Argonaut Books
@argonautbooks.bsky.social
| 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
| 🗓️ Open 7 Days a Week
| 🕰️ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| 📍 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
| 🗓️ Open 7 Days a Week
| 🕰️ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| 📍 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
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We have opened up a direct line of communication with James Daunt who has acknowledged our concerns and indicated a willingness to discuss the Newkirkgate Centre issue with us.
We believe it was your strong response which enabled this to happen so swiftly.
We will keep everyone regularly updated.
We believe it was your strong response which enabled this to happen so swiftly.
We will keep everyone regularly updated.
We have opened up a direct line of communication with James Daunt who has acknowledged our concerns and indicated a willingness to discuss the Newkirkgate Centre issue with us.
We believe it was your strong response which enabled this to happen so swiftly.
We will keep everyone regularly updated.
We believe it was your strong response which enabled this to happen so swiftly.
We will keep everyone regularly updated.
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We have opened up a direct line of communication with James Daunt who has acknowledged our concerns and indicated a willingness to discuss the Newkirkgate Centre issue with us.
We believe it was your strong response which enabled this to happen so swiftly.
We will keep everyone regularly updated.
We believe it was your strong response which enabled this to happen so swiftly.
We will keep everyone regularly updated.
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James Daunt (Waterstones MD) 2018 vs US Hedge Fund Owned Waterstones in 2025 - opening just 2 mins from brilliant @argonautbooks.bsky.social in Leith bit.ly/3XJ1thi. (NB Elliott Advisors' billionaire CEO Paul Singer donates millions to support IDF soldiers in Israel.. bit.ly/4rpjPBU) #SupportIndies
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
James Daunt (Waterstones MD) 2018 vs US Hedge Fund Owned Waterstones in 2025 - opening just 2 mins from brilliant @argonautbooks.bsky.social in Leith bit.ly/3XJ1thi. (NB Elliott Advisors' billionaire CEO Paul Singer donates millions to support IDF soldiers in Israel.. bit.ly/4rpjPBU) #SupportIndies
It’s been a pretty busy couple of days all things considered! Our priority now is to meet with civic leaders to discuss how this affects our business.
We will also be calling for public consultations with both the indie businesses and the wider community of Leith regarding future Newkirkgate plans.
We will also be calling for public consultations with both the indie businesses and the wider community of Leith regarding future Newkirkgate plans.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It’s been a pretty busy couple of days all things considered! Our priority now is to meet with civic leaders to discuss how this affects our business.
We will also be calling for public consultations with both the indie businesses and the wider community of Leith regarding future Newkirkgate plans.
We will also be calling for public consultations with both the indie businesses and the wider community of Leith regarding future Newkirkgate plans.
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Waterstones made a pledge in the past not to open shops competing with indies (although they've repeatedly broken it). Communicating with an indie 100m away from a new proposed location would seem in line with that supposed commitment.
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Waterstones made a pledge in the past not to open shops competing with indies (although they've repeatedly broken it). Communicating with an indie 100m away from a new proposed location would seem in line with that supposed commitment.
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Argonaut Books needs your help 📣
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Argonaut Books needs your help 📣
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
🛒 OUR NEW WEBSITE IS FINALLY HERE - 30% OFF ALL BOOKS UNTIL THE 17TH📚
After many years of making do with our clunky old Wordpress site we are thrilled to finally launch a bookshop site that we feel better represents the level of service we strive to offer.
🔗: argonautbooks.co.uk
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After many years of making do with our clunky old Wordpress site we are thrilled to finally launch a bookshop site that we feel better represents the level of service we strive to offer.
🔗: argonautbooks.co.uk
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November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🛒 OUR NEW WEBSITE IS FINALLY HERE - 30% OFF ALL BOOKS UNTIL THE 17TH📚
After many years of making do with our clunky old Wordpress site we are thrilled to finally launch a bookshop site that we feel better represents the level of service we strive to offer.
