin. Watch our videos on these events on our YouTube channel.
April 2024
WWII internment of "enemy aliens" and the Arandora Star: author talk with Lawrence Battersby
In this author talk, Lawrence Battersby will be launching his second novel, Dead Reckoning, a literary historical fiction work which forges an intriguing story with a series of true but little known episodes and characters. It weaves the UK's WWII policy of internment of civilian "enemy aliens," the destiny of the SS Arandora Star, and the top-secret Operation Colossus into a tale of camaraderie, choices and consequences.
Saturday 27 April at 3pm
George Washington Browne Room
Central Library
George IV Bridge
EH1 1EG
May 2024
Music on the Mezzanine
Lunchtime concert with Tayus. Alasdair and Mike play a live set of their signature melodic, ambient music.
Tea and coffee will be available.
Saturday 4 May at 1pm
Mezzanine
Central Library
George IV Bridge
EH1 1EG
No booking required.
Music on the Mezzanine
Lunchtime concert with Django’s Swing. Come and enjoy the exuberant gypsy jazz sounds of this guitar duo, playing the music of Django Reinhardt.
Tea and coffee will be available.
Saturday 18 May at 1pm
Mezzanine
Central Library
George IV Bridge
EH1 1EG
No booking required.
June 2024
Music on the Mezzanine
Lunchtime concert with The Accidentals, an Edinburgh-based, amateur guitar ensemble.
Tea and coffee will be available.
Saturday 1 June at 1pm
Mezzanine
Central Library
George IV Bridge
EH1 1EG
No booking required.
Music on the Mezzanine
Lunchtime concert with The Edinburgh Recorder Ensemble. Join us and enjoy the opportunity to hear the full family of recorders from the teeny tiny Sopranino to the Giant Contra Bass, demonstrating its full repertoire of historical and contempory music.
Tea and coffee will be available.
Saturday 15 June at 1pm
Mezzanine
Central Library
George IV Bridge
EH1 1EG
No booking required.