🦑🎟️ ALL HALLOWEEN EVENTS ARE LIVE NOW - LINK FOR MORE INFO BELOW 🎟️🦑 That autumnal feel is in the air, you’re eyeing that thermostat more each week, Christmas stuff is starting to appear in Tesco, it can only mean one thing: tickets for The Fourth Annual Argonaut Halloween Extravaganza out now!

Can you feel it? The footsteps that follow behind you, just a little out of step with your own? The wind that seems to whisper words that feel dreadfully familiar yet remain beyond comprehension? It’s not the rising of a dead god, it’s the Fourth Annual Halloween Season at Argonaut Books! 1/2

Stock take time! We’ll be closed tomorrow and Thursday. If you have an order to collect we’ll be in the shop both days so just give us a knock. Back to business as usual on Friday!

We were robbed last night. When it’s our stock or our money that is targeted, there’s insurance and systems in place for this, but when it’s stealing from a charity in an extremely direct way then we just can’t abide it. scottishbooktrust.com/donate @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

🎟️ TICKETS NOW LIVE 🎟️ We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be joined by Sayaka Murata, bestselling author of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ and ‘Earthlings’ for her only Scottish event to celebrate her new novel ‘Vanishing World’! More info below:

🎟️ FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW Join us for an evening talking ‘Private Rites’ with author Julia Armfield and chair Helen McClory to celebrate the book’s paperback launch! More info at the link below: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/2nd-...

🎟️ TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE 🎟️ We’re thrilled to be hosting this seriously interesting event with two excellent authors! More info at the link below:

Fabulous day exploring the bookshops of Leith - Edinburgh Community Bookshop, @argonautbooks.bsky.social @typewronger.bsky.social McNaughtons &Topping Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍

Heartwarming Friday morning story from @edinburghminute.bsky.social - bravo @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social and @argonautbooks.bsky.social 💛

⚔️ A gorgeous night at Leith Theatre! 🐉 Thank you to everyone who came along to witness the epic conclusion of @lrlam.bsky.social and @hanfrankan.bsky.social’s respective series. A truly gorgeous night in excellent company!

Join Argonaut Books and @bingewriting.bsky.social for a book launch with a difference. Music, a bar, mini-events, interactive art projects, and a literary raffle! Proceeds from ticket sales and raffle entries will be donated to Alzheimer’s Scotland. 🎫More info: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/27th...

🔔 New event alert! 🔔 We’ll be in the gorgeously renovated Leith Theatre for a true double-threat book launch. Join Argonaut Books, @lrlam.bsky.social, and @hanfrankan.bsky.social to discuss the epic finales of their respective series. 🎟️: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/13th...

We’re back open again and all is well! We hope you all made it through equally unscathed. See you soon 🧡

HIGH WINDS CLOSURE - 🌬️ 🌧️ Hello! An update to our hours tomorrow following the weather warning. Regrettably this does affect our Sofar Sounds gig but this will be postponed not cancelled! Keep an eye out on via the channel you booked your ticket for updates. Stay safe and see you on the weekend!

🗣️ Spoken Word Night! It’s our first spoken word night of the year! As always, we’ve got spots on mic for anyone who wants to read, more info about the night and how to get involved below. 🎙️ argonautbooks.co.uk/product/spok...

Edinburgh people! I have a book launch coming up on the evening of the 11th, at the lovely @argonautbooks.bsky.social ! Tickets are free and available at the link below. Come and hang out! argonautbooks.co.uk/product/11th...

📚🎟️ OUR FIRST EVENT OF 2025 🎟️📚 Heartstopper meets Nimona meets Legends & Lattes in this stunning graphic novel where chef Soup must battle her evil boss in a fantastical competition for the soul of cooking itself! @olliegerlach.bsky.social Free tickets at the link below: linker.ee/argonautbooks

What a difference 3 years makes! It’s Small Business Saturday today. When you support your local indies, this is the kind of real, tangible change you can effect. We’re your neighbours, we’re a safe space, and we’ll be here doing this for as long as we can. Thank you 🧡 #smallbusinesssaturday

🏄‍♂️ Hello people of Leith 📚 Nutmeg Issue 34 is now on the shelves of the wonderful @argonautbooks.bsky.social ⚽️ Also copies of Back Heel which features 30 articles from the first 30 issues.

A great night catching up with creatives at @societyofauthors.bsky.social #Edinburgh meet up. Always great advice, information and support. Thanks to #MaryPaulsonEllis and all the volunteers who keep the network running. And huge thanks to @argonautbooks.bsky.social for their hospitality. #Books

Good to see Leith’s independent bookshop on Bluesky. Friendly staff and orders swiftly delivered 👍🏽 @argonautbooks.bsky.social

❄️ Festive hours! We’ll be open throughout with later opening hours from the 13th-23rd. As always, we’ll be open on Christmas Day. Whether you’re at a loose end, need out of the house, or aren’t or can’t be celebrating, we’ll be here with good cheer, mulled wine, and a warm spot out of the cold.

We’re bookbinding again! After the success of our first bookbinding workshop (check out these amazing creations from last time!) with Cass Baron, we’re running a second course in the New Year. 🎟️📚 More info and tickets available at the link below: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/book...

❄️SNOW DAY - HOURS UPDATE AND DISCOUNT BELOW ❄️ It’s snowing! And the shop is looking warm and cosy. But it’s also very slippy out there and a lot of the roads haven’t been gritted. We’re open as normal until 8pm tonight for books, hot drinks, and warmth!

