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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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. :)

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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 📚

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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...

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Sarah Wang on New Skin with Bookseller Elise

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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!

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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 💛

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Roshni Gallagher @roshnigallagher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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 ☺️

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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...

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JohnChalmers+SandraMarrs=Metaphrog @metaphrog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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!

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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!

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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? 👀

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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.

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National Book Tokens @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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

A photo of The Portobello Bookshop, framed by a yellow border. Text reads: Bookshop of the Month WINNER!

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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! 💙

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

With the kind help of @josielong.bsky.social, I’ll be launching Abolish Westminster at @portybooks.bsky.social on 4 November - book your tickets: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/adam-...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Did you know that the entrance to our Fiction Room is actually home to our poetry shelves? Tucked in the eaves of this archway are many incredible poetry collections!📚 Here, Faye and Marc have pulled together a collection of titles that we think are excellent places to start. ✨

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

On Wednesday 14th October we’re hosting a Welsh Writers Showcase in collaboration with literary magazines, Gutter and Folding Rock! 🎉 Tickets are available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/welsh...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

*ahem*…is this thing on? 🎙️ The Portobello Bookshop Podcast is now available to listen wherever you get your podcasts. See you on the morning commute?

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Did someone say “Limited £5 Ticket Offer”? Oh wait, that was us! 🎟️ We’re excited to be offering a limited number of £5 tickets to the external events we’ll be hosting in and around Edinburgh this autumn. Sign up here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It’s the opening day of the Edinburgh International Book Festival! We’re so excited to have such brilliant authors visiting the city with @edbookfest.bsky.social

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Meet the newest member of our team, Leo! 🤭🐾 He’s not had the chance to read a whole lot in the past 6 months, but we think he’s off to a great start 🧡 #BooksellersOnTheBeach

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

And just in time for the new academic year we’re fully restocked on a lot of our tried and tested stationery items, as well as a whole host of new ones! Whether it’s for to-do lists, logging the books you’re reading, prepping for your weekly shop, we’ve got the perfect notebook (and then some!) 📝

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We are counting down the days until the launch of the paperback of James Fox’s Craftland. We were delighted to see Craftland recently shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing! 💛 www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/james...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

And just like that! 📚🪁✨ Another successful Kids’ Summer Book Club has been and gone, this time accompanied by our first ever Teen version too! If your child is yet to come down to collect their prizes, today’s the day! We’re open as usual until 6pm!😊

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A part of the shop that we don’t share quite as often but that we absolutely love is our kids room! We’ve got a range of books for children from 0-12 years old tucked away in every nook and cranny in here. We’d love to see you and your wee readers soon - Open 10-6 every day of the week. 😊

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

we’re not ones to wish Summer away, but the new Barbara Kingsolver is out in October and we reckon it’s the perfect autumnal read to sink your teeth into…get ahead of the game and preorder a (beautiful) indie edition! 💫 www.theportobellobookshop.com/978057140471...

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I had a lot of fun launching my children’s book “my dad brought beavers back” at a sell-out story time at @portybooks.bsky.social this morning. Get your copy from their website!

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Women in Translation month is upon us! We’re celebrating with a display on our moving shelves…let us know what you’d add to this selection? 🤍 Browse our picks here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/news/women-i...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The rumours are true! We’re hosting the one and only V.E. Schwab in October, and she’ll be chatting to none other than Laura Steven 💫 Tickets are available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/a-vic...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It’s that time of year when lots of fresh new paperbacks are being delivered to us, and we get to display them in all their glory on our front table! Here’s a wee snapshot of the current selection we have in some afternoon Porty sunlight. Open 10-6 every day, pop on down & find your next read! 📚

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The only thing better than a new release, is a personalised copy of a new release! 🖋️ You can browse all of our Signed & Dedicated Edition listings here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/special-edit...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Having loved The Book of Disappearance, we’re thrilled to be hosting Ibtisam Azem for the Edinburgh launch The Sleep Thief. ✨ Azem will be in conversation with fellow writer Leila Aboulela. Join us on Weds 7th October: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/ibtis...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

WE’RE 7 TODAY! 🥳🎈📖 None of what we do would be possible without every single one of you, and we’re so grateful for the home we’ve built on Porty High Street! Extra special shout out to our wonderful team of booksellers who truly make our small corner of the indie bookselling world go round! 🧡

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Doug Johnstone @dougjohnstone.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

GHOST NOTES - the 7th Skelfs book and my 20th novel - is out FOUR WEEKS TODAY! Grief tech, blackmail, addiction and ghosts from the past - what's not to love? Signed & dedicated copies here from my local @portybooks.bsky.social: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978191776437... @orendabooks.bsky.social

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We’re thrilled that Yiyun Li is coming to the bookshop on Monday 26th October to discuss her stunning new novel Music Against the Night with Roxani Krystalli! Event sign-up: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/yiyun... Signed & Dedicated Edition: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978000864780...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We’re excited that Sabaa Tahir will be joining us in the bookshop on Monday 2nd November to discuss her new book Empire (the highly-anticipated sequel to Heir) with Nadine Aisha Jassat! Sign up here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/sabaa...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 11/07/2026

Book launch: Alycia Pirmohamed – Shorelines 29 July @portybooks.bsky.social & online, tickets from £3 Thrumming with poetic vitality & questions about the legacies of migration, SHORELINES is Pirmohamed’s Nan Shepherd Prize-winning non-fiction debut www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/alyci...

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Alycia Pirmohamed - Shorelines at The Portobello Bookshop

Please come and join us for Alycia Pirmohamed - Shorelines on 29th July, at The Portobello Bookshop

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Next Tuesday (21st July) is the publication day for the final installment in Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy, Cool Machine! 💛 To celebrate, we’re offering Signed & Dedicated copies of a whole bunch of Whitehead’s previous works, as pictured below! Head on over to our website to preorder. ☺️

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Steven Ingram @steveningramart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A date for your diary! On Mon 24th August, 7pm I'll be at @portybooks.bsky.social, chatting with @lukehealy.bsky.social about his new book, Dogs on Dates. If you can't make it to the shop, it'll also be livestreamed. You can sign up to join us here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/luke-...

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Gutter Magazine @gutter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We are delighted to be launching Gutter Issue 34 with @portybooks.bsky.social on Wed 5th Aug! With readings from Gabriella Bennett, Kate Hendry, Meghan Flaherty and Sarah Kwong, and Gutter editors Rebecca Smith and Cal Bannerman on hosting duties! www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/gutte...

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Gutter Issue 34 Launch at The Portobello Bookshop

Please come and join us for Gutter Issue 34 Launch on 5th August, at The Portobello Bookshop

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Our Summer Book Clubs are well underway, so we thought we’d host a book swap to celebrate! 📚 Kids and teens are invited to join us on 18th July to exchange books with fellow readers, claim prizes, and check in. More info 👇 www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/kids-...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Introducing: Brief Encounters 👁️ A 52-book collection of short novels and classic stories, @vintagebooks.bsky.social’s Brief Encounters is a series designed to introduce you to some of the canonical greats, or to provide you with a beautiful new edition of a story you already know and love!

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Doug Johnstone @dougjohnstone.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Had an absolute BLAST chairing Dave Eggers tonight at @portybooks.bsky.social, which included this awesome portrait Dave drew of me during the event 🤣. Just the most joyous hour of chat about art, creativity and human connection. Life affirming! @canongate.co.uk

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