We’re so honoured to feature in the latest issue of Hidden Scotland magazine, in which they highlight 16 bookshops ‘to Fall for this Autumn’ and we’re very excited to be one of them (and in great company too)! 🍁
The Portobello Bookshop
@portybooks.bsky.social
An independent bookshop by the seaside in Portobello, Edinburgh. 🌊 Open 7 days, 10am - 6pm. 📚 Browse millions of books on our website. 👉 https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/links
Last night Min Jin Lee graced us with her wonderful mind as we welcomed her for a conversation about her latest novel, American Hagwon! 🍎
I’ll be launching my book Abolish Westminster at @portybooks.bsky.social on 4 November (a week on Wednesday) with @josielong.bsky.social - join us! www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/adam-...
Adam Ramsay - Abolish Westminster at The Portobello Bookshop
Please come and join us for Adam Ramsay - Abolish Westminster on 4th November, at The Portobello Bookshop
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On Monday night we had the absolute pleasure of hosting the Edinburgh launch for the final installment in V. E. Schwab’s incredible Villains series, Victorious. 🖤 Sending a huge thanks to V, Laura Steven, @titanbooks.bsky.social, St Cuthbert’s Church, and everyone who joined us in person or online!
What a night 🐺❤️ Thank you so much to everyone who came out to celebrate all things Red Rising with us last week! We’ll have a very limited amount of signed stock over on our website soon, so keep your eyes peeled for that! 👀
In the mood for a bit of a darker read as the darker nights roll in? Our spooky fiction display might be just the thing you’re looking for 👀
We’re here to remind you that two weeks today (Tuesday 27th October), Hernan Diaz will be with us in the bookshop to discuss Ply with Rachelle Atalla. Don’t miss it! 🎟️: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/herna... ✍️: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978103740716...
Christian Watson will be visiting us at the end of the month all the way from Tasmania for a public signing! RSVP here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/publi...
Happy Bookshop Day! 📚Ever since 2013, @booksaremybag have run their annual #ChooseBookshops campaign on the second Saturday of October. The campaign aims to encourage people to shop locally and support their neighbourhood bookshops. We look forward to it every year and hope to see many of you today!
Personalised copies of Sleuth-Hound are now available to order! You’ve got one week! 👀🖊️ A perfect autumnal read… www.theportobellobookshop.com/978024163261... @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
We noticed that just in time for the change in season, our front table was looking quite autumnal! 🧡🍂 Some staff favourites include: Heart the Lover, Earth 7, The Sleep Thief, and Shadow Ticket, but you’ll have to swing by to see what they’re about! 👀 Open 10-6 every day of the week. :)
Edinburgh based illustrator Rohanne Thomson has painted a wonderful new window for us ahead of our event with Min Jin Lee later this month! 🍎 Tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-ev...
Stop by the bookshop on Saturday 10th October (bookshop day!) and find this Golden Ticket that will be hidden somewhere in the shop for a year’s worth of free audiobooks! 📖🎧 @libro.fm
October 1st marks the beginning of Black History Month! This year’s theme is ‘Honouring Our Communities’ so we’ve pulled together some non-fiction titles that we love that celebrate the people and organisations who have sustained, supported, and uplifted Black life across the UK and beyond 📚
Sarah Wang just left us a day early here at Hawthornden (the rest of us leave tomorrow) but she made it over to @portybooks.bsky.social to record this conversation about her novel, New Skin. And black market Botox, plastic survery, mothers and daughters, and beauty. open.spotify.com/episode/5u46...
Sarah Wang on New Skin with Bookseller Elise
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Autumn is finally here and we’ve got the window display to prove it! 🦊 Huge thanks to Grace Maggie for designing this beautiful autumnal window for us!
Yesterday we waved goodbye to our wonderful bookseller Molly! ❤️🩹 After 6 incredible years with us she is moving on to pastures new and we’re so excited for everything that lays ahead for her. As is Porty tradition, here she is with one final stack of books that are extra special to her 💛
It’s publication day for Even the Trees! I’m so grateful to @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social and the James Berry prize for making this book a reality. I’m having a joint launch with Clementine Ewokolo Burnley at @portybooks.bsky.social next Thursday! 🎟️ www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/roshn...
What a joy it was to celebrate the release of Taipei Story with Rebecca F. Kuang at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms earlier this week! Many thanks to Rebecca, to Katie Goh for chairing the event brilliantly, and to our wonderful audience ☺️
New Max Porter is always a call for celebration 📣✨ Personalised editions of his upcoming novel, Burn and Rave, available for preorder now: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978057140292...
Next on our jaunt of bookshops in Edinburgh we headed over to @portybooks.bsky.social to sign copies of our graphic novel Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares. Go grab one!
We had such a lovely time at the Great Hall at Nicolson Square last night for the publication day launch of Sebastian Barry’s latest novel, The Newer World. 💙 Thank you to Sebastian and Peggy Hughes for a stellar event and for everyone in the audience for coming along!
Akshi Singh’s In Defence Of Leisure was a big hit here at the shop, and considering it was recently released in this beautiful orange paperback edition we thought it was a perfect choice for another #ParallelPages! 📃 Check it out here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/news/paralle...
Julia Donaldson’s Gruffalo Granny is published today, and for every copy purchased between now and 10th October we will be donating a book to the wonderful charity, Home-Start Edinburgh. Check out all of the wonderful things they do here: www.home-start.org.uk
It’s always so fascinating to see publishing trends change over time, and fluorescent yellow font is one that we’ve been particularly loving recently! 💛 Some truly incredible books here, and maybe even one or two of our top picks of the year…any guesses which? 👀
October is going to be a grand ol’ time here at the bookshop! We hope to welcome you to some of these events 💛 Browse all of these + more here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events
New month = new displays! 🍃🌬️ On our moving shelf this month we’re highlighting some of our favourite climate-related fiction. We hope to see you soon for a browse.
Drumroll, please! 🥁 We’re delighted to announce our September Bookshop of the Month: The Portobello Bookshop 📚🎉 @portybooks.bsky.social stocks all kinds of fiction and non-fiction, with passionate and experienced booksellers curating their stock! Discover what's on ⬇️ buff.ly/yXiEF0C
Earlier this week our first Bookseller Chats podcast episode went live! Head on over to your streaming platform of choice to hear booksellers Elise, Zoë, and Faye talk all things Autumn releases, publishing cycles, and how they got into bookselling! 💙
