2026 EVENTS! 🎟️✨ Here’s a wee look at the first 9 events we’re hosting in the new year, all of which you can browse via the link below, as well as perhaps seeing a few more 👀 www.theportobellobookshop.com/events

Get your signed and dedicated edition of GP and bestselling author @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social's upcoming book #TheUnfragileMind: Making Sense of Mental Health when you pre-order through @portybooks.bsky.social now 🧡 Find out more: tinyurl.com/TheUnfragileMindPortyBooks

Check out our festive opening hours ❄️ Wed 24th Dec: 10am-3.30pm Thurs 25th Dec: CLOSED Fri 26th Dec: CLOSED Sat 27th Dec: CLOSED 28th-30th Dec: 10am-6pm Wed 21st Dec: 10am-3.30pm Thurs 1st Jan: CLOSED 2nd Jan onwards: 10am-6pm

Today we’re gracing your Bluesky feed with our fiction highlights of 2025, as well as books that were released in their paperback form this year that we continue to love! 💫 Keep your eyes peeled for our Bookseller Picks that we’ll be sharing with you soon…

Important info for any online orders this festive season! Please note that these dates do not guarantee delivery in time for Christmas, but are what we would recommend at your best chances! 🎁

ICYMI: we launched some new merch last month! Do tag us in any photos of our mugs or notebooks out in the wild and we’ll share them over on our Instagram 👀

If you’ve been in the shop over the past week or so, you’ll have noticed that our annual Gift Giving Tree is up! 🎄 You can donate & find out about our Christmas Book Drive with partner charities Home-Start Edinburgh, Streetreads, & Ecole du Bon Berger here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/book-drive

Sneak peek at some of our 2025 frontrunners for essays & memoirs, biography, and poetry!! You can head over to our website to see our full lists for each category, or pop into the shop and grab a physical copy of our Gift Guide! ✨📚🎄

It’s such a pleasure to be welcoming Bryan Washington to the bookshop on Monday 26th January to celebrate the publication of his upcoming novel, Palaver! ✨ Palaver is a life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love. 🎟️ Sign up to join us in person by visiting our Events page!

And that's a wrap! Thank you to all who made last night's launch in @portybooks.bsky.social an absolute STUNNER! What a delight to hear @saccharinequeen.bsky.social Charlotte Haley and Monica S. Park read their excellent pieces for us!

We’re back with another #BooksellersOnTheBeach, and this time we’re introducing Beth! 😊 Here she is with a handful of some of her favourite books, which you can read all about over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DRzfz7ViNx...

We can’t believe we’re so close to the end of the year! Today we’ve got our penultimate monthly releases round-up in all its dramatic, winter sunshine glory! 🌟 Head over to our website for more info on these titles, as well as heaps more that were put out into the world this month. 😊

Thanks to Clare Coghill & @chitgrrl.bsky.social for joining us last night to celebrate the Edinburgh launch of Café Cùil Cook Book. We had a fabulous time with everyone who joined us in the bookshop and online! ✨

We have some very exciting new merch available in the shop! These have been a while in the making and so we’re super excited to share our new Portobello Bookshop notebooks and ceramic mugs, featuring the brilliant illustration from one of our booksellers, Amos O’Connor. Pop by to see for yourself ☕📓

OUR GIFT GUIDE IS HERE! 🎁❄️🎄 We’re so thrilled that our 2025 Gift Guide is now out in the world! Inside you can find bookseller recommendations, picks from a range of genres, and bookshop memories from the past year! ✨ Browse online here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/news/giftgui...

It’s a huge honour for us to be welcoming Ali Smith back to the bookshop on Thursday 29th January to celebrate the publication day launch of Glyph! 💚 Sign up to join us in person or online: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/ali-s...

We are delighted to be welcoming George Saunders to Edinburgh for the Scottish launch of his latest novel, Vigil, on Thursday 19th February! Tickets are available to purchase here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-ev...

On Thursday 11th December we will be hosting a felt ornament making workshop! ✨ No experience necessary, all materials provided, plus festive music, drinks, snacks, & late-night browsing access - with 10% off everything in the shop! Sign up here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/holid...

IT’S TIIIIIIIIIME ❄️🎁 Come along on the 4th December between 6pm-8pm for our Festive Late Night Opening! We’ll be celebrating with mulled wine, festive tunes, mince pies, and 10% off all purchases! See you there 🤩

A joyous time was had last night to celebrate @christinariley.bsky.social’s latest book, Looking Down at the Stars! Thank you all for coming along on what was a miserable evening! We hope the event helped lighten your spirits a little. ✨

We can’t contain our excitement for this one 🤩 Follow the link below to join us in welcoming Jennette McCurdy to the Assembly Rooms next February! 🎟️: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-ev...

EDINBURGH LAUNCH! We are back in the fabulous @portybooks.bsky.social to celebrate the release of Extra Teeth Issue Ten! Join us Wednesday 3rd December @ 7pm for readings by: Charlotte Haley @saccharinequeen.bsky.social Monica S. Park Wine by Smith and Gertrude

We’re excited that @catherinenewman.bsky.social will be here on Tuesday 3rd February to discuss her latest novel, Wreck, with @theothersambaker.bsky.social! The event will be recorded for a future episode of Baker’s podcast, The Shift. Sign up here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/cathe...

It was a super high tide for this instalment of our #BooksellersOnTheBeach, but that didn’t stop us from introducing Elise, our new Events Coordinator! Elise will be working alongside our Events Manager, Euan, to help manage our ever-busy schedule. Here she is with some of her favourite books 📚

November is a go! Fancy something to break up the dark evenings? Why not join us for some of our last events of 2025–they’re sure to blow away any winter blues 🌨️ Browse them all here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events

We’re so looking forward to this event! The perfect cosy, hopeful, wintry vibe that we all need ❄️ Tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/chris...

