We currently alternate our meetings between in-person and Zoom. Our in person only meetings are every odd month (January, March, May, July, September and November) and are held at The Outhouse, 12A Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh EH1 3LY. The Zoom only meetings are every even month (February, April, June, August, October and December). Please check each month’s listing to double check whether the meeting is in-person or via Zoom. For further information about the book group please email – edingaybookgroup@gmail.com.
Book Group meeting with Douglas Stuart
During August 2026 we had an exclusive in person Book Group meeting with Douglas Stuart to discuss everything Shuggie, Mungo, and John! It was a memorable evening and thank you to Douglas for your time and agreeing to do it.
Book choices until June 2027
Here’s details of our book choices up to and including June 2027, with dates of each of the meetings.
23rd September 2026: Open Heaven by Séan Hewitt
28th October 2026: The Two Roberts by Damian Barr
25th November 2026: Fathers and Fugitives by SJ Naudé
16th December 2026: A Room Above A Shop by Anthony Shapland
27th January 2027: Deviants by Santanu Bhattacharya
24th February 2027: TBC
24th March 2027: Before We Hit the Ground by Selali Fiamanya
28th April 2027: The Silver Book by Olivia Laing
26th May 2027: John of John by Douglas Stuart
23rd June 2027: Floodlines by Saleem Haddad
Book Group special with Michael Pederson
Legendary poet / writer Michael Pederson joined us for a Book Group special meeting on 25th February 2026 to chat all things ‘Muckle Flugga’. It was a fab evening and thank to Michael for agreeing to do this!
Follow us on Blue Sky
The Book Group is now on social media platform Blue Sky, please follow us on there!:
@egmbg.bsky.social
Book Group is now 15!
At our May 2024 meeting the Book Group celebrated its 15th birthday and we had a cake too! Since 2009 we’ve read over 175 books, and we’ve only selected two books to be read twice. See if you can work which two titles they are from our reading list (see below)!:
BBC Scotland’s Big Scottish Book Group
Some members of the Book Group took part in discussion for BBC Scotland’s ‘Big Scottish Book Group’ which was transmitted on the BBC Scotland channel on Sunday 6th November 2022 and is available on the BBC iPlayer. We were pleased to be on the same show as Armistead Maupin!
Follow us on Instagram @edingaybook
The Book Group is now on Instagram, please follow us at @edingaybook !
Welcome
The Edinburgh Gay Men’s Book Group meets every fourth Wednesday of each month. We alternate between in-person and Zoom only meeting – please check each month’s listing to see how the meeting is being hosted. To find out more please click on the About tab.
Edinburgh Gay Men's Book Group 