Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop
@lighthousebks.bsky.social
Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
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BOOKS, but not JUST books!
Our bookshop has calendars, totes & badges, prints & puzzles & patches & stickers, washi tape, mugs & earrings, audiobooks & embroidery packs- we can be your one stop shop!
Honestly if you hate frenzy, Southside is still lovely & chill & full of indies - we got you!
Our bookshop has calendars, totes & badges, prints & puzzles & patches & stickers, washi tape, mugs & earrings, audiobooks & embroidery packs- we can be your one stop shop!
Honestly if you hate frenzy, Southside is still lovely & chill & full of indies - we got you!
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BOOKS, but not JUST books!
Our bookshop has calendars, totes & badges, prints & puzzles & patches & stickers, washi tape, mugs & earrings, audiobooks & embroidery packs- we can be your one stop shop!
Honestly if you hate frenzy, Southside is still lovely & chill & full of indies - we got you!
Our bookshop has calendars, totes & badges, prints & puzzles & patches & stickers, washi tape, mugs & earrings, audiobooks & embroidery packs- we can be your one stop shop!
Honestly if you hate frenzy, Southside is still lovely & chill & full of indies - we got you!
Poetry! Politics! Fiction! We've got a delicious new year offering.
A few of our early 2026 events have sold out, from Postcards for Palestine to our writing workshop with the brilliant Candice Chung, so wee reminder that if you're keen to join us, it's worth trying to book in early!
A few of our early 2026 events have sold out, from Postcards for Palestine to our writing workshop with the brilliant Candice Chung, so wee reminder that if you're keen to join us, it's worth trying to book in early!
January is upon us and we hope you are safe and cosy. We have quite a few in-person events coming up in the next weeks, to help you find community, ideas, connection and momentum in these dark days.
(99% of our events are live-streamed, so if you can't get to the bookshop you can still join us)
(99% of our events are live-streamed, so if you can't get to the bookshop you can still join us)
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Poetry! Politics! Fiction! We've got a delicious new year offering.
A few of our early 2026 events have sold out, from Postcards for Palestine to our writing workshop with the brilliant Candice Chung, so wee reminder that if you're keen to join us, it's worth trying to book in early!
A few of our early 2026 events have sold out, from Postcards for Palestine to our writing workshop with the brilliant Candice Chung, so wee reminder that if you're keen to join us, it's worth trying to book in early!
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Don't miss out on tickets to this special @lighthousebks.bsky.social workshop with Candice Chung, author of #ChineseParentsDontSayILoveYou.
Discover how to use food in your writing to make your stories come to life:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-is-li...
#Edinburgh #CreativeWriting #Memoir #Foodie
Discover how to use food in your writing to make your stories come to life:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-is-li...
#Edinburgh #CreativeWriting #Memoir #Foodie
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Don't miss out on tickets to this special @lighthousebks.bsky.social workshop with Candice Chung, author of #ChineseParentsDontSayILoveYou.
Discover how to use food in your writing to make your stories come to life:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-is-li...
#Edinburgh #CreativeWriting #Memoir #Foodie
Discover how to use food in your writing to make your stories come to life:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-is-li...
#Edinburgh #CreativeWriting #Memoir #Foodie
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Holiday book haul from @lighthousebks.bsky.social - it was a joy to shop there and would highly recommend📚🌈
#booksky
#booksky
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Holiday book haul from @lighthousebks.bsky.social - it was a joy to shop there and would highly recommend📚🌈
#booksky
#booksky
We're hiring! We're looking for a relief bookseller to join us for a minimum of 3 hours per week, fixed term Feb-Jul 2026. For more information on the role and on how to apply, visit this blog post here! Closing at 10am Monday 26th January lighthousebookshop.com/posts/were-h...
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
We're hiring! We're looking for a relief bookseller to join us for a minimum of 3 hours per week, fixed term Feb-Jul 2026. For more information on the role and on how to apply, visit this blog post here! Closing at 10am Monday 26th January lighthousebookshop.com/posts/were-h...
January is upon us and we hope you are safe and cosy. We have quite a few in-person events coming up in the next weeks, to help you find community, ideas, connection and momentum in these dark days.
