The Edinburgh Bookshop
@edinburghbookshop
Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
#WhatWereReading : Joe enjoyed Hika Harada's Dinner at the Night Library. An unusual Japanese library, which archives the collections of authors, & where the chef serves dinners inspired by various novels, with a gentle mystery. #books #livres
Cats in Pants!!! We're loving Naomi Tipping's feline flip book! 😺 🐈 . #books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
#WhatWereReading : Joe is very much enjoying some 19th century Parisian vampiric decadence, Sara Hinkley's The Red Sacrament from @titanbooks.bsky.social , riffing deliciously on the old Theatre de Grand Guignol. #books #livres
#WhatWereReading : Joe absolutely loved local scribe @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's deliciously creepy slice of Scottish folk horror, Home Sick, just published by @solarisbooks.bsky.social Highly recommended reading. #books #livres #horror #horreur
Bonne fête nationale! 🇫🇷 We are celebrating with pastries from our neighbours at La Barantine, & our resident libraire, Stephanie, would like to remind you we have a small selection of books in French! #FeteNationale #books #livres
We had a lovely visit from Phil Melanson, signing copies of his new novel, Florenzer, published by @pushkinpress.com , taking in renaissance Florence, Leonardo Da Vinci & the De' Medicis. #books #livres
We're always delighted to have Chloe Savage visiting us! In addition to her gorgeous books, like In Search of Our Cosmic Neighbours, you can also see Chloe's artwork gracing our bookshop in the form of her granny character. #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
As our friends at the @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social prepare libations to the Cinema Gods, ahead of the Christopher Nolan film adaptation, it's a good time to remind everyone of Emily Wilson's superb, much-acclaimed translations of The Iliad & Odyssey. Very much recommend. #books #livres #film
#WhatWereReading : Joe found The Quest For El Dorado by David Gibbins (pub @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social ) absolutely fascinating, taking Walter Ralegh, but linking his explorations to later expeditions like Von Humboldt. An engrossing slice of interconnected #history #books #livres #histoire
We're loving our #PrideMonth window art by our own Jack, adding some colour & love to #Bruntsfield . #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #Pride
We're always delighted to see a new book from our chum @stevebrusatte.bsky.social ! The Story of Birds, the "dinosaurs that live among us" is out now from @picadorbooks.bsky.social . #books #livres #NaturalHistory #evolution #birds #oiseaux
#WhatWereReading : Joe very much enjoyed revisiting The Odyssey, translated superbly by @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social , ahead of the upcoming film, & is now happily lost in her absolutely fascinating insights into translation, Crossing the Wine Dark Sea from @profilebooks.bsky.social #books #livres
So sad to year that the Journalistic giant that is John Snow is fading slowly with Alzheimer’s disease. He came to the shop in 2017 and was as charming and charismatic as you would hope. Thank you John, for all astounding journalism .
Taking in the Elizabeth Strout event in the lovely Cameo Cinema? We're all set up in the lobby, so you can buy the books 📚 while you get your popcorn 🍿! . #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #film #livres
"can't get no satisfaction"? Bob Spitz's volume on one of the greatest rock & Blues acts should satisfy any Rolling Stones fan! Buy the book here, then some #vinyl from our neighbours @thornerecords.bsky.social , a perfect day out! #music #musique #books #livres #RollingStones
Now the sun has set, we feel confident enough to wish everyone a happy #DraculaDay We do admire a book you can really sink your teeth into... 🧛🦇 #books #livres
New book klaxon 🚨 Fred Mills, who presents the fascinating #architecture series The B1M on YouTube, has a new book, Mega Builds, a dive into ten enormous projects. Perfect for anyone interested in architecture & #engineering Out now from @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #books #livres
#WhatWereReading : Joe loved Cal Flyn's The Savage Landscape, a fascinating exploration of our changing societal & personal relationship to wilderness & nature, recommended to readers who enjoyed @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Signed copies available while they last! #books #livres #nature
📣 NEXT FRIDAY, we're delighted to welcome bestselling author @anncleeves.bsky.social and @nicolameighan.bsky.social to EDINBURGH CASTLE to celebrate the paperback launch of Ann's latest novel, The Killing Stones. ⭐ Tickets and more info are available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theed...
It's the #Easter holiday weekend, so of course the weather forecast is awful. But that's *outside*. Inside, shelves & tables of #books to be browsed in comfort, a whole room for younger readers to enjoy. We're open all weekend, #Edinburgh ! #livres #paques #Bruntsfield
A double delight tonight as Denise Mins chats to Patrick Gale about his beautiful new novel Love Lane
#WhatWereReading : Ivana loved The Brides, by @charlottecross.bsky.social , a fantastic prequel to Dracula, with a feminist twist & plenty of Gothic atmosphere. Out now from @torbooksuk.bsky.social #books #livres
It's here!! @jamiesmart.bsky.social 's Megalomaniacs just arrived from @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social !!! #comics #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
#WhatWereReading : Joe found Professor Anna Whitelock's The Sun Rising (pub Bloomsbury) to be a fascinating insight into the change from the Elizabethan to Stewart period, laying foundations for a more global Britain afterwards (for good & ill!). Now in PB #books #livres #History #Histoire
The precise location of Wally may still be undetermined, but there*are* clues as to Where's Wally 😋