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Faye Kirwan
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edinburgh/liverpool | bookseller @ the portobello bookshop & v part-time writer
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I’m almost always over here instead of on my actual socials, but here are some books I’ve loved this year so far 🪲
portybooks.bsky.social The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · Jul 27
We’re manifesting the return of a sunnier Edinburgh today with our latest #BooksellersOnTheBeach! ☀️ This time round we’ve got our Social Media Coordinator, Faye, with some of their recent reads! 📚
July 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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this!!
charlottereads.com Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · Mar 22
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
April 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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everytime i begin to do something / something else intervenes,

Bernadette Mayer
SUNDAY APRIL 13 a clear cold sunny day, beautiful to some, horrible to others. we’re making maple syrup again, smoke is rising from the evaporator, it’s hearty, everytime i begin to do something something else intervenes, i wouldn’t even think this if i weren’t in the mood to have the thought. bernadette mayer, in a rush to put down her weird thoughts, like everybody tells her to, writes down too much, only a fraction of which is even ever read because she is so disorganized, plus she has had a brain hemorrhage, rendering her even more mixed up in her constant thinking, and she has lost the fine motor coordination in her right hand—she can’t handwrite. she has to cook the chicken liver while phil is not in the kitchen. at the moment her left knee is so fucked she can barely walk, making the long bushwhacking walks in the country that were able to salvage her sanity, impossible. she tries to do what others suggest but now she just plods on. it’s the last straw, hobbling from room to room, hoping for change. she is lost but has no choice she can’t attempt suicide again for fear of failing. she will cook the liver. she also cooks two pierogi, eats them & sits in the sun
April 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Happy Spring Equinox! We’ve gathered some of our favourite books to read in Spring 🌱🌸
Browse the list on our home page:
www.theportobellobookshop.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Hello from The Portobello Bookshop! 📚✨

As you can see, we’re now here on Bluesky, and you can follow us for general updates about the shop & to be kept in the loop about our events and other exciting things we have happening!
March 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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saw joan @ tate modern (!!!) & had a little cry
March 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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floating over here to escape the twitter/x cesspit, prioritise writing practices (!!), & Feel Better
January 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM