🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 20-26 September 2023

Welcome to the 12th edition of the Culture Minute, a weekly round-up of Edinburgh’s local creative news, events, jobs and opportunities. 

🚪  This is the ultimate weekend for those of us who like snooping in houses and buildings we can’t normally access. It’s Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day weekend. Pre-booking is encouraged for many of the events, especially the rarely opened doors. - This year’s Edinburgh events can be viewed in a list and map here.

🎧  This month’s EHFM Culture Show is here. The Katies give their verdict on the Filmhouse fundraiser, overhyped/underhyped local eateries and a shout-out for this very newsletter. Thanks Katies. 
⮑  If you’re reading this on Wednesday, there’s also an interview with the organisers of tonight’s latest gig in the award-winning Amplifi concert series at The Queen’s Hall.

🎚  A new recording studio is due to open on Candlemaker Row next week. Fountain Sound aims to ‘support the creation of podcasts in Scotland and create a safe haven for audio work, aware of neurodivergence and background.’ - You can have a look around the studio at the launch party next week.

🌙  The Bongo Club is hosting a club night celebrating the 50th anniversary of Edinburgh Nightline. 

✍️  The 2023 Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival programme is live. The festival is the brainchild of four locals: Jane Anderson, Kristin Pedroja and Alison Belsham of the Edinburgh Writers’ Forum and Olivia Kekewich of Edinburgh Bookshop. They came up with the idea when they realised a large sector of authors and readers ‘weren’t being served by existing literary festivals’. Agent Jenny Brown, founder Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival is a fan:

“I am fully supportive of the need for this festival to champion and promote women’s fiction. Eleven years ago Bloody Scotland was established to raise the profile of crime fiction, and now Scotland is renowned for its crime writing. Watch this space, I predict a turning of the tide thanks to this bold and much-needed initiative.” - Jenny Brown.

⮑  The festival includes panel talks and workshops across 6 and 7 October. For details of the full programme and ticket sales, read more here.