(99% of our events are live-streamed, so if you can't get to the bookshop you can still join us)
(99% of our events are live-streamed, so if you can't get to the bookshop you can still join us)
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
January is upon us and we hope you are safe and cosy. We have quite a few in-person events coming up in the next weeks, to help you find community, ideas, connection and momentum in these dark days.
(99% of our events are live-streamed, so if you can't get to the bookshop you can still join us)
(99% of our events are live-streamed, so if you can't get to the bookshop you can still join us)
It may be cold as f*ck in Edinburgh, but the sun is OUT, and we are OPEN!
Doggo’s had a bed upgrade to her usual welcome spot, so she can be cosy while delivering serious Monday morning vibes….
Doggo’s had a bed upgrade to her usual welcome spot, so she can be cosy while delivering serious Monday morning vibes….
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
It may be cold as f*ck in Edinburgh, but the sun is OUT, and we are OPEN!
Doggo’s had a bed upgrade to her usual welcome spot, so she can be cosy while delivering serious Monday morning vibes….
Doggo’s had a bed upgrade to her usual welcome spot, so she can be cosy while delivering serious Monday morning vibes….
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Here's the recording of the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Book Fair event on #WeirdPride, unruliness and 'outsider wisdom' with @acaciathorns.bsky.social and @cjdebarra.bsky.social who both had such excellent responses to my questions:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTW_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTW_...
Divergent: Weird pride, unruliness & outsider wisdom [Radical Book Fair]
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January 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Here's the recording of the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Book Fair event on #WeirdPride, unruliness and 'outsider wisdom' with @acaciathorns.bsky.social and @cjdebarra.bsky.social who both had such excellent responses to my questions:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTW_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTW_...
…and we’re back! Feeling the itchy feet of Betwixtmas? Running out of new reading material? Wanting to listen to (quiet) Mexican pop while browsing all our latest reads?
We’re here until Wednesday evening, 11.30-5. See you soon!
We’re here until Wednesday evening, 11.30-5. See you soon!
December 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
…and we’re back! Feeling the itchy feet of Betwixtmas? Running out of new reading material? Wanting to listen to (quiet) Mexican pop while browsing all our latest reads?
We’re here until Wednesday evening, 11.30-5. See you soon!
We’re here until Wednesday evening, 11.30-5. See you soon!
Edinburgh book lovers! We are OPEN! Til 8!
Today (10-8) and tomorrow (9.30-3.30) and then we will nap and eat and read and nap, and then we reopen on Saturday (10.30-5)!
Opening hours for the festive season in one place - come visit!
Today (10-8) and tomorrow (9.30-3.30) and then we will nap and eat and read and nap, and then we reopen on Saturday (10.30-5)!
Opening hours for the festive season in one place - come visit!
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Edinburgh book lovers! We are OPEN! Til 8!
Today (10-8) and tomorrow (9.30-3.30) and then we will nap and eat and read and nap, and then we reopen on Saturday (10.30-5)!
Opening hours for the festive season in one place - come visit!
Today (10-8) and tomorrow (9.30-3.30) and then we will nap and eat and read and nap, and then we reopen on Saturday (10.30-5)!
Opening hours for the festive season in one place - come visit!
BOOKS, but not JUST books!
Our bookshop has calendars, totes & badges, prints & puzzles & patches & stickers, washi tape, mugs & earrings, audiobooks & embroidery packs- we can be your one stop shop!
Honestly if you hate frenzy, Southside is still lovely & chill & full of indies - we got you!
Our bookshop has calendars, totes & badges, prints & puzzles & patches & stickers, washi tape, mugs & earrings, audiobooks & embroidery packs- we can be your one stop shop!
Honestly if you hate frenzy, Southside is still lovely & chill & full of indies - we got you!
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BOOKS, but not JUST books!
Our bookshop has calendars, totes & badges, prints & puzzles & patches & stickers, washi tape, mugs & earrings, audiobooks & embroidery packs- we can be your one stop shop!
Honestly if you hate frenzy, Southside is still lovely & chill & full of indies - we got you!
Our bookshop has calendars, totes & badges, prints & puzzles & patches & stickers, washi tape, mugs & earrings, audiobooks & embroidery packs- we can be your one stop shop!