A gorgeous evening of stories with Niall Moorjani! Every single performer tonight was outstanding, thank you to everyone who braved the bitter cold and made it along. Watch this space for dates, times, and info about getting involved with next month’s spoken word night 🧡 #spokenword

Did you think Halloween was over? Did you think you’d escaped? Spooky season is never over at Argonaut Books! Come along next Tuesday for a peek behind the curtain of curating and editing ghost story collections! ❄️👻🎟️ - argonautbooks.co.uk/product/19th...

Further thanks to @argonautbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous tote bag and some awesome new books 💙📚

Thank you so much to @argonautbooks.bsky.social for hosting the launch of BENOTHINGED last night, to Eris Young for being an incredible chair, and to everyone that came! And a huge well done to the author, @alvartheo.bsky.social, for writing this terrifyingly good horror comedy. You rock!

the coolest halloween-themed tote bag, courtesy of @argonautbooks.bsky.social!

Quick refuel at the fabulous @argonautbooks.bsky.social

🔔 A new launch! Join us, @ianthegreen.bsky.social, & Hannah Kaner for a the launch of Extremophile on the 7th of August. 🎟️ More info and free tickets at the link below: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/book...

Thrilled to announce a LAUNCH! 7th August at wonderful @argonautbooks.bsky.social in Edinburgh. With me will be the inestimable Hannah Kaner! EXTREMOPHILE is a weird punk climate collapse punch to the teeth 'a masterpiece' 'utteroy unreadable' Come party argonautbooks.co.uk/product/book...

It’s our first book launch of the year! And it’s a doozy. We’re delighted to be hosting the Edinburgh launch of one of the most exciting alternate history titles of the year, ‘Remember, Remember‘ by Elle Machray! 🎟️📚🔥Tickets, signed copies & more info below: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/reme...

Our Festive @LitEdinburgh salon at @argonautbooks.bsky.social featured a range of readers, here J.H. Campbell @SalsaScot accompanied his feline friend Tabitha reads a preview of the opening of his new #book #Edinburgh #Scotland #Leith #Books #Literature #Cat #Cats

Sunday morning haul. Thanks to @argonautbooks.bsky.social and the lovely Greek bakery next door 😊

Our last event of the year and it’s a doozy! After launching the first book in @authorjla.bsky.social’s The Eidyn Saga last year, we’re thrilled to be launching the second instalment ‘The Bitter Crown!’ 🎟️ More info and tickets at the link below: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/the-...

Your occasional reminder that middle aged Peter Falk was blazing hot

Praise to @argonautbooks.bsky.social. They recognize that many of the writerly/bookish folk who come to purchase things lose loyalty cards. So for those of us with no sane system of not losing every loyalty card, they store them for us. Would that cafés would do the same.

DESCRIBED BY PUBLISHING QUARTERLY AS “A bold move for Hodder,” “Den här boken är skitsnack” BY WHAT’S ON IN GOTHENBURG, IT’s FINALLY HERE. Waste no time! March ghoullike to your local book emporium and purchase a copy of GARTH MARENGHI’S INCARCERAT! argonautbooks.co.uk/product/gart...

Feels like my latest flash has been drowned by algorithms on the Other Place, so here it is again on here! It's one of my fave things I've written - dark fairytale-esque, with weird flora and fauna, and eco-vibes - and I'd love it to find more readers! 🖤📚 www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

Mission accomplished!

🦴SPOOKY TOTES - FREE WITH ANY HORROR BOOK PURCHASE 🦴 Better late than never! This year’s Halloween tote bag, designed by our resident designer Alex Harwood and modelled by the dashing Pelvis Costello, is here. As is tradition, we are open to haggling in what makes a horror book so get creative!

🦴SPOOKY TOTES - FREE WITH ANY HORROR BOOK PURCHASE 🦴 Better late than never! This year’s Halloween tote bag, designed by our resident designer Alex Harwood and modelled by the dashing Pelvis Costello, is here. As is tradition, we are open to haggling in what makes a horror book so get creative!

🎃HALLOWEEN EVENTS 2023🎃 Please peruse this year’s creepy offering for our 2023 Halloween Season. Unfortunately, our spooky bags ran into production delays, they'll be here this week! Until then, a little teaser for you! Feast your eyes on the frightful sights we have in store, see you very soon!

🔔October Book Clubs🔔 Hello all! It’s October so our five book clubs have a spookier feel than usual🕸️ This month is also our first ever SFF Book Club! It will alternate between Sci-Fi and Fantasy and we’re kicking off with a beloved favourite. Tickets and more info below: linktr.ee/argonautbooks

@argonautbooks.bsky.social will you have spooky tote bags this month? I use my one from last year all the time!

@argonautbooks.bsky.social Couldn't resist buying these new books on Saturday from you. So impressed by the diverse choice of fiction for children and young adults. Can't wait to return. Thank you!

My perfect Sunday: A trip to @argonautbooks.bsky.social to pick up Louise Doughty’s new book and into the Greek bakery next door for some chocolate yumminess 😊

UK friends! I have a limited number of Signed Bookplate copies of HYDOYQ available via my Ko-Fi if you're looking for your next Black-Mirror-esque read - details here! 👀👇✨️ @shortwavebooks.bsky.social ko-fi.com/s/b0087f4c24