🔗: argonautbooks.co.uk
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After many years of making do with our clunky old Wordpress site we are thrilled to finally launch a bookshop site that we feel better represents the level of service we strive to offer.
🔗: argonautbooks.co.uk
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✍️ We’re hiring! Link to apply in our stories and the link in our bio.
For the first time in over two years we are looking for an individual (maybe you!) to join our team as a bookseller and social media manager.
Apply: forms.gle/UUKUjuis1ZSum9gT7
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For the first time in over two years we are looking for an individual (maybe you!) to join our team as a bookseller and social media manager.
Apply: forms.gle/UUKUjuis1ZSum9gT7
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November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
✍️ We’re hiring! Link to apply in our stories and the link in our bio.
For the first time in over two years we are looking for an individual (maybe you!) to join our team as a bookseller and social media manager.
Apply: forms.gle/UUKUjuis1ZSum9gT7
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For the first time in over two years we are looking for an individual (maybe you!) to join our team as a bookseller and social media manager.
Apply: forms.gle/UUKUjuis1ZSum9gT7
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📝 It’s time to Write More! Tickets at the link below.
Did you know that we do a monthly writing/admin group? Probably not as we’ve been pretty low-key in trialling it!
But it’s official, in the first week of the month you can come to Argonaut Books in the evening and get some work done.
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Did you know that we do a monthly writing/admin group? Probably not as we’ve been pretty low-key in trialling it!
But it’s official, in the first week of the month you can come to Argonaut Books in the evening and get some work done.
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Write More // Argonaut Books – Thurs. 4th December @ 6:30pm
A low-pressure, low-key writing/admin group in the bookshop! (As much tea/coffee/hot chocolate as you can drink) It’s time to Write More! Do you need time and space to get organised fo…
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November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
📝 It’s time to Write More! Tickets at the link below.
Did you know that we do a monthly writing/admin group? Probably not as we’ve been pretty low-key in trialling it!
But it’s official, in the first week of the month you can come to Argonaut Books in the evening and get some work done.
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Did you know that we do a monthly writing/admin group? Probably not as we’ve been pretty low-key in trialling it!
But it’s official, in the first week of the month you can come to Argonaut Books in the evening and get some work done.
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🦑🎟️ ALL HALLOWEEN EVENTS ARE LIVE NOW - LINK FOR MORE INFO BELOW 🎟️🦑
That autumnal feel is in the air, you’re eyeing that thermostat more each week, Christmas stuff is starting to appear in Tesco, it can only mean one thing: tickets for The Fourth Annual Argonaut Halloween Extravaganza out now!
That autumnal feel is in the air, you’re eyeing that thermostat more each week, Christmas stuff is starting to appear in Tesco, it can only mean one thing: tickets for The Fourth Annual Argonaut Halloween Extravaganza out now!
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All of our Halloween events, all in one place!
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September 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🦑🎟️ ALL HALLOWEEN EVENTS ARE LIVE NOW - LINK FOR MORE INFO BELOW 🎟️🦑
That autumnal feel is in the air, you’re eyeing that thermostat more each week, Christmas stuff is starting to appear in Tesco, it can only mean one thing: tickets for The Fourth Annual Argonaut Halloween Extravaganza out now!
That autumnal feel is in the air, you’re eyeing that thermostat more each week, Christmas stuff is starting to appear in Tesco, it can only mean one thing: tickets for The Fourth Annual Argonaut Halloween Extravaganza out now!
Can you feel it? The footsteps that follow behind you, just a little out of step with your own? The wind that seems to whisper words that feel dreadfully familiar yet remain beyond comprehension?
It’s not the rising of a dead god, it’s the Fourth Annual Halloween Season at Argonaut Books!
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It’s not the rising of a dead god, it’s the Fourth Annual Halloween Season at Argonaut Books!
