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Alice Oseman - Public Signing for Heartstopper Volume 6

The Portobello Bookshop is so excited to announce that Alice Oseman will be visiting us for a public signing on Thursday 9th July. Meet Alice, the creator of the #1 bestselling Heartstopper series, and celebrate the release of Heartstopper Volume 6, the final chapter in the heartstopping series that changed us forever.Created by the acclaimed author-illustrator Alice Oseman, the Heartstopper series is a global phenomenon. The graphic novels have sold over 10 million copies worldwide, achieving instant #1 spots on both The Sunday Times and the New York Times bestseller lists. It is now an Emmy award-winning, BAFTA-nominated live-action Netflix adaptation starring Kit Connor and Joe Locke, written and executive produced by Alice Oseman.Tickets for this event include a copy of Heartstopper Volume 6 and the opportunity to meet Alice. Each customer can have up to two books signed, to ensure everyone has the chance to meet Alice! Candid photos while Alice is signing are permitted, no posed photos due to time considerations.Customers under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult, who can sign up for a free "Companion Ticket". Customers with a companion ticket only will not be eligble to have a book signed.Queuing outside will be necessary, please come prepared for all weather conditions. We suggest waterproof items, umbrellas, and warm layers (this is Scotland, after all!).

Thu 9 Jul16:00The Portobello Bookshop

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Fiction Book Club – September 2026

About our Fiction Book Club:Join us at our Book Club, led by one of our friendly booksellers! We'll be hosting a monthly discussion in the bookshop on a specially chosen title, complete with a complimentary beverage for all attendees.Our Fiction Book Club aims to highlight some of the most intriguing and compelling reads on our general fiction shelves, whether we're (re)discovering classics or diving into fresh contemporary novels. With such a broad range of subjects and perspectives, we hope there'll be something for everyone to enjoy... perhaps a new favourite book awaits.Please note that book clubs will usually take place on the first Tuesday of the month.About My Friends:Khaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen-year-olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they travel to London to join a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy. When government officials open fire on protestors in broad daylight, both friends are wounded, and their lives forever changed.Over the years that follow, Khaled, Mustafa and their friend Hosam, a writer, are bound together by their shared history. If friendship is a space to inhabit, theirs becomes small and inhospitable when a revolution in Libya forces them to choose between the lives they have created in London and the lives they left behind.

Tue 1 Sept19:00The Portobello Bookshop

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An Evening with Sebastian Barry

We're excited to welcome Sebastian Barry to the Great Hall at Nicolson Square Edinburgh for a publication day launch of his new novel, The Newer World. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Old God's Time and Days Without End comes a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way.Barry will be in conversation with Peggy Hughes.Doors due to open at 7pm. This event will take place in the Great Hall at Nicolson Square Edinburgh. Books for the 'Book & In-person Audience' option will be available to collect at the venue on the night.About The Newer World:I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever.The Newer World follows the life of Tennyson Bouguereau – freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man – as he journeys to find meaning and belonging in the aftermath of the American Civil War.From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything.

Thu 10 Sept19:30The Portobello Bookshop

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Roshni Gallagher & Clementine Ewokolo Burnley

Join us for a special double-feature poetry launch event with Edinburgh-based poets Roshni Gallagher and Clementine Ewokolo Burnley!They will both be here to celebrate the publication of their brand new collections, Gallagher's Even the Trees and Burnley's Belling the Leopard, with poetry readings and conversation.This event will take place in the bookshop with an in-person audience, as well as a livestream for attendees watching from home. There will be a signing after the poetry readings.About Even the Trees:In her debut collection Roshni Gallagher asks what can be seen, named or remembered. From Scotland to Guyana, the poems explore the porous boundary between the past and the present, and how ecological landscapes and landscapes of the mind and body are permanently altered by migration and memory. The elegiac series of poems Kala Pani reflects on the history and legacy of Indian indentured labourers in the Caribbean. Following the experience of women in the moment of rupture as they cross the ocean, these poems hover at the border of what is known and unknown.Other poems navigate stories from Gallagher’s mixed heritage, from the Windrush generation to the sod houses in Ireland. She explores the tension between historical and personal silence – what can and can’t be spoken about.

Thu 24 Sept19:00The Portobello Bookshop

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An Evening with Marina Hyde

We're excited to welcome Marina Hyde back to Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms for an event to celebrate the publication of her latest essay collection, What a Time to Be Alive!: Scenes from a Strange Age.It's a wildly funny collection from Britain's favourite columnist, Sunday Times bestselling author and co-host of The Rest is Entertainment.Hyde will be in conversation with comedian and writer Frankie Boyle.Doors due to open at 6.45pm. This event will take place at the Assembly Rooms on George Street. Books for the 'Book & In-person Audience' option will be available to collect at the venue on the night.About What a Time to Be Alive!:So lettuce remember Liz Truss, relive the last days of the Tories, meet the guy they called No-Drama Starmer, and succumb to hyper-resistant superbug Nigel Farage. Travel stateside to meet our supranational Silicon Valley overlords, Donald Trump and his cavalcade of henchmen – then head for infinity and beyond with Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos. Experience testing times for misunderstood men in television, create wonder in every moment with Meghan, and relive the horror of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski massacre trial. Truly, these are times that make you want to put your hands over your eyes, even when your hands are already over your eyes. The only thing to do is read Marina Hyde and howl with laughter.

Wed 30 Sept19:30The Portobello Bookshop

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Ibtisam Azem - The Sleep Thief

We are overjoyed to be hosting Ibtisam Azem for the Edinburgh launch of her highly anticipated forthcoming book, The Sleep Thief. Our booksellers loved her wildly successful The Book of Disappearance last year, and we can't wait to share this one with you all!The Sleep Thief is Azem's first novel, now translated into English for the first time by Sinan Antoon. Join us in the bookshop or tune in to the livestream for a brilliant discussion and celebration of its publication.Please note that The Sleep Thief will be published earlier in the year on 25th August, therefore books for the Book & Ticket options will be posted out to you or made available to collect from the bookshop between then and the event on 7th October. You can choose whether you would prefer collection or postage in the checkout options.About The Sleep Thief:'Sleep thief is what the interrogator called me. I’ll never forget that. I would steal a few seconds of sleep so I could remain steadfast before them. The name stuck; I even dreamt about it, the same dream, night after night.

Wed 7 Oct19:00The Portobello Bookshop

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Hernan Diaz - Ply

It's a true joy to welcome Hernan Diaz to the bookshop for the Edinburgh launch of his highly anticipated forthcoming book Ply. Diaz turns to the future with a novel that examines the place of technology in the American imagination. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust will be discussing his latest novel and signing books for attendees on the night.About Ply:Centuries from now, at the dawn of a historical epoch filled with both uncertainty and promise, an orphan is adrift in a city on the brink of a great transformation. The state has been dismantled, and humans are reinventing social bonds and learning new ways to coexist with nature. Following a childhood defined by loss, survival, and found family, the orphan grows up to become a “pincher,” someone who steals electricity from the grid to sell it on the black market. It’s a high-risk life, one that brings her into a rich art and music scene where she powers underground concerts. It also leads her to a colossal scientific invention that could change the very fabric of reality.After rewriting America’s past with his two previous novels, Hernan Diaz defies expectations with his third and gives us a breathtaking glimpse into the future. A major achievement from a major contemporary writer, Ply questions the place of technology in the American experiment with a plot that grabs both heart and mind.

Tue 27 Oct19:00The Portobello Bookshop

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