Pentlands Book Festival: 6 Nov – 3 Dec 2025

We are delighted to announce that tickets are now available for all PBF events on the PBF website https://pentlandsbookfestival.org/ and at Currie and Colinton libraries.  As always, all events are free, but you must have a ticket. 

Details of all events are below:   

• Wednesday 23^rd October at 6pm in Colinton Library, “Vikings, Monks and Mead – David Greig Talks About His Comic Thriller, Columba’s Bones”
• Tuesday 29^th October at 7:30pm in Juniper Green Bowling Club, “Derek Forbes: A Very Simple Mind On Tour”
• Wednesday 30^th October at 6pm in Currie Library, “Nicholas Kinloch: From the Soviet Gulag to Arnhem”
• Monday 4^th November at 6pm in Colinton Library, “Billy Kay: Born in Kyle: Guid Sowels an Braw Lasses tae Sleekit Nyaffs an Heidbangers”
• Wednesday 6^th November at 7:30pm in Currie RFC Breakout Room, “Allan Little: The State of Play – A Dangerous Game”
• Wednesday 13^th November at 6:30pm in Porteous Juniper Green, “Marsali Taylor: Words and Hard Work: How a Book Comes Together”
• Thursday 14^th November at 6:30pm in Porteous Juniper Green, “Linda Cracknell: Doubling Back…and Walking On”
• Saturday 16^th November at 1:30pm in Currie Library, “Local Authors”
• Monday 18^th November at 6pm in Currie Library, “Lin Anderson: Forensic Fact meets Crime Fiction”
• Tuesday 19^th November at 2pm in Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Queen Street, “Doctoring: the books.  Visit the Royal College’s Library”
• Wednesday 20^th November at 6pm in Currie Library, “Graeme Johncock: Scotland’s Stories – through Legs and Legends”
• Friday 22^nd November at 7:30pm in Currie RFC Main Hall, “Kate Foster: a Bewitching Historical Evening”
• Thursday 28^th November at 7:30pm in Tanners, Juniper Green, “Alan Bissett: Moira in Lockdown”