Honestly if you hate frenzy, Southside is still lovely & chill & full of indies - we got you!
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Our mask box at @lighthousebks.bsky.social is freshly restocked with different kinds of masks so you can find the one that works best for you! Make sure to check their opening times to browse both masks and books at leisure
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our mask box at @lighthousebks.bsky.social is freshly restocked with different kinds of masks so you can find the one that works best for you! Make sure to check their opening times to browse both masks and books at leisure
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Edinburgh launch of Glasgoscopy @lighthousebks.bsky.social 28/01/26 7pm, with brilliant poets: Julie Laing and Eloise Birtwhistle, tickets from Lighthouse bookshop events page
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Edinburgh launch of Glasgoscopy @lighthousebks.bsky.social 28/01/26 7pm, with brilliant poets: Julie Laing and Eloise Birtwhistle, tickets from Lighthouse bookshop events page
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A delight to have Ella Risbridger pop by to sign copies of In Love with Love earlier this week. A snippet of Christina's review of the book:
“… a book that explores the ways romance fiction trends intersect with socioeconomics. It is brilliant..."
“… a book that explores the ways romance fiction trends intersect with socioeconomics. It is brilliant..."
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A delight to have Ella Risbridger pop by to sign copies of In Love with Love earlier this week. A snippet of Christina's review of the book:
“… a book that explores the ways romance fiction trends intersect with socioeconomics. It is brilliant..."
“… a book that explores the ways romance fiction trends intersect with socioeconomics. It is brilliant..."
This is tonight! Come join us at 7pm on watch online.
"Fiercely feminist, brutally honest and full of sharp cultural references, Blueprints is not another trauma story but a vital validation of the act of writing about pain and loss while grappling with identity in a troubled world."
"Fiercely feminist, brutally honest and full of sharp cultural references, Blueprints is not another trauma story but a vital validation of the act of writing about pain and loss while grappling with identity in a troubled world."
The very brilliant Welsh novelist & queer lit star Crystal Jeans joins us Thursday 7pm THIS WEEK for a wee preview of her memoir Blueprints - we’ll be chatting friendships, queer love, addiction, grief, creativity & general oversharing, come along!
www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is tonight! Come join us at 7pm on watch online.
"Fiercely feminist, brutally honest and full of sharp cultural references, Blueprints is not another trauma story but a vital validation of the act of writing about pain and loss while grappling with identity in a troubled world."
"Fiercely feminist, brutally honest and full of sharp cultural references, Blueprints is not another trauma story but a vital validation of the act of writing about pain and loss while grappling with identity in a troubled world."
Our friends at @roundtablebookscic.bsky.social are crowdfunding to expand their brilliant inclusive bookshop in Brixton, London into a community space with a café, bar, book events, community workshops and more.
We need radical spaces now more than ever!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-space-fo...
We need radical spaces now more than ever!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-space-fo...
A SPACE FOR US ALL: help Round Table Books expand!
A bigger BOOKSHOP celebrating inclusive literature for all, with a cafe, bar, book events for kids and adults, community workshops + more!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our friends at @roundtablebookscic.bsky.social are crowdfunding to expand their brilliant inclusive bookshop in Brixton, London into a community space with a café, bar, book events, community workshops and more.
We need radical spaces now more than ever!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-space-fo...
We need radical spaces now more than ever!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-space-fo...
The very brilliant Welsh novelist & queer lit star Crystal Jeans joins us Thursday 7pm THIS WEEK for a wee preview of her memoir Blueprints - we’ll be chatting friendships, queer love, addiction, grief, creativity & general oversharing, come along!
www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The very brilliant Welsh novelist & queer lit star Crystal Jeans joins us Thursday 7pm THIS WEEK for a wee preview of her memoir Blueprints - we’ll be chatting friendships, queer love, addiction, grief, creativity & general oversharing, come along!
www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
Edinburgh readers-Next Week in the bookshop
Thurs 27th 7pm
BLUEPRINTS: Memoir & Fiction with queer Welsh novelist Crystal Jeans lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
Sun 30th 7pm
How Not to Die (Too Soon): An evening with Prof @profdevisridhar.bsky.social
lighthousebookshop.com/events/how-n...
