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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The nuance drought is having a devastating impact on every area of our lives, dictating our politics & how the media reports, affecting our physical and mental health, and impacting our relationships. Join us Wed 14th Oct to hear @natashadevon.bsky.social tell us all about it!

Hannah holds up a pile of The Nuance Drought as she smiles in front of a book case.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our 2026 Radical Book Fair programme is LIVE and fizzing with the energy of this year's theme: Building a Better Now! The fair will be made up of book stalls, activist stalls, events, workshops and more! Assembly Roxy, 5-8th November lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...

1 excited bookseller holds a placard in one hand with a poster stuck to it, with the text 'programme now live' written on it. A second, more casually excited, bookseller leans against a green wall holding a stack of books

a green and yellow graphic displaying all the as yet announced authors and speakers who will be featured at the radical book fair

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Gina Gwenffrewi @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My book launch is coming up, at Lighthouse Books, on 13 October. For those in the vicinity, please join us as I discuss with my colleague and Chair of Queer Law at the UoE, Sharon Cowan, the anti-trans movement, but also transfeminism, trans culture, and the value of struggle for a better future.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Join us for an evening celebrating trans activism and trans joy amid adversity with the launch of @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social's new book: J.K. Rowling and the Anti-Trans Panic. Tuesday 13th October at 6.30pm for scintillating discussion followed by a Lighthouse Social. See you there!

Noor holds up a copy of JK Rowling and the Anti-Trans Panic by Gina Gwenffrewi.

Event poster for Lighthouse Bookshop: "J.K. Rowling and the Anti-Trans Panic" with Gina Gwenffrewi, hosted by Sharon Cowan — Tuesday 13th October, 6:30pm; illustrated older person smoking as smoke and a burning trans-pride flag form the title.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

With the beginning of a new month, we always share with you what we read in the previous month. This September we were kept busy by books on AI, the climate crisis and fascism, as well as romance, poetry and fantasy. Check out the full list (and reviews) on our website!

Stack of books against a bright yellow wall, spines displaying titles including The Fifth Season (N.K. Jemisin), Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir), The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel), Hekate (Nikita Gill), Yes, Chef (Grace Reilly), and Shorelines (Alycia Pirmohamed).

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tom’s debut poetry collection explores nature during a time of political crisis, drawing its title from the Middle English use of ‘volatile’ to name birds and other winged creatures. Pulling apart what it means to dwell, habitat loss appears synonymous with eviction...

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We're so pleased to be hosting Tom Branfoot alongside friends Anthony V. Capildeo and Nat Raha next Thursday 8 October at 7pm. Expect an evening of beautiful poetry readings and discussions - you can get your tickets now on our website! lighthousebookshop.com/events/poetr...

Pao holds up a copy of Volatile while smiling. Books behind are blurred out.

A purple background with images of birds. Text reads "Thursday 8th October, Volatile Poetry Launch, Branfoot, Raha, Capildeo". At the bottom is images of Tom, Nat and Anthony as well as images of their three books.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're so happy to be partnering with Wuthering Dykes to bring you a stunning conversation between Natalie Adler and local favourite Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin. Natalie’s debut novel depicts the haunting transition of New York’s East Village during the AIDS crisis - see you Tuesday at 7pm!

A grey banner with the image of a man holding a woman. There is text that reads Natalie Adler x Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin, Waiting on a Friend, Lighthouse, 7pm, Tuesday 6th October. At the bottom are images of the Waiting on a Friend and Ordinary Saints. At the top are the logos for Lighthouse and Wuthering Dykes.

Pao holds up a copy of Waiting on a Friend and Ordinary Saints while smiling outside the shop.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The event is, of course, an excellent opportunity for us to pull together a list of our favourite recommendations on land justice, from near and far. Check out the booklist and get your tickets for the event now! lighthousebookshop.com/posts/the-ro...

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Lighthouse | The roots of the medicine tree: a land justice reading list

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This Thursday 1st Oct, we're thrilled to be welcoming land justice campaigner Nick Hayes for the Edinburgh launch of The Medicine Tree - an extraordinary exploration of the battle between ownership and belonging, and a tale of community, exploitation and recovery.

A pile of books outside on top of a blanket.

A blue banner that reads "The Medicine Tree: Repairing the Rotten Roots of England" by Nick Hayes, Edinburgh, Thursday 1st October"

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An events platform that shall remain unnamed has deemed our Queer Literature Showcase “adult explic!t content”. If you don’t think queer literature should be censored, maybe you want to join us this Wednesday 7pm for 🌈 Queer Showcase: A Night of Northern Talent? 🌈 Info/tix link below!

