Books events in Lanarkshire

East Kilbride Comic Con

East Kilbride Comic Con is back, with more traders, props and all of your favourite heroes and villains, for two full days at The Hub, EK on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March!

Free, fun and fantastic! East Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions!

Join Scottish Storytelling Centre on Monday 16th March for a talk and book signing with Alhierd Bacharevič and Julia Cimafiejeva, who will discuss the use of Belarusian language as defiance!

Join nature illustrator, author and educator Vojta Hybl for a hands-on exploration of Edinburgh's local geological landscape!

Alexander Hacke, the long-time member of Einstürzende Neubauten, is heading to the UK for a series of intimate events including a night at The Voodoo Rooms on Tuesday 7th April.

Kings Theatre Kirkcaldy is thrilled to welcome back the brilliant Darren McGarvey for a sold-out, razor-sharp live show and book signing exploring his gripping new release, Trauma Industrial Complex!

Excelsior Events returns to the Kingdom Shopping Centre with their Comic & Toy Fair... an action-packed family day out for kids and adults alike with free entry!

Excelsior Events returns to the Kingdom Shopping Centre on Sunday 29th March with their RetroVerse Retro Gaming & Card Market... a new event for 2026!

Book lovers are in for a gripping start to the weekend as Bookface welcomes Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister to Glaschu on Saturday 25th April!

Join Leven Street Press at Broadside Glasgow on Saturday 28th March for 'For Free You'd Never Be' an afternoon dedicated to writing and its intersections with politics and publicness!

Glasgow's Book Fair, Books at the Botanics, is held every month in the Hopkirk building at Glasgow's Botanic Gardens!

Free, fun and fantastic! Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions throughout the week!

Renowned Scottish crime writers, a former first minister, a record-breaking explorer and one of the nation's most famous newsreaders will all star at this year's Paisley Book Festival!

Bobby Motherwell will be launching and discussing his new book, Lochwinnoch, birds, words and wetlands, on Sunday 15th March as part of the Lochwinnoch Mini March Festival!

Being held at Bridge of Allan Parish Church on 28th March, The Literary Escape Festival is a one-day grassroots book festival celebrating independent authors, local creatives, and small businesses!

Join a host of big-name authors and personalities, celebrating life stories, as the Boswell Book Festival returns to Dumfries House, Ayrshire for 2026.