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September 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Can you feel it? The footsteps that follow behind you, just a little out of step with your own? The wind that seems to whisper words that feel dreadfully familiar yet remain beyond comprehension?
It’s not the rising of a dead god, it’s the Fourth Annual Halloween Season at Argonaut Books!
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It’s not the rising of a dead god, it’s the Fourth Annual Halloween Season at Argonaut Books!
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Stock take time! We’ll be closed tomorrow and Thursday. If you have an order to collect we’ll be in the shop both days so just give us a knock.
Back to business as usual on Friday!
Back to business as usual on Friday!
September 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Stock take time! We’ll be closed tomorrow and Thursday. If you have an order to collect we’ll be in the shop both days so just give us a knock.
Back to business as usual on Friday!
Back to business as usual on Friday!
We were robbed last night. When it’s our stock or our money that is targeted, there’s insurance and systems in place for this, but when it’s stealing from a charity in an extremely direct way then we just can’t abide it.
scottishbooktrust.com/donate
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
scottishbooktrust.com/donate
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We were robbed last night. When it’s our stock or our money that is targeted, there’s insurance and systems in place for this, but when it’s stealing from a charity in an extremely direct way then we just can’t abide it.
scottishbooktrust.com/donate
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
scottishbooktrust.com/donate
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
🎟️ TICKETS NOW LIVE 🎟️
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be joined by Sayaka Murata, bestselling author of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ and ‘Earthlings’ for her only Scottish event to celebrate her new novel ‘Vanishing World’!
More info below:
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be joined by Sayaka Murata, bestselling author of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ and ‘Earthlings’ for her only Scottish event to celebrate her new novel ‘Vanishing World’!
More info below:
20th October – ‘Vanishing World’ by Sayaka Murata w/ Camilla Grudova – 7pm @ Ps & Gs Church
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be joined by Sayaka Murata, author of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ and ‘Earthlings’, this October, to coincide with her visit to the UK, for her only…
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April 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🎟️ TICKETS NOW LIVE 🎟️
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be joined by Sayaka Murata, bestselling author of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ and ‘Earthlings’ for her only Scottish event to celebrate her new novel ‘Vanishing World’!
More info below:
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be joined by Sayaka Murata, bestselling author of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ and ‘Earthlings’ for her only Scottish event to celebrate her new novel ‘Vanishing World’!
More info below:
🎟️ FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
Join us for an evening talking ‘Private Rites’ with author Julia Armfield and chair Helen McClory to celebrate the book’s paperback launch!
More info at the link below:
argonautbooks.co.uk/product/2nd-...
Join us for an evening talking ‘Private Rites’ with author Julia Armfield and chair Helen McClory to celebrate the book’s paperback launch!
More info at the link below:
argonautbooks.co.uk/product/2nd-...
April 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🎟️ FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
Join us for an evening talking ‘Private Rites’ with author Julia Armfield and chair Helen McClory to celebrate the book’s paperback launch!
More info at the link below:
argonautbooks.co.uk/product/2nd-...
Join us for an evening talking ‘Private Rites’ with author Julia Armfield and chair Helen McClory to celebrate the book’s paperback launch!
More info at the link below:
argonautbooks.co.uk/product/2nd-...
🎟️ TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE 🎟️
We’re thrilled to be hosting this seriously interesting event with two excellent authors!
More info at the link below:
We’re thrilled to be hosting this seriously interesting event with two excellent authors!
More info at the link below:
Very pleased to be in conversation with @niamhsquared.bsky.social about her stunning debut novel #OrdinarySaints at @argonautbooks.bsky.social in Leith, Edinburgh, on Thurs 15th May. We'll be talking about faith, doubt, popes and saints in modern fiction! argonautbooks.co.uk/product/15th...
15th May – ‘Ordinary Saints’ by Níamh Ní Mhaoileoin w/ Victoria Mackenzie: Faith & Doubt in Modern Fiction – 7pm
‘I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.’ Ordinary Saints: Faith and Doubt in Modern Fiction with Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin and Victoria MacKenzie Joi…
argonautbooks.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🎟️ TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE 🎟️
We’re thrilled to be hosting this seriously interesting event with two excellent authors!
More info at the link below:
We’re thrilled to be hosting this seriously interesting event with two excellent authors!
More info at the link below:
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Fabulous day exploring the bookshops of Leith - Edinburgh Community Bookshop, @argonautbooks.bsky.social @typewronger.bsky.social McNaughtons &Topping
Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍
Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍
April 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fabulous day exploring the bookshops of Leith - Edinburgh Community Bookshop, @argonautbooks.bsky.social @typewronger.bsky.social McNaughtons &Topping
Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍
Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍
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Heartwarming Friday morning story from @edinburghminute.bsky.social - bravo @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social and @argonautbooks.bsky.social 💛
We have arrived! This is Signe Rudovica from our team dropping off books this evening from Scottish Book Trust.
April 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Heartwarming Friday morning story from @edinburghminute.bsky.social - bravo @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social and @argonautbooks.bsky.social 💛
⚔️ A gorgeous night at Leith Theatre! 🐉
Thank you to everyone who came along to witness the epic conclusion of @lrlam.bsky.social and @hanfrankan.bsky.social’s respective series.
A truly gorgeous night in excellent company!
Thank you to everyone who came along to witness the epic conclusion of @lrlam.bsky.social and @hanfrankan.bsky.social’s respective series.
A truly gorgeous night in excellent company!
March 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
⚔️ A gorgeous night at Leith Theatre! 🐉
Thank you to everyone who came along to witness the epic conclusion of @lrlam.bsky.social and @hanfrankan.bsky.social’s respective series.
A truly gorgeous night in excellent company!
Thank you to everyone who came along to witness the epic conclusion of @lrlam.bsky.social and @hanfrankan.bsky.social’s respective series.
A truly gorgeous night in excellent company!
Join Argonaut Books and @bingewriting.bsky.social for a book launch with a difference. Music, a bar, mini-events, interactive art projects, and a literary raffle!
Proceeds from ticket sales and raffle entries will be donated to Alzheimer’s Scotland.
🎫More info: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/27th...
Proceeds from ticket sales and raffle entries will be donated to Alzheimer’s Scotland.
🎫More info: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/27th...
February 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Join Argonaut Books and @bingewriting.bsky.social for a book launch with a difference. Music, a bar, mini-events, interactive art projects, and a literary raffle!
Proceeds from ticket sales and raffle entries will be donated to Alzheimer’s Scotland.
🎫More info: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/27th...
Proceeds from ticket sales and raffle entries will be donated to Alzheimer’s Scotland.
🎫More info: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/27th...
🔔 New event alert! 🔔
We’ll be in the gorgeously renovated Leith Theatre for a true double-threat book launch. Join Argonaut Books, @lrlam.bsky.social, and @hanfrankan.bsky.social to discuss the epic finales of their respective series.
🎟️: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/13th...
We’ll be in the gorgeously renovated Leith Theatre for a true double-threat book launch. Join Argonaut Books, @lrlam.bsky.social, and @hanfrankan.bsky.social to discuss the epic finales of their respective series.
🎟️: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/13th...
February 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🔔 New event alert! 🔔
We’ll be in the gorgeously renovated Leith Theatre for a true double-threat book launch. Join Argonaut Books, @lrlam.bsky.social, and @hanfrankan.bsky.social to discuss the epic finales of their respective series.
🎟️: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/13th...
We’ll be in the gorgeously renovated Leith Theatre for a true double-threat book launch. Join Argonaut Books, @lrlam.bsky.social, and @hanfrankan.bsky.social to discuss the epic finales of their respective series.
🎟️: argonautbooks.co.uk/product/13th...
We’re back open again and all is well!
