Office work can feel like hell... maybe a little more than we think in this frightful novel, a new novel of cosmic horror by Nicholas Binge. His work was described by the master of horror, Stephen King, as "Old School Creepy". Hosted by Sunday Times Bestselling author Gareth Brown.

An evening with Francesca De Tores to discuss their new book 'Cast Away'

Join McIlvanney Award winner, Tariq Ashkanani, author of The Midnight King, to celebrate the release of his latest novel, The Hollow Boys.

https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinburgh/rj-barker-toppings-2026/ ESFF has a limited guestlist for this event. If you'd like to attend, please DM. "If you have spent any time in the Science Fiction room of our Edinburgh store, you will have invariably had Andrew throwing copies of RJ Barker's work in your general direction. He is a master at building fantastical worlds for readers to explore, and characters that hum with humour and humanity. This is why we are delighted to welcome him to Edinburgh this spring for the launch of a brand new series!"

Join prizewinning author of Squeaky Clean and Paperboy, Callum McSorley, as he chats to David Goodman about his new dark, gritty and hilarious Glasgow thriller, Rat Race.

Join award-winning author, David Goodman as he chats to Nicholas Binge about his propulsive, intelligent, edge-of-your-seat new book, Solitary Agents.

CYMERA is Scotland’s Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing.

Dark academia meets contemporary fantasy in this timely page-turner about a student who fails to gain admission to the UK's only school of magic but then finds their way there years later and unearths the ugly secrets simmering behind its ancient walls - unmissable for fans of Babel by R.F. Kuang and Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.

Grace Curtis chats about her latest novel, Heaven's Graveyard.

Discover Sunyi Dean's fantastically haunting, dark urban fantasy set in historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive.

Heba Al-Wasity and MK Hardy celebrate the publication of their sumptuously haunting debut mystery novels, Weavingshaw and The Needfire.

Join Ben for the launch of his claustrophobic horror debut novel

https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinburgh/kat-dunn-rottenheart/ "We are delighted to be joined by Kat Dunn, author of Hunger stone, to celebrate her latest gothic tale, Rottenheart. Inspired by Hamlet, Rottenheart is a stunning new sapphic gothic horror novel set in the 1890s. It is a story of love and grief, mothers and daughters, death and madness. This is not one to miss for anyone who loves a retelling with the perfect gothic twist."

There's something lurking in the stifling darkness and labyrinthine tunnels that run below London... something old, something vicious, and something very, very hungry.

Celebrate the launch of their new books, joined by Rhiannon Grist and Neil Williamson, in conversation with Rebecca Wojturska of Haunt Publishing.

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a charity which has been bringing outstanding writers and thinkers from around the world together with curious audiences for over forty years.

Join bestselling author of Voyage of the Damned, Frances White as she chats to Hannah Kaner about her thrillingly unique, twisty new book in which she masterfully blends humour, horror, magic and murder, The Bone Door.

ESFF write-in

Regular meetup for local writers, open to all. Food, beer & chat.

Science Fiction convention

CYMERA is Scotland’s Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing.