Delighted to have a return visit from Amanda Block, dropping off an advance proof of The Haunting of Hero's Bay, coming from Hodder this autumn.

We loved her debut, The Lost Storyteller, so we're looking forward to this!

We are absolutely loving Jess Hannigan's The Bear Out There from HaperCollins - a fabulous tale with a twist, delightful artwork & we're adoring the art beneath the dust jacket, and the endpapers too (great attention to detail)! Made us smile.

#WhatWereReading : Marie loves a good thriller, and really enjoyed the latest Stuart MacBride, House of Burning Bones & Michael Connelly's Nightshade. Cracking thrillers from both sides of the Atlantic!

"A punch of a book"

Our YA queen, Stephanie, is loving the dystopian The Dandelion Riots by Kim Smejkal, out from Pushkin Press

Lovely visit from Agustina Bazterrica,
to sign The Unworthy (pub Pushkin Press), all the way from Argentina! She's speaking at the lovely Rare Birds Bookshop in #Edinburgh this evening (a lovely Indie bookshop that focuses on writing by women).

First time Chris Brookmyre has been to our new bookshop! Fond memories of doing very early events with Chris way back in the day when he was getting started.

Signed paperback editions of The Cracked Mirror now available.

"Can you hear me, Major Tom?"

Low by the brilliant Reinhard Kleist, who gave us the amazing graphic biographies of Nick Cave & Johnny Cash, whic I heartily recommend, covers Bowie's Berlin years.

Out now from SelfMadeHero.

It's Friday, the weekend beckons, and we have lots of new titles, just waiting to be browsed!

Jack has created a fabulous #BritishBookAwards (aka The #Nibbies ) window!

"Book lovers, rejoice – there’s a new way to support your favourite independent bookstores in Singapore.

Bookshop.sg, which launches Wednesday (May 14), is a one-stop online shopping platform that brings together eight independent local bookstores, allowing readers to browse and purchase books from all of them in one place, without the need to visit each store in person or to hop between different websites."

https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/living/bookshopsg-local-independent-indie-bookstores-singapore-464876

A new visitor to the bookshop today, this charming little fella, Archie, who was taking his human for a stroll. Local, so hopefully we will get more visits!

These make a perfect pair: Scotland in 100 Buildings by Roger Emerson (Luath Press), and The Pocket Guide to Edinburgh's Best Buildings by Robin Ward (Birlinn Books)

It's Edinburgh Writers Forum time, with author Emma Steele as this month's guest speaker.

Spring is in full bloom, the sun has got his hat on ; a perfect day to pick up some new #nature writing, then settle down under a leafy tree on #Bruntsfield Links for a read .

We're here all weekend, 9.30 to 6 Saturday, 11 to 5 on Sunday.

Some wonderful new #GraphicNovels arriving on our shelves: Ginseng Roots, a graphic memoir by Craig Thompson, author of the superb Blankets (pub Faber), Kengo Kurimoto's landscape-format Wildful (Pushkin Press) & JC Deveney's manga adaptations of Haruki Murakami short stories (Tuttle Publishing)

"I stare at the sky and see naught but magnolia blossoms"

"Mokuren no hana bakari naru Sora o miru"

Gorgeous, bilingual edition of Haiku by the legendary Soseki Natsume, published by Tuttle Publishing, trans Erik R Lofgren

Some fab and groovy new #Music books recently arrived, from pop to a history of Scottish fanzines.

Have a browse of the #books , then head across the road to nearby THorne Records for the #vinyl ! Perfect!

It's Friday and we feel the need, the need to read!!

Totally packed Under Fives Storytime today, happy kids, adults and doggos!

Celebrating ninety years of Penguin Books!!!

Loving our new window art by our own Jack, and these delightful Penguin Archive editions, which criss-cross decades of publishing history.