On this week! Free to attend but donations to our charity of the month are welcome. 📚

A little bit about our September Charity of the Month - The Super Power Agency 📚

My poetry book is officially out today - signed copies available here cosmicshambles.myshopify.com And all lovely bookshops #poetry #poems #books

Details of the programme of talks for 2025/2026 for Leith Local History Society.

Each day begins with a fresh shelf of secondhand books, and it’s been an excellent week so far— AND we’re open until 8pm tonight and Saturday for even more perusing! Hope to see you soon 📚

Tonight! We’re open until 7 pm and we’ve got a spoken word performance at 6 pm. 📚🌞

Some of our book fest picks 📚

Don't miss this very special Bookbug session at the Edinburgh International Book Festival! Share songs, stories, and rhymes in this fun, interactive event in the Children's Tent at EIBF. Book your free tickets at the link below: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

See you at the Edinburgh Book Festival this Monday at 12:45 when I’ll be in conversation with Val McDermid! Book tickets here👇👇 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

A little bit about our Charity of the Month for August - The Young Women’s Movement 💪📚

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Cameo cinema bus stop row, Water of Leith dog warning, church demolition plan, Ukrainian refugees' art appeal + library’s 100th birthday Beano party ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...

Do you like ZINES??? Do you want to try making some? This Sunday we are hosting a Kids & their Grown Ups Zine Marking Workshop, 9:30-11:30 - pay what you want, book here (just so there are enough materials for everyone!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Visitors to #Edinburgh, do remember the ancient custom of spending £1 for every year of your life in a local, independent shop. Also, the centuries-old tradition of picking up one piece of litter for the number of letters in your full name.

We’re open until 7 pm tonight! Come say hi 📚👋

A nice variety recently added to the recently priced shelves!

ALT Book Fringe 2025 4–29 Aug, Edinburgh Entirely run & curated by 3 of Scotland’s leading indie bookshops – @argonautbooks.bsky.social, @lighthousebks.bsky.social & @typewronger.bsky.social – ALT Book Fringe is a free, alternative August literary festival www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/book-...

🎭  Good morning festival fans! There are some weary heads out there this morning after last night’s launch parties. And we’ve barely begun. There's a whole month ahead. Here’s today’s Edinburgh Festival Minute with ad-free festival updates: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...

📚 Hi there, #Edinburgh! We've finally joined the Blueskyverse. If you don't know us, we're in Leith and we're open 7 days a week 10-4pm - and until 7pm on Thursdays! Come browse (and ideally buy) our books.

Do you have a full UK driving licence and some free time? We need you! We're looking for volunteer drivers to be the vital link between our FareShare depot and lovely local charity partners - you drive, we'll make sure food gets to those who need it most! Find out more: buff.ly/VBcMMyw

📣 Upcoming event! National Librarian Amina Shah joins celebrated Fife crime writer Val McDermid to discuss their shared love of libraries and Val’s role as a proud champion of the National Library of Scotland in its centenary year. 📌 Pittenweem Arts Festival 📆 Wednesday, 6 August 🎟️ £6

What really is a lit mag? Why do we read them, why do we publish them? What’s a cover letter?Get the answer to all these questions and more from your local magazines! Join us for a panel featuring guava, Palimpsest, and Butch Femme Press, moderated by the fabulous Lauren Galligan.

Each month we partner with a different local charity to raise funds - July's is Light Up Learning, who provide mentoring for high school students across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Learn about their services here: www.lightuplearning.org/

And speaking of love and reading, fancy a blind date - with a book? They're flying off the shelves (spinning rack) and here's just a few of the stories you can spend some cosy time with. Pop in and take home what will hopefully be your perfect match. 🧡📚 #Edinburgh #Books #BlindDateWithABook

Huge thanks to everyone who pre-ordered or came along to the album and book launch for @irvinewelsh.bsky.social 's Men in Love (pub @jonathancape.bsky.social ) at our funky neighbours, @thornerecords.bsky.social ! Signed copies available now. #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

You can only pick one. Which one?

And speaking of love and reading, fancy a blind date - with a book? They're flying off the shelves (spinning rack) and here's just a few of the stories you can spend some cosy time with. Pop in and take home what will hopefully be your perfect match. 🧡📚 #Edinburgh #Books #BlindDateWithABook

🧑‍🤝‍🧑👭👬👫 In the mood for love...or something like it? You can find our 'racier' titles on the top shelf in the non-fiction room. But we've also loads of light-hearted/dramatic/LGBTQIA+ love in the Romance section - and some in Summer Reads. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Hello. If you're in or near North London, go buy books! These are lovely people. (Obviously if you're in or near Edinburgh, buy books from us because we are also lovely people.)

📚 Hi there, #Edinburgh! We've finally joined the Blueskyverse. If you don't know us, we're in Leith and we're open 7 days a week 10-4pm - and until 7pm on Thursdays! Come browse (and ideally buy) our books.