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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

6 years

In 2019 we’re opening a new bookshop in this fantastic building. We’ll keep you updated on our progress! Edinburgh - we can’t wait to meet you.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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5 years

Good morning, and happy #BookshopDay !

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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5 years

We’re open - come and say hello!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

We're thrilled to announce that we'll be opening on Sunday at 10am! Books are still arriving every day and we're unpacking as fast as we can, but with room for over 70,000 titles we've still got a way to go! Do pop in to see how we're getting on, and to say hello.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

1 year

There's a chill in the air, and nights are slowly getting darker. Luckily for you, our lights are on 9am-9pm every day. Come say hi, grab a pot of tea, and find your next favourite book.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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5 years

...and a huge thank you to @veschwab for signing a lovely pile of books for us today. We are looking forward to welcoming you again soon, next time with tea! (Not Earl Grey, we promise).

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

We’re back and we can’t wait to welcome you in for a browse! Open from 9am - 9pm, every day of the week.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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4 years

We're busy getting the shop all ready for your return... two more sleeps! 📚👀

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

What a lovely start to the afternoon welcoming Ian Rankin back to the bookshop. We are very excited to offer lovely signed editions of his new book! Thank you Ian 📖

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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4 years

What a difference a year makes!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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4 years

This is the bookshop's first spring and it's been seriously soaking up the May sunshine. Wish you were here.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

1 year

One of our booksellers took this gorgeous photo of the shop🌈 As we move into the summer months of the festival, the city is buzzing with life. Pop in for a cup of tea or coffee to take a break from the crowds, get yourself a book and relax.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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3 years

How lucky we are to live in a city which is home to so many wonderful authors. Thank you to Ian Rankin, Jane Healey & Alexander McCall Smith for making the time to pop in and see us and sign their new books! All these & many more signed books can be found in the bookshop 📚

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Work has started at 2 Blenheim Place! Here are some of the newly stripped-out rooms upstairs.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

We are OPEN! Come & see us and enjoy being amongst the books again. Now open every day from 9am-9pm, including Sundays.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

The main sign is almost finished!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Our door is open! 9am🕘 - 6pm🕕. Drop by for recommendations and we can take card-payment at the door. Plus no-contact collection for orders made online or over the phone.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

What happens when two (literary) stars collide? I don't know but I guess we're about to find out 🌟

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

We are delivering by hand (and bike)! As well as our postal deