Good morning! It’s the northern hemisphere #wintersolstice, the shortest day and the start of brighter evenings! Merry Yuletide greetings to you! We’re open today as usual, 1000-12.30, 1300-1630 and full of wonderful books, including our fine folklore and belief section.

From Thursday 11th December, we will be open every day, Monday to Sunday, 1000-1230, 1300-1630 for all your bookish Christmas shopping needs! Thanks for shopping locally...we'll see you in your #localbookshop soon. Oh, our loyalty card also now applies in The Reading Room in Melrose, too!

It is Pay What You Can Day at Charleston in Lewes. The gallery is open from 10am. Support Scottish artists and Scottish storytellers. Happy St Andrew’s Day.

Latha Naomh Anndra sona dhuibh! Happy Saint Andrew’s Day to you! We’re open from 10.00 and brimming full of Scottish books and all manner of good things! Thanks to everyone who stopped by on #foodbankfriday - your purchases and donations will help us donate £150 to the local food bank. Thank you!

It's Foodbank Friday again and we look forward to seeing you in your #localbookshop. Please like, follow, share or use the #foodbankfriday on social media, helping to raise awareness. And thanks for supporting small businesses and local bookshops across the land! You're a' braw! Thanks!

Oh, these are simply splendid and flying out of the bookshop here and The Reading Room, Melrose, very quickly! Fun stocking fillers, with a Mr Men and Little Miss warm glow, get them while you can! We’re open today until 4.30. #bestsellers #localbookshop

In case you missed this - it's wonderful to be featured in the @bordertelegraph.bsky.social article yesterday. Scotland's bookshops play a vital community and cultural role - now, maybe, more than ever, but these are challenging times... www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2560972...

Good morning! Very much looking forward to tonight’s Christmas Shopping Evening in Melrose. We'll be open from 10am as usual, closing at 8pm. We have new wonderful books, gifts and cards and can order any book in print for you in time for Christmas. Pop in and see what's new in your local bookshop!

Oh, a chilly start to the day in Stow! The stove is lit and we’re beginning to feel a little bit festive! Looking for #ChristmasShopping ideas? We’ve got great gifts for everyone! #localbookshop

Hello! Please welcome our sister bookshop to the Bsky universe! Follows very welcome! #scottishborders #localbookshop

Good morning! A very important week for us, as we take up the reins of The Reading Room, the beautiful bookshop in Melrose. We are very lucky to be taking over as owner Rebecca leaves for new adventures after three wonderful years and wish her the very best for the future.

Another week in the bookshop begins and we are so excited about our next two events. Allan Radcliffe's poignant love story is set in Edinburgh and considers whether we can ever escape our past. Taylor Strickland's Dwell Time poetry book encourages us to dwell as part of a global experience.

We are 5! 🎈 THANK YOU for being part of the mission. At a time when Amazon profits are soaring, and small businesses face ever increasing pressure, WHERE you choose to spend your money makes all the difference in keeping these community spaces on the high street. Bookshop.org

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

We have some big news to share with you today. We are delighted to be taking on the beautiful bookshop The Reading Room in Melrose as the current owner moves on to new adventures! We look forward to seeing you in Melrose or Stow very soon. Wishing you a very happy Hallowe'en! #scottishborders

With the first #PrideintheBorders being announced today for Galashiels in August 2026, we are also delighted to share today that we have become the very first business in the Scottish Borders to sign up to the @lgbtiscotland Rainbow Mark - a sign of a warm welcome for LGBTQI+ visitors and staff. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I'm excited to be starting my book tour for Blurred Faces at the beautiful @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social in Stow on Thursday 6 December at 7pm! Tickets are limited so please email the shop to book your spot: [email protected] wedalebooks.scot/events 😍 @fairlightbooks.bsky.social

Join award-winning writers Taylor Strickland and Liz MacWhirter celebrating Dwell Time: a debut collection from an award-winning poet which begins from the idea that ‘dwelling’ requires both place and the experience of ‘being-in-the-world’. Booking essential by emailing [email protected].

Hello! Pausing a busy Sunday morning in the bookshop to admire these MONSTER Gruffalo pop-up books which have just arrived! Perfect #halloweeen or #christmas gifts for little readers! We’re open until 4.30 today if you want to come in and grab your copy!

It’s #bookshopday today, a chance to support your #localbookshop wherever you are. We are closed this week but you can support us by liking posts and buying books online @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social or audiobooks through @libro.fm Support local businesses, not billionaires. X

We are very excited about tonight's event in Stow Town Hall! Damian Barr arrives in Stow as part of his epic The Two Roberts tour, joining Kirstin Innes in conversation about his latest novel which tells the story of two almost-forgotten Scottish pioneers... www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../damian-b....

It’s a rather wonderful aspect to Bookselling that bookshop visitors are rather lovely. Wishing the visitors from the USA who took a trip to our ancient holy well earlier the safest of journeys. After chatting about Scottish history and what to see… They just popped back afterwards with a gift! 🥹

“A vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fear-mongering demagogue runs for President - and wins”. Written in 1935 It Can’t Happen Here has never been more relevant. One of our best-sellers in '25. An altogether different type of horrifying warning during this Halloween season. But is it too late…?

With authoritarianism on the rise, book bannings through political censorship, minorities targeted, it’s never been more important to stand up for writers, communities and the books which have been challenged. Join @indexcensorship and booksellers in #bannedbooksweek. Read. Read banned books.

The bookshop will be closed from Friday 10th to Friday 17 October, our last respite before the Christmas frenzy! If you have ordered books waiting for collection, please pick them up by Thursday 9th or from Saturday 18th when we reopen as usual. Thanks!

