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Lighthouse Radical Bookshop, Edinburgh

Another of my favourite Edinburgh bookshops, I do try to pop in as often as I can whenever I get up to visit.

I’ve always felt that Word Power Books and then Lighthouse Books carried on the important traditions of Lavender Menace and a large metropolitan city such as Edinburgh should have radical bookshops, to both educate and challenge.

You’re always sure of a couple of things, great service and a pile of interesting books, I especially love the changing collection of zines.

Now more than ever, with the rise of popularism and the right, shops such as Lighthouse Bookshop need our support to help keep up the fight.

Contact:

43-45 W Nicolson Street, Newington, Edinburgh, EH8 9DB

Telephone: 0131 662 9112
Email: books@lighthousebookshop.com
Website: https://lighthousebookshop.com/
Twitter: @lighthousebks
Instagram: @lighthousebks
Facebook: @LighthouseBks

Lighthouse Radical Bookshop, Edinburgh

Topping and Company, Edinburgh

It was with great pleasure that I was able to visit Topping and Co in Edinburgh not long before the first lockdown as part of a little jaunt I had to look at some bookshops in my old home town.

Topping is set up in an old bank just up from where my Gran used to live (Typewronger is at the bottom of the block they actually lived in) and I remember that area with some fondness.

The ground floor of the building has a wonderful central display case of signed and valuable books and I spent quite a while just lusting over several editions and it took quite a bit of will power to leave these and venture upstairs.

It was well worth it, the first floor is full of little rooms (the old offices) crammed with books floor to ceiling and sitting places, coffee station and very attentive staff.

I spent a good hour just exploring these rooms and left with a couple of books of poetry and some cards.

Looking forward to visiting again, hopefully soon.

Contact:

2 Blenheim Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5JH

Telephone: 0131 546 4202
Email: edinburgh@toppingbooks.co.uk
Website: www.toppingbooks.co.uk
Twitter: @ToppingsEdin
Facebook: @ToppingsEdin

Topping and Company, Edinburgh

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Lighthouse Radical Bookshop, Edinburgh, Scotland

Topping and Company, Edinburgh, Scotland