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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 8d

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival turns to the north this year, with a programme of events inspired by Nordic traditions. Elsewhere, there are launches at @portybooks.bsky.social, @lighthousebks.bsky.social, and more 📚

Scottish Books Events: October 2025 – The Skinny

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival turns to the north this year, with a programme of events inspired by Nordic traditions. Elsewhere, there are launches at The Portobello Bookshop,…

www.theskinny.co.uk

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 9d

The @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Book Fair is back in November and we're delighted that @djpaulette.bsky.social will be on a panel exploring music as life - politics, power, creation - with Dave Randall & Adèle Oliver, hosted by JJ Fadaka.

Tickets: lighthousebookshop.com/events/music...

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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 19d

Edinburgh!! I’ll be with @lighthousebks.bsky.social
at the Great Hall on Wednesday October 1st at 7pm for a discussion on Love in a F*cked-Up World with Wu Tsang
and Nat Raha! Come join us ❤️❤️

lighthousebookshop.com/events/love-...

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Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 22d

In Edinburgh on October 7 with
@lighthousebks.bsky.social
for anyone up there. There is a lot of commonality between Edinburgh's housing crisis and London's, so I'm looking forward to a good discussion

lighthousebookshop.com/events/homes...

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Holly Ennis @hollyennis.bsky.social · 21d

An inspiring & uplifting evening @n-t-s.bsky.social Georgian House with @lighthousebks.bsky.social for the launch of Anthony Delaney’s book Queer Georgians. Good to hear (as a former historian) of the method, sources, rigour - & I loved hearing of histories reclaimed of joy, belonging and community

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 22d

🎉 Delighted to see that INTERVALS by Marianne Brooker is the 2025 Bread and Roses Award winner! 🎉

Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 22d

The panel of judges for the 2025 Bread and Roses Award, organised by the ARB and hosted by us are thrilled to announce the 2025 winners: Pleasure Gardens: Blackouts and the Logic of Crisis in Kashmir by Skye Arundhati Thomas and Izabella Scott and Intervals by Marianne Brooker!

A Latinx person with cropped curly hair and olive skin stands in a bookshop holding two books - Pleasure Gardens: Blackouts and the Logic of Crisis in Kashmir by Skye Arundhati Thomas and Izabella Scott (MACK), and Intervals by Marianne Brooker (Fitzcarraldo).

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 22d

The panel of judges for the 2025 Bread and Roses Award, organised by the ARB and hosted by us are thrilled to announce the 2025 winners: Pleasure Gardens: Blackouts and the Logic of Crisis in Kashmir by Skye Arundhati Thomas and Izabella Scott and Intervals by Marianne Brooker!

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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · Sep 4

In the quiet lull after the festivals, there's still plenty of book launches and poetry nights on offer across Scotland this September – our round-up involves events at @lighthousebks.bsky.social, @womenslibrary.bsky.social and more 📚

Scottish Books Events: September 2025 - The Skinny

In the quiet lull after the festivals, there's still plenty of book launches and poetry nights on offer across Scotland this September.

www.theskinny.co.uk

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Sep 4

"For anyone committed to social justice, the saga of the Kirkgate benches is an affront to community diversity and integration. It was a violent act of social cleansing, a silent declaration that some people’s comfort is more valuable than other people’s survival"

www.discontent.wtf/news/holding...

Holding the Line: Gentrification and the Dispossession of the Kirkgate Benches

www.discontent.wtf

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · Sep 2

“Because organising and mobilising people to take action on a Saturday takes a lot of effort, commitment and passion – just like Parkrun! And our brief investigation shows protesters lagging behind.” www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Revealed: Asylum hotel protests dwarfed by runners going to Parkrun

Protesters outside asylum hotels over the bank holiday weekend were vastly outnumbered by Parkrun runners, Big Issue analysis found.

www.bigissue.com

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 30

Today, and everyday, we reject the far right’s scapegoating & persecution of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers- the continued targeting of people who would make Scotland home.

Nae N*zies in Falkirk, rally today, from 12o’clock.

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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · Aug 28

A little story about radical booksellers……
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social &
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social DREAMT up the #LittleRebelsAward RUN BY
@letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & Housmans.

The sibling, adult non-fiction prize 🍞 BREAD & 🌹 ROSES is run by @lighthousebks.bsky.social ➡️

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Blackstaff Press @blackstaffpress.bsky.social · Aug 29

Earlier this month, Ruby Free was hosted by @lighthousebks.bsky.social for @edfringe.bsky.social #bookfringe to another sold out event! She discussed the importance of intersectional #environmentalism and why it’s so important to use your voice in the places & spaces that need it most.

