What’s on

Publishing Scotland, in association with UNESCO Edinburgh City of Literature, will be hosting a series of monthly Silent Reading Group events at the Fruitmarket throughout 2026. The next event will be on 25.05.26 6–8pm, and then on the last Monday of each month until the end of the year. There will be a break in July […]

10.07.26–11.10.26. Open daily 11am–6pm. The Void Presses The Wall is a major exhibition by London-based Irish artist Eva Rothschild, whose work grows out of a commitment to sculpture’s capacity to create bodily encounters in space. Her sculptures are born of the city and redolent of the urban landscape. Some, cast or constructed in bronze, plaster […]

10.09.26, 6-8pm. Free. For 18-30s. This speculative writing workshop takes inspiration from Olga Ravn’s science-fiction novel The Employees, which chronicles the visceral, emotional impact a room of objects has on the crew of a spaceship – and was initially written as an exhibition text accompanying a collection of sculptures.    Moving through the gallery, participants […]

24.09.26, 6-8pm. Free. For 18-30s.  Inviting participants to respond to Eva Rothschild’s sculpture series Soft Play and film Safe, 2026, this porcelain handbuilding workshop will make use of intuitive and embodied sculpting methods to create playful, abstract sculptures.  We often associate porcelain with fragility, as well as a gendered and racialised performance of femininity. But […]

24.09.26. 6.30–8pm An evening to discover and celebrate the incredible body of visual and sound poetry by Edwin Morgan, much of which is rarely seen and will now be available in this significant new volume from Reaktion Books. This new selection reveals Edwin Morgan’s groundbreaking multimedia poetics beyond his celebrated lyric voice. With editors Greg […]

Last Monday of the month, 6–8pm. £4 which can be redeemed at the cafe on the night. The Silent Reading Group events are hosted by Publishing Scotland, in association with UNESCO Edinburgh City of Literature. Enjoy the time and space to read whatever you like in a convivial and welcoming atmosphere alongside other friendly bookworms. […]

01.10.26, 6-8pm. Free. For 18-30s.  In Be/Longing attendees will work towards a written poem responding to the themes of place and belonging raised by Rothschild’s exhibition. We will use her film ‘Safe’ as well as her sculpture installations to kick off a wider discussion about specific spaces we might personally have felt welcome or discomfortable […]

04.10.26. 8–11pm. Tickets £12. Tfeh resumes normal services for the first instalment of our Autumn/ Winter programme with representatives of the international experimental music underground fae all over this burning globe's ever-increasingly unpleasant crust..... AUTOREVERSE. Red hot French free music for six effects laden feedback-generating strings, a plethora of cracked electronic detritus, and assembled ephemeral […]

07.10.26. 6.30–8pm. “I often dream of buildings.” Williams will read poems from the collection chosen by the 12, and poets from the 12 will read new poems they have written in response. Please join us for the multi-voiced and echoing launch of these dream poems into the world. Readers will include: Tessa Berring, Anne Laure […]

After Hours at Fruitmarket Cafe Next date 16.10.26,  5–9pm. Fruitmarket Cafe is opening After Hours –  for Friday evening drinks and small plates. Think of the finest, freshest seasonal ingredients and flavours from the best local suppliers. After Hours is focussing on food for sharing, so whether it’s a quick snack or a longer catch up with friends […]