Thurs 27th 7pm
BLUEPRINTS: Memoir & Fiction with queer Welsh novelist Crystal Jeans lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
Sun 30th 7pm
How Not to Die (Too Soon): An evening with Prof @profdevisridhar.bsky.social
lighthousebookshop.com/events/how-n...
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Edinburgh readers-Next Week in the bookshop
Thurs 27th 7pm
BLUEPRINTS: Memoir & Fiction with queer Welsh novelist Crystal Jeans lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
Sun 30th 7pm
How Not to Die (Too Soon): An evening with Prof @profdevisridhar.bsky.social
lighthousebookshop.com/events/how-n...
Thurs 27th 7pm
BLUEPRINTS: Memoir & Fiction with queer Welsh novelist Crystal Jeans lighthousebookshop.com/events/bluep...
Sun 30th 7pm
How Not to Die (Too Soon): An evening with Prof @profdevisridhar.bsky.social
lighthousebookshop.com/events/how-n...
This is tonight! Do join us at 7pm to launch this spooky book from the author of Hazardous Spirits lighthousebookshop.com/events/sapph...
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is tonight! Do join us at 7pm to launch this spooky book from the author of Hazardous Spirits lighthousebookshop.com/events/sapph...
TONIGHT! Join us in the bookshop from 7-8pm for the launch of "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social, discussing tools to stop climate change and to build a fairer future. lighthousebookshop.com/events/or-so...
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
TONIGHT! Join us in the bookshop from 7-8pm for the launch of "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social, discussing tools to stop climate change and to build a fairer future. lighthousebookshop.com/events/or-so...
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Lovely seeing our book with Leilah King on the top of the pile! 💜💚💛
Despite the busyness of Radical Book Fair prep, we still managed to read loads in October. Check out our recs here: lighthousebookshop.com/posts/what-w...
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Lovely seeing our book with Leilah King on the top of the pile! 💜💚💛
The nights are drawing in... so what better time to launch a sapphic gothic thriller that the end of November? We are so excited to welcome Anbara Salam back to the bookshop. We adored her Edinburgh-set novel Hayardous Spirits, and she is back now with another historical offering set in Scotland!
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The nights are drawing in... so what better time to launch a sapphic gothic thriller that the end of November? We are so excited to welcome Anbara Salam back to the bookshop. We adored her Edinburgh-set novel Hayardous Spirits, and she is back now with another historical offering set in Scotland!
A delight to have Ella Risbridger pop by to sign copies of In Love with Love earlier this week. A snippet of Christina's review of the book:
“… a book that explores the ways romance fiction trends intersect with socioeconomics. It is brilliant..."
“… a book that explores the ways romance fiction trends intersect with socioeconomics. It is brilliant..."
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A delight to have Ella Risbridger pop by to sign copies of In Love with Love earlier this week. A snippet of Christina's review of the book:
“… a book that explores the ways romance fiction trends intersect with socioeconomics. It is brilliant..."
“… a book that explores the ways romance fiction trends intersect with socioeconomics. It is brilliant..."
Despite the busyness of Radical Book Fair prep, we still managed to read loads in October. Check out our recs here: lighthousebookshop.com/posts/what-w...
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Despite the busyness of Radical Book Fair prep, we still managed to read loads in October. Check out our recs here: lighthousebookshop.com/posts/what-w...
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Only a few days left to enter the 2026 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and the 2026 New Poets Prize.
Enter your poems for a chance to have your pamphlet published by Smith|Doorstop! 📚
Deadline 16 November 2025
Enter on our website - poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/
Enter your poems for a chance to have your pamphlet published by Smith|Doorstop! 📚
Deadline 16 November 2025
Enter on our website - poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Only a few days left to enter the 2026 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and the 2026 New Poets Prize.
Enter your poems for a chance to have your pamphlet published by Smith|Doorstop! 📚
Deadline 16 November 2025
Enter on our website - poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/
Enter your poems for a chance to have your pamphlet published by Smith|Doorstop! 📚
Deadline 16 November 2025
Enter on our website - poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/