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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · 6h

Edinburgh Shelfie readers - new event alert!

Toppings will be hosting Lee Child and Andrew Child on 22 November.

This one is going to sell out fast, so get your tickets now.

www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

Lee and Andrew Child for 'Exit Strategy' at St Cuthbert's Church

www.toppingbooks.co.uk

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · 3d

The latest Edinburgh Shelfie is out now, and there's a huge line up of fabulous book events to choose from.

open.substack.com/pub/edinburg...

Super Thursday?

Apparently it's rolling this year...

open.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · 5d

Authors - remember to let me know about any book events you have scheduled in Edinburgh, so I can add them to the Edinburgh Shelfie.

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

Edinburgh Shelfie | Alison Belsham | Substack

Weekly listings of book events taking place in and around Edinburgh. Click to read Edinburgh Shelfie, by Alison Belsham, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · 10d

This week’s Edinburgh Shelfie focuses on events tied to cookbooks - as the weather gets cold, we all need warming, delicious comfort food.

Plus, there’s a new specialist cookbook shop coming to Edinburgh (or should that be cook bookshop?) this autumn.

edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/everyone-l...

Everyone loves a cookbook

And a cookbook event

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · 17d

The latest edition of the Edinburgh Shelfie is out now.

Find your perfect book event in the coming week.

edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/the-maths-...

The maths is easy...

Edinburgh + books = heaven

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

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Bob Mayer @bobmayer.bsky.social · 20d

Even Gargoyles read.

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · 24d

This week’s Shelfie has just gone out.

If you’re in Edinburgh, your diary just got busier!

edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/another-we...

Another week, another book launch

Or two. Or three. Or as many as you have time for.

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · 26d

Authors, do you have a book event scheduled in Edinburgh any time soon?

Let me know and I'll add it to the list that goes out weekly in the edinburghshelfie.substack.com

Edinburgh Shelfie | Alison Belsham | Substack

Weekly listings of book events taking place in and around Edinburgh. Click to read Edinburgh Shelfie, by Alison Belsham, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · 27d

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

It's start-the-next-novel day and I've written the first 116 words, and now I'm off, there's no stopping me till I reach the end.

a man in a striped shirt is covering his ears with his hand

Alt: a man in a striped shirt is covering his ears with his hand and spinning round and round

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Sep 14

A new edition of the Edinburgh Shelfie has just gone live. What better way to spend a drab Sunday afternoon than choosing brilliant book events to go to.

Check it out here: edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/all-good-b...

Subscribing for free to get it every week.

All good books come to Edinburgh

Check out who's in town this week

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Sep 13

Thanks, Robin. But you're right - we should get together soon! xx

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Sep 13

😭😭😭 Covid means I'm missing @bloodyscotland.bsky.social for the first time ever.

Consoling myself at home with somewhat suitable reading, thanks to lovely book post from Jody Cooksley.

A book with an ornate blue, black and red cover - The Surgeon's House by Jody Cooksley

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Sep 8

This week's Edinburgh Shelfie is out with details of all the best book events across the city.

edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/who-will-y...

Who will you go to see this week?

As usual, Edinburgh is spoilt for choice...

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hopefully an indication of better weather to come 😂

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you 😊

Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Aug 31

It's here! The first edition of Edinburgh Shelfie has gone live with more than 120 book events listed!

Subscribe, share and enjoy!

open.substack.com/pub/edinburg...

Book events incoming...

Welcome to the first ever issue of Edinburgh Shelfie

open.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Aug 30

Sunrise this morning. Wexford.

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Aug 26

Missing the Book Festival already?

You don't have to...

Sign up for the new Edinburgh Shelfie newsletter for details of all the bookish events scheduled in September & beyond.

There are book events nearly every day to keep that festival feeling going!

edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/coming-soon

Coming soon: Edinburgh Shelfie...

A new listings service for the Edinburgh book community

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Aug 19

Guess how many book events are scheduled in Edinburgh during September...

At least 59!!!*

(*I say 'at least' because no doubt there are some I haven't come across yet.)

Want to know what they all are?

Sign up to this new substack, launching Sep 1: edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/coming-soon

Coming soon: Edinburgh Shelfie...

A new listings service for the Edinburgh book community

edinburghshelfie.substack.com

Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Aug 17

I’m going to be starting a new Substack in September 🍁

Edinburgh Shelfie will be a weekly listing of book launches and events in Edinburgh and round about. If you’re a reader, subscribe now and you’ll never miss seeing your favourite author again!

edinburghshelfie.substack.com/p/coming-soon

A row of books on a shelf with the words Edinburgh Shelfie above them

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Jul 28

I wonder if baby name websites realize how much time novelists spend on them

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Jul 25

So, playing Yahtzee last night and this happened. In one throw. (I know, anyone could fake that - but honestly, I have better things to do with my time, so you can believe it!)

I'm informed by one of our AI overlords that it's a chance of 1 in 7,776.

Five dice on a wooden table, all with the six face uppermost

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Jul 17

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Want to own an old Carnegie Library? I found you one for sale and even though it's been redone inside to be a private residence, the details they kept are so good.

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Is Your Dream Home an Old Library? This Place Is For You.

This former Carnegie library is full of details about its role as a community library–and it's now looking for its next owner.

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Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social · Jul 17

There may be very different reasons why they didn't want the book, but the ghosting is just bad manners.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Jul 15

Right after "Don't use semicolons," "Don't use adverbs," "Don't use speech tags beyond 'said' and 'says,'" and "Don't ever use the word 'that,'" my favorite piece of writing advice is "Don't listen to people giving writing advice who only ever tell you not to do things."

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