October has been and gone (almost) and so it’s about time for another monthly round up of some recent releases! 🎃 Check out a more extensive list of October releases ‘Recommendations & News’ tab, which you can also find via the link: www.theportobellobookshop.com/news Happy reading! 📖

We’re back with some more spooky book recs for you! This time round we’ve pulled a selection of history and culture non-fiction books that are sure to get the skin crawling! 🕸️ What have you been reading this spooky season…? 🎃

An incredible evening was had on Wednesday night with @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & @chitgrrl.bsky.social, discussing all things Frankly! ❤️ Signed copies available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978103504021...

We welcome award-winning chef Clare Coghill to the bookshop on Tues 25th November for the Edinburgh launch of Café Cùil Cookbook! 🍽️ 🎟️: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/clare... 📚: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978173917407...

PUBLICATION DAY LAUNCH 🕯️ Join us on 6th November with Olga Ravn and Heather Parry to talk all things gothic fiction as we celebrate Ravn’s latest work, The Wax Child! 🎟️: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/olga-...

On Tuesday 4th November, Dominic Hinde will be coming to the bookshop to celebrate the Edinburgh launch of his latest book, Drifting North: Finding a Sustainable Future in Scotland’s Past. ⛰️ & you can join us here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/domin...

From the 1st - 31st October, it’s Black History Month, and we’ve gathered a selection of titles from across a whole range of genres that we think are great choices to read in celebration. We’ll be updating this as the month passes, so be sure to stop by and have a browse! 🤩

With Autumn in full swing, what better way to spend your evenings than at a bookish event?! 🍂 We’ve got everything from cookbooks, thrillers, memoirs, and a particularly special poetry launch…👀 Hope to see you soon! browse events here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events

Hungry for some book recs? We’ve got just the stack for you 🙂‍↕️ We’ve been highlighting food writing throughout the month of September—here’s a quick Look at some of our bookseller faves for you to dig your teeth into 👀

Join me and fellow winter baby Flora Shedden (owner of ARAN Bakery and LÒN Store in Dunkeld) when we will discuss her wonderful new cookbook Winter in the Highlands 🕯️ @portybooks.bsky.social Sign up here ⬇️ shorturl.at/886c1

Wishing a very happy publication day to Len Pennie as her new poetry collection, Poyums Annaw, is out today! @canongate.co.uk Last night, we had the pleasure of hosting the Edinburgh launch of the book with Len in conversation with fellow poet Hannah Lavery - and what a wonderful evening it was 💙

We’re thrilled to announce that Emma Christie will be returning to the bookshop to celebrate the Edinburgh launch of her latest thriller, Watch Your Back. Christie will be in conversation with Dr Jacky Collins, AKA Dr Noir. Tickets: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/emma-...

Portobello Book Festival begins at the end of next week, running from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th October! 📚🥳 We’ll be along at Portobello Library with a book stall and you can check out the festival’s programme here: portobellobookfestival.com/2025/09/05/t... @portybookfest.bsky.social

We're excited that @christinariley.bsky.social will be launching Looking Down at the Stars at the lovely @portybooks.bsky.social, in conversation with @rkrystalli.bsky.social ✨ 🗓️ Thursday 13th November, 7pm 🎟️ Tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/chris... #Booksky 📚💙

✨ @portybooks.bsky.social has signed copies of all these books, special badges, & ship ANYWHERE! Hit them up! Thanks to Jack and the team for being brilliant at my Assembly Rooms event last night. And thank you, Scottish readers, for coming 🥰 Tonight I’m in Hexham, then Norfolk this weekend!

We’re so delighted to announce that, for the first time, one of our booksellers is going to be launching their work in the bookshop! 🥳 Helena Fornells Nadal will be reading from her new pamphlet, I Could Not Ask You To, and we truly cannot wait! 🎟️: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/helen...

We’re so excited that Flora Shedden will be coming to the bookshop on Thursday 16th October to celebrate the publication day launch of her new cookbook, Winter in the Highlands! 🍴 Sign up here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/flora...

T.L. Huchu will be returning to the bookshop to launch the fifth (and final!) installment of his enchanting Edinburgh Nights series, Secrets of the First School! Tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/t-l-h...

Thank you so much to Sarah Lippett for our gorgeous new window display, to celebrate the publication of YA graphic novel, Everything Amplified, written by Sarah & Ziggy Hanaor! 🎵🤍 Order a signed copy of Everything Amplified here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978180066060...

Chris Kraus will be coming to the bookshop for an event to celebrate her latest novel, The Four Spent the Day Together! 🖤 You can hear Kraus talk all about it on Friday 17th October, with fellow interdisciplinary writer Maria Fusco. Tickets: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/chris...

We can’t wait to welcome Malik Al Nasir to the bookshop to discuss his new book, Searching for My Slave Roots: From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge. Al Nasir will be in conversation with Rebecca Bailey, & you can sign up to join us here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/malik...

As the Summer winds down, we’re heading into Autumn with a truly amazing line up of events to keep you busy this month after festival season! You can sign up — and find details about who, where and when — here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events

It’s time for another round-up of monthly releases! 🌤️ August is such a busy month in Edinburgh, but we’ve been sure to not let any exciting new publications slip past us! You can browse a more exhaustive list of August releases on our website: www.theportobellobookshop.com/news/new-boo...