#rathlin

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Jonathan D. Beer @jonathandbeer.bsky.social · Aug 29

I just picked up Le Guin's essay "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" on a whim, as it was at the counter of @lighthousebks.bsky.social.
What a spectacular essay. What an astonishing ability Le Guin had to turn a phrase, to explain an idea, to spark more ideas.
I *strongly* encourage you to read it.

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 29

2025 shortlisted author @dannydorling.bsky.social shares his recommendations for several of the past shortlisted books, including books by @johnypitts.bsky.social, Olivette Otele, Hsiao-Hung Pai, @kojokoram.bsky.social and Hil Aked.
lighthousebookshop.com/posts/shortl...

A stack of books, including African Europeans, Friends of Israel, Ciao Ousmane, Afropean and Seven Children, on top of several other books, with an out-of-focus background of colourful bookshelves

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 29

2025 shortlisted author @marijamdid.com, author of 'EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR' shared recommendations for Koshka Duff's 'ABOLISHING THE POLICE' and 'THE CHAGOS BETRAYAL' by Florian Grosset lighthousebookshop.com/posts/shortl...

On a sunny day, here is a photo of Marijam Did's book Everything to play for, and Florian Grosset's book The Chagos Betrayal, in front of a navy and green wall

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 29

Next is a blog post by Janet Alder, author of 2025 shortlisted book 'DEFIANCE', in which she recommends 'ABOLISHING THE POLICE' by Koshka Duff and 'DIVIDED' by Annabel Sowemimo (2024 winner) lighthousebookshop.com/posts/shortl...

A copy of Defiance by Janet Alder with Dan Glazebrook, and Divided by Annabel Sowemimo, in front of a colourful bookshelf

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 29

First up is a blog post by @izabellascott.bsky.social and Skye Arundhati Thomas, authors of 2025 shortlisted book 'PLEASURE GARDENS', in which they recommend Hil Aked's book 'FRIENDS OF ISRAEL' lighthousebookshop.com/posts/bread-...

The books Pleasure Gardens and Friends of Israel, in front of a green and navy background

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 29

We decided to ask the authors of the Bread and Roses Award 2025 shortlist to recommend books from the last five years of shortlists - and we'll be sharing their thoughts with you on our website in the lead-up to the 2025 winner ceremony on 15th September! lighthousebookshop.com/events/bread...

Lighthouse | Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing : Celebrating the shortlist and announcing the 2025 winner

lighthousebookshop.com

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 28

One of our fave festivals is BACK!

Enjoy the post Edinburgh Festivals calm for a beat, and then dive into all the film/activist goodness at TOA Film Fest in Sept!

Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · Aug 7

💫 IT’S HERE! 💫

Watch the trailer for Take One Action Film Festivals 2025 and dive into our Real Utopias programme!

EDINBURGH | GLASGOW | INVERNESS | DUNDEE

ACCESS:
🎟️ All tickets pay-what-you-can (£0-20)
💬 All films with descriptive subtitles

Get your tickets now: www.takeoneaction.org.uk

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Nasim Marie Jafry @nmjk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Lovely to see the very fine @lighthousebks.bsky.social stocking my novel 17 years on!

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · Aug 28

We're on a podcast!

Talking to the brilliant Lena about queer books & bookselling, Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop history and plugging faves like @junethomas.bsky.social & Nuzha Nuseibeh & @jakehallwrites.bsky.social and much more... have a wee listen!

lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queerlit/

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Sarah Chalmers Page @sarahchalmerspage.bsky.social · Aug 20

Brilliant talk today by @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social at @lighthousebks.bsky.social

A thread! So, firstly, her editors wimped out of her prefered subtitle - How to Lose a Country should be the 7 steps from democracy to fascism, not dictatorship. I have amended my copy...

The front cover of a previous edition of Ece Temelkuran's book How to Lose a Country- the Seven Steps from Democracy to Fascism. My edition has the old title- instead of fascism, it says dictatorship. So the cover now has a piece of scrap paper with fascism in red biro, the font mimicking the block white font of the original cover (which is black with white writing). Except I can't find my sticky tape so it's held on with shiny green and red star stickers.

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · Aug 24

Spent a fab afternoon at @lighthousebks.bsky.social listening to four poets share their rage and hope

Big thanks to @quill.scot for the Queer Riot!

Photo of the backs of people sitting watching a person with red hair and a blue T-shirt speak into a mic. Behind the speaker, there's a stone tenement wall on the left and an ivy-clad wall and trees on the right

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Tristan Gray @eidyngray.scot · Aug 24

Hosting a @quill.scot readings event at @lighthousebks.bsky.social today

Man with shoulder-length crimson hair and blue t-shirt with Star Wars rebel symbol on it speaks into a mic in front of a crowd in a garden

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