We ❤️ Scottish crime fiction here in the #bookshop and are hugely excited by this new crime comedy novel out today! Kevan Christie describes his book as a ‘love letter to #Portobello’ and we think it’ll be a huge hit! Grab a copy today from your #localbookshop!

Psst! Wanna buy a book? We have lots! With so many great new books just out, our shelves are groaning! Stop by and take a look. We’re usually open Wednesday to Sunday, 10-4.30. #indiebookshop #localbookshop #readingisfundamental #booksbooksbooks

The lights are dimmed, the out-of-bookshop message is on and the guard penguin is in position…we’re taking a little break and the bookshop is closed. James will open up on Saturday 20th September for the day and then we reopen as usual from Wednesday 24th. We’ll see you then in your #localbookshop

Good morning! It's Wednesday and we are open 10-4.30 today! Remember, we are open 10am until noon tomorrow, then closed for a short break until Saturday 20th when we reopen for one day. We then open again fully from Wednesday 24th September.

It's 10 years since a revived Borders Railway opened. Having Stow station less than five minutes' walk away has brought us many regular customers from across the Borders and beyond. As a green-hearted bookshop, having good public transport is essential. 💚 www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

With spooky season fast approaching, we’re chuffed tae bits to stock fantastic art prints and #halloween greetings cars from @lostplots - perfect spooky vibes for curious minds! Open 10-4.30 today, Saturday and Sunday…

Hello! Just in we have the brand new crime novel from @edjamesauthor.bsky.social - Our Debts to the Past. Vol 8 of his Borders series sees D I Rob Marshall investigating the unsolved case of a women found murdered at a well-known beauty spot… Signed copies in the bookshop now!

Hello! We’ve got so many fantastic new books just in, I couldn’t decide which to show you and wanted to show them all! However, I’ve simply ended up looking like I’m photobombing my own photo! Open Saturday and Sunday, 10-4.30!

You may have noticed a new logo on our website or entrance door. We have joined the Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland scheme, which means we understand the Scottish legislation and will support mums to feel confident about breastfeeding on the premises. A small step but hopefully a helpful one.

Delighted to welcome Natural Little Bee back to the bookshop! We’re BIG fans of their amazing products, which feature natural, organic ingredients including locally-sourced beeswax, made here in our #ScottishBorders. We’ve restocked just in time for you to start thinking about Chr*stm*s shopping!

Another new book from award-winning friend of the bookshop @scattyscribbler.bsky.social and @luathpress.bsky.social whose newest book for younger readers takes us back to the days of Scotland’s Wars of Independence and Andrew de Moray. Stirring tales from Scotland’s past in your #localbookshop

It’s the weekend, treat yourself! We’ve got stacks of great books just in, including this beauty! James is in charge today and we’re open as usual 10-4.30 Saturday and Sunday. You really want a crisp now, don’t you? Cheese and onion, obviously! 😊

Good morning! It’s publication day for Frankly, the eagerly anticipated autobiography of @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social - renowned book lover, MSP and former First Minister. We have a stock of signed copies but be quick as these will fly off the shelves!

We have stocked poetry, prose and non-fiction books on or from Palestine since opening in 2023. It seemed appropriate to share our visit to this mini-festival, which is dependent on donations and volunteers and is continuing against all odds. Please support @welcometothefringe ! #fringefestival 🇵🇸

Another brilliant author event coming up in Stow, #ScottishBorders. We're so happy to welcome Allan Radcliffe back to The Wedale Bookshop on 6th November, to look at his new novel, Blurred Faces. Spaces will be limited, so book early! See our website for details. wedalebooks.scot/events

Good morning! Yesterday turned into our busiest day of the year so far and we are so happy to have met so many new folk and our regular customers! Stow is a beautiful place to visit and explore and we hope to welcome many more cyclists, walkers and tourists to this part of the #ScottishBorders

Oh, we do love cats! You can tell by the number of books featuring cats and cat-themed gifts we stock! Wishing you a very happy #internationalcatday to all who celebrate! 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

We have a rare treat for you in August hot from Summerhall and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Bennett Cooper Sullivan, gentleman adventurer and rakish raconteur, returns with an astonishing tale of derring-do (and don'ts!) that puts the cad back in cadaver. One night only. wedalebooks.scot/events

Hello! It’s Wednesday and, as the clock strikes ten, we open for another week in your #localbookshop - packed full of great books, local-made gifts and fair trade goods! Pop in and see us!

Madainn mhath! Tha e trang anns a’ Bhùth Leabhraichean mu thràth! Good morning! It’s a busy day in the bookshop already! Whether you’re a learner or fluent, we have Scottish Gaelic books for all stages! We’re proud to support Gaelic in the Scottish Borders! #Gaidhliganseo

It's back...! Coming soon to the Gala Valley, the week-long Hallowe'en celebration... GALAWEEN II

Inspired by @andyknairn and his new historical crime novel The Dance of Vipers, we went in search of the memorial to the real-life hero Antoine d’Arces near Duns. Discover the adventures of the fictional Antoines de Lissieu in the next exciting novel - in stock now! #wedalebookshopontour

We are thrilled to be welcoming Damian Barr to Stow in October as part of his Two Roberts Tour and delighted that Kirstin Innes will be hosting the event. Two Scottish writing stars on the same evening! To book, see our Eventbrite page - www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../damian-b....

Happy Sunday! We're open as usual from 10-4.30 but if you can't visit us in person you can support us online. Go to @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social buy online before midnight tonight and you could win a £250 gift card! Buying online there supports independent bookshops, not billionaires! Braw!

Morning! It’s Saturday and we are getting ready for our Meet the Author event later today. Join local writer @authormaureenfox and grab a glass of bubbles and a signed copy of Perfectly Woven Lies from 2pm.