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We are a small but mighty, award-winning, proudly independent bookshop in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh.
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Discover Dundee Book Festival: Celebrate Literature

Explore the Dundee Book Festival for a celebration of literature, culture, and creativity. Discover events, authors, and reading sessions in Dundee.

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"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 at Indie record store, Thorne Records, a perfect day out!

#music #musique #books #livres #RollingStones #BobSpitz #bookstodon

My latest books cartoon for @[email protected]. Many more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld
A books cartoon for @[email protected] from a while back

Our book EMPIRES & REVOLUTIONS: Cunninghame Graham & His Contemporaries contains essays exploring ideas of revolution, emancipation, equality, & liberty in the works of RBCG & other Scottish writers of the period – in print & online via Project MUSE

17/18

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/occasional_papers/empires-and-revolutions/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #20thcentury #Victorian #Edwardian

New Review - time meet Irody Hasp and have a ball of a time! I strongly recommend Mortedant’s Peril by RJ Barker a deliciously smart and intricate fantasy novel to dive into! https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/5/25/mortedants-peril-by-r-j-barker
Mortedant’s Peril by R J Barker — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank Tor for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Tor U.K. Published - Out Now Price - £22 hardback £10.99 ebook Irody can speak to the dead. But the living want him silenced. Mortedants can speak to the dead – and

Runalong The Shelves
My latest books cartoon for @[email protected]

Val McDermid: The Stories Too Dark for Fiction

In this episode of Behind the Crimes, Val reflects on her path from newsroom reporter to bestselling novelist. Val speaks candidly about her years in journalism, which included covering stories such as Lockerbie, Hillsborough and the Peter Sutcliffe investigation. The conversation also explores how those experiences shaped her fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YviKlpBufWc

#Scottish #literature #CrimeFiction #journalism #ValMcDermid

Val McDermid: The Stories Too Dark for Fiction

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I find it disturbing enough when any creator espouses using AI, but when it is a writer who is the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, they're not just letting themselves down, they are betraying all writers. Go to silicon hell, Olga Tokarczuk
https://lithub.com/nobel-laureate-olga-tokarczuk-apparently-used-ai-to-write-her-latest-novel/

#writing #books #livres #bookstodon #AI #AISlop

Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk apparently used AI to write her latest novel.

In a recent interview (conducted and published in Polish), Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk admitted to using AI in her creative process. The writer Maks Sipowicz, who drew attention to the interv…

Literary Hub

#Edinburgh peeps, a reminder that the Auld Alliance Comics Festival is coming up at the Institut Francais soon, in conjunction with the excellent La Belle Adventure European comics shop on Leith Walk https://www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agenda/auld-alliance-comics-festival-2026/#/

#Edimbourg #books #livres #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels #LiteraryFestival #bookstodon #AuldAllianceComicsFestival #AuldAlliance #French #Francais #Scottish #Ecossais

Auld Alliance Comics Festival 2026 - Institut français · Écosse

The Auld Alliance Comics Festival is back! The 730th anniversary of the historic treaty between France and Scotland was celebrated with a special Comics Weekend organised by the French Institute in partnership with La Belle Adventure bookshop in 2025. The event proved to be a great success, bringing together the French and Scottish communities around […]

Institut français · Écosse