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There is some incredible literary talent in the North and we love to celebrate it - join us in toasting not one, but THREE queer novels from (4) Northern writers! Experience a hot Edinburgh summer, an eerie haunted ship in the Atlantic and a few years at university... 7PM next Wednesday!

Mairi holds up three books and smiles inside the bookshop.

A grey banner which reads "Queer Northern Talent Showcase, 7PM Weds 30th Sept". There are images of MK Hardy, Alessandra Thom and Chloe de Lullington next to images of their books.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Did you know that we run 3 bespoke subscriptions? BEACON is our current affairs box SMOL is small press fiction (Small, Mighty, Original, Loud). HOPE IS THE THING is our poetry box Sign up at: lighthousebookshop.com/shop

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Rachel Plummer @smaychel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The most gorgeous poems tonight from @jaygao.bsky.social, @agatamaslowska.bsky.social and Jennifer Lee Tsai at Lighthouse. Poems that you'd want to roll around in. Thanks to @lighthousebks.bsky.social for organising such beautiful and well curated events 💚

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We’re so pleased that Jennie, Jay Gao and Agata Maslowska will be at the shop tomorrow, Tuesday 22nd September) for the joint launch of Melete and The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber. Join us for the chance to witness three masters of their craft!

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pao recently read Melete - Jennifer Lee Tsai's latest collection and has not stopped talking about it. They said: “Melete takes family histories, trauma, love and belonging and turns them into magical, political, sticky poems that stay with you."

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We’re big poetry lovers here at Lighthouse - from our regular bookstalls at poetry festivals to our monthly HOPE poetry book subscription, there’s rarely a moment that one of us isn’t reading a poetry collection and telling the rest of us about it.

Text which reads:

On being 'British'
My Chinese name -
said aloud, sounds nothing like the English transliteration on my birth certificate.
My Chinese name -
a secret? One that only my people know, and only some of them.
As a child, I played in the neighbourhood until the sun dropped low and my mother called me home.
My English friends rejoiced in my musical name.
My English birth - certified by my father.
This is England, the country where I was born.
This is my home.
A glance at the past -
this country has no memory of me being here.
The present moment -
do you see an image of someone like me, seen as English, up on screen?
JENNIFER LEE TSAI

Text which reads:

"Bark, archive, splinter
You relish the entire interval of him, his ethos of satiety and enoughness
Through certain dialects and angles of native light the leaves across all these trees are pointing as if unionised
In a nearby village, a meat-eater's carnival
Supposing rusted pitchforks freak the contaminated crows"

Text which reads:

A BIRD IN FLIGHT
After 'A Chair in Snow' by Jane Hirshfield
A bird in flight should be
like any other animal in motion & in its element
yet a bird in flight is always freefluent
more than a butterfly
more than a frog or a leopard
a bird's bones are made for just one thing
the breath of the sky and its quick changeable shapes
not to hold marrow
not to hold time

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We’re a little late… but we want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us over Book Fringe in August! We’re so grateful to have hosted incredible authors and publishers, hosting hundreds of people and traversing from the centre to the margins of bookish topics, subjects and expertise!

A banner that reads "We just want to say...thank you! for supporting Edinburgh's indie bookshop festival."

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Get your tickets below and join VERVE editor Jenna Gordon in conversation with Elle Nash (@saderotica.bsky.social), Carrie Marshall (@carriem.co.uk) and Seth Insua (@sethinsua.bsky.social) for a night of queer joy!

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Lighthouse | Queerphoria: A Queer Voices Extravaganza

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Many of our customers come to us asking for queer joy in lit. We're always ready with recs, but it's such a delight when new books are added to the queer joy canon. We are therefore so happy to be hosting a queer voices extravaganza celebrating Queerphoria on Thursday next week - join us!

Pao holds three books outside of the shop next to the Look After Each Other sign.

A green banner which reads "Queerphoria" Thursday 24th September, 7-8pm at Lighthouse.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

British South Asians have a long tradition of radical political activism. @tajali1.bsky.social tells the inspirational story of how they organised against racism in the past and how they continue to fight in the present. Join us at @lighthousebks.bsky.social: lighthousebookshop.com/events/come-...

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Dr Rosie Hampton @rosiehampton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Couldn’t be more excited for this!

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We've been waiting to bring you the amazing Emma Warren in conversation with @rosiehampton.bsky.social for Up the Youth Club and it's finally time. The book is a searching look at the rise and fall of the youth club, highlighting the seismic impact they have had on UK culture. 23 Sept at 7pm!

