An independent bookshop at 14 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
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We are not a large bookshop. We stock around 2,500 titles, which is not many — a Waterstones carries ten times that number, and Amazon carries everything. We are not trying to compete on range. We are trying to compete on judgment.
Every book on these shelves is here because someone on the team has read it and thinks it deserves to be read again, by someone else, possibly you. We do not stock books because they are bestsellers, though some of them are. We stock books because they are good.
The conversation — specific, personal, slightly risky — is what this shop is built around.
A placeholder for a bookseller note. This is where Nora or one of the team will write a short, specific recommendation — not a summary, not a blurb, but a reason to read this particular book at this particular moment.
A placeholder for a bookseller note. The note should be honest about what the book is and who it is for. If it is difficult, say so. If it is funny, say so. If it changed how you thought about something, say that.
A placeholder for a bookseller note. We rotate these roughly every four to six weeks. The books here are not necessarily new — they are the ones we are currently pressing into people's hands.
We meet on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30pm. The group has been running since 2020. Membership is £5 a month; members receive a 10% discount on all purchases. We are currently at capacity, but we maintain a waiting list.
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