Poetry and storytelling

LGBT History Month takes place throughout February, aiming to replace ignorance and prejudice with knowledge and understanding, yet those who watched BBC Three doc

In years gone by, shops that sold a great variety of goods were known as Jenny Aathins.

Tonight, Scots around the world celebrate the birth of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns 227 years ago, feeding spirit and mind with a traditional Scottish meal of

Annual grass roots festival of traditional music and the arts taking place at venues across the city (only a few are listed above). More than 30 organisations come together to put on foot-stomping ceilidhs, late night concerts, folk clubs, storytelling and workshops by local and international performers.

Medieval music specialists Gaïta present music from France in the High Middle Ages, interwoven with stories from the Arthurian romances, some familiar, some less so.

Christmas, or Xmas for non-believers, used to be a quiet period in Edinburgh. It's less so now, although (Edinburgh's Hogmanay aside) it's still not quite as mad as the hurlyburly of the Edinburgh Festival in August.

Esc f8, the country’s only theatre company dedicated to producing science fiction is to take its maiden voyage this Friday in ‘Black Sky’ – an evening of scien

"Previously…Scotland’s History Festival" will take place from 17 November until St Andrews Day on November 30. Plugging the gap between the end of Edinburgh’s summer festivals and the start of the winter festivities, history fans from across the globe are invited to Edinburgh for an impressive choice of over 200 events and a celebration of Scotland’s colourful history.

Calderwood Press writers, Anna Dickie and Irene Brown are launching a joint poetry pamphlet entitled Imprint, this time with Jaggnath.

Join us for the launch of 26 Treasures, kicking off with 'Treisur', a Scots prose poem inspired by the project, accompanied by jazz saxophone.

A fresh and contemporary musical from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years is the story of the rise and fall of a young couple’s relations

Two launch events for Imprint by poets Irene Brown and Anna Dickie.

“two writers who complement each other, delightful in its content…” Christine De Luca

Sometimes one comes across something that seems a little slight at first, that then proves to be more durable.

A Burns Supper in August may seem a daft idea, but that's the essence of The Robert Burns Experience held in Monteith’s restaurant on the High Street.

On the evening of Sunday 14th August, the small Peppers Theatre stage was packed with poets – not the usual one or two writers and a presenter; here were five international poe

Richard Demarco is not happy. The grand old radical of Edinburgh art is not happy because of what he sees Edinburgh’s festival season has become.

An all-female shortlist for the fourth annual Edwin Morgan Poetry Competition has been announced. Five poems are now in contention for the competition, which offers one of the biggest poetry prizes in the UK, with a top prize of £5,000.

The Olympics might not arrive in London until next year, but preparations are well under way across the UK to celebrate the London 2012 Open Weekend, which marks the one year countdown to the Games.  Right here in Edinburgh, you can get involved at a huge public picnic on Portobello Promenade, and even have your own artwork displayed as part of the event.

''Five fabulous years – it’s just flown by – but the possibilities for this artform are endless and there’s lots more to come.'' Donald Smith, Scottish Storytelli

Tom McGrath, playwright, poet, translator and musician, died in April 2009 and tonight’s event comprised a gathering of his friends and admirers to launch the Tom McGrath Trust.