We hope you all made it through equally unscathed. See you soon 🧡
We hope you all made it through equally unscathed. See you soon 🧡
HIGH WINDS CLOSURE - 🌬️ 🌧️
Hello! An update to our hours tomorrow following the weather warning.
Regrettably this does affect our Sofar Sounds gig but this will be postponed not cancelled! Keep an eye out on via the channel you booked your ticket for updates.
Stay safe and see you on the weekend!
Hello! An update to our hours tomorrow following the weather warning.
Regrettably this does affect our Sofar Sounds gig but this will be postponed not cancelled! Keep an eye out on via the channel you booked your ticket for updates.
Stay safe and see you on the weekend!
January 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We’re back open again and all is well!
We hope you all made it through equally unscathed. See you soon 🧡
We hope you all made it through equally unscathed. See you soon 🧡
HIGH WINDS CLOSURE - 🌬️ 🌧️
Hello! An update to our hours tomorrow following the weather warning.
Regrettably this does affect our Sofar Sounds gig but this will be postponed not cancelled! Keep an eye out on via the channel you booked your ticket for updates.
Stay safe and see you on the weekend!
Hello! An update to our hours tomorrow following the weather warning.
Regrettably this does affect our Sofar Sounds gig but this will be postponed not cancelled! Keep an eye out on via the channel you booked your ticket for updates.
Stay safe and see you on the weekend!
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
HIGH WINDS CLOSURE - 🌬️ 🌧️
Hello! An update to our hours tomorrow following the weather warning.
Regrettably this does affect our Sofar Sounds gig but this will be postponed not cancelled! Keep an eye out on via the channel you booked your ticket for updates.
Stay safe and see you on the weekend!
Hello! An update to our hours tomorrow following the weather warning.
Regrettably this does affect our Sofar Sounds gig but this will be postponed not cancelled! Keep an eye out on via the channel you booked your ticket for updates.
Stay safe and see you on the weekend!
🗣️ Spoken Word Night!
It’s our first spoken word night of the year!
As always, we’ve got spots on mic for anyone who wants to read, more info about the night and how to get involved below.
🎙️ argonautbooks.co.uk/product/spok...
It’s our first spoken word night of the year!
As always, we’ve got spots on mic for anyone who wants to read, more info about the night and how to get involved below.
🎙️ argonautbooks.co.uk/product/spok...
Spoken Word Night – January 20th @ 19:00
It’s our spoken word night at the bookshop hosted by Murid Laly! Entrance is pay-what-you-can, tickets are free but getting one online gives us a better feel for numbers and aren’t required f…
argonautbooks.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🗣️ Spoken Word Night!
It’s our first spoken word night of the year!
As always, we’ve got spots on mic for anyone who wants to read, more info about the night and how to get involved below.
🎙️ argonautbooks.co.uk/product/spok...
It’s our first spoken word night of the year!
As always, we’ve got spots on mic for anyone who wants to read, more info about the night and how to get involved below.
🎙️ argonautbooks.co.uk/product/spok...
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Edinburgh people! I have a book launch coming up on the evening of the 11th, at the lovely @argonautbooks.bsky.social ! Tickets are free and available at the link below. Come and hang out!
argonautbooks.co.uk/product/11th...
argonautbooks.co.uk/product/11th...
11th January – The Restaurant at the Edge of the World – Oliver Gerlach w/ Sam Fern @ 7pm
Heartstopper meets Nimona meets Legends & Lattes in this stunning graphic novel where Soup must battle her evil boss in a fantastical cooking competition. At 17, Soup is at a crossroads.…
argonautbooks.co.uk
December 27, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Edinburgh people! I have a book launch coming up on the evening of the 11th, at the lovely @argonautbooks.bsky.social ! Tickets are free and available at the link below. Come and hang out!
argonautbooks.co.uk/product/11th...
argonautbooks.co.uk/product/11th...