Mairi holds three copies of Up the Youth Club and peeks out from round the side of them.

An orange banner which reads "A bookshop evening with Emma Warren" followed by the copy of Up the Youth Club and various images from the book cover. At the bottom, there is an image of Emma and text which reads "7pm, Wednesday 23rd September."

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is tonight! Very few tickets left - come join us for radical discussions about women outdoors. 7-8pm at the bookshop.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is today! Come join us at the bookshop for an evening of mythological creatures and illustrations - 7-8pm tonight.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're so excited to be bringing you award-winning writer, illustrator and land justice campaigner Nick Hayes for the Edinburgh launch of The Medicine Tree! The book is a stunning, deeply felt exploration of the struggle between ownership and belonging. See you at the Pianodrome on the 1st October!

Noor holds up a copy of The Medicine Tree in front of her face.

On a blue background sits a portrait of Nick Hayes, with tousled hair and a beard, looking in the camera. In pink letters the title of the book sits to Nick's right, The Medicine Tree.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We love Dahlia de la Cerda and we're so glad you loved this! One of our favourite reads of the year.

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Paul 4Jags @paul4jags.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Picked this up at random when I was browsing @lighthousebks.bsky.social recently. Medea visits modern day Mexico and reflects upon how complicated motherhood is (she should know). Punchy stuff.

Cover of Medea Sang Me a Corrido by Mexican author Dahlia de la Cerda.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There's nothing we love more than a poetry night here at Lighthouse, and we're delighted to be bringing you not one, not two, but THREE incredible poets as we welcome Jennifer Lee Tsai and Jay Gao's new collections in the company of Agata Maslowska. See you on Tuesday 22nd September at 7pm!

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay brings back the perfect concoction of queer Arthurian legend and witty rom-com. Inspired by it, we went off on a very enjoyable tangent and curated a Lighthouse list of queer historical love stories.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To celebrate the arrival of the gorgeous and mesmerising The Fairy Spotter’s Guide, we asked its author @elizadearnley.bsky.social for a list of some of her favourite books and films that have inspired her work on fairy tales and horror. Check it out and get your tickets on our website!

Hannah holds up a pile of books while she looks away.

A cream banner which includes an image of The Fairy Spotter's Guide. At the bottom it says: "Tuesday 15th September, 7pm. Fairies and fabulous creatures with Elizabeth Dearnley + Sarah J Coleman."

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@lexcroucher.bsky.social is one of our favourite authors here at Lighthouse. You can imagine our excitement when we found out that Lex would be celebrating the Edinburgh launch of ‘Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay’ with us! Join us at Nicolson Square Venues - Thursday 17 September, 7-8PM.

Pao holds a copy of Bridget and Gabe Are Not okay while she smiles in the shop.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We could not be more thrilled to launch the latest anthology from Kerri Andrews, bestselling author of Wanderers: A History of Women Walking. Women, Walking is an agenda-setting, contemporary exploration of women setting foot outdoors now. Wed 16 September, 7-8PM in the shop - see you there!

Hannah holds up a copy of Women, Walking up to her face in the bookshop.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Check out our website for more info, and remember that we record all our events so you can always watch from home! lighthousebookshop.com/events

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Lighthouse | Events

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Autumn is here, and with it some glorious events! We’re so pleased to be bringing you Palestine solidarity, fairies and illustration, women and nature, queer Camelot, three poets, youth club histories, queer joy, South Asian resistance and queer northern authors - there’s something for everyone.

An image of all the upcoming events at Lighthouse Bookshop until the end of September.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A week later, (16/09), we’re thrilled to launch Kerri Andrews' latest anthology. Join Kerri and contributor (and award winning poet) Josie Giles for an evening of radical writing on nature and belonging in Women, Walking. lighthousebookshop.com/events/women...

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Lighthouse | Women, Walking: A Radical anthology of writing on nature and belonging

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On September 9th we’re marking the arrival of @alycia.bsky.social Shorelines - interrelated essays that ask what it means to carry hidden histories across borders and generations - with a night of readings, music and fundraising at the Pianodrome! lighthousebookshop.com/events/shore...

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Lighthouse | Shorelines x Readers & Writers Against Genocide: A Palestine Solidarity Night

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The ‘environment’ is everything, including us. So it follows that environmental writing should be the most sprawling, transgressive and boundary-breaking kind of writing, putting into focus the place of humans in our worlds. Check out our latest events (and book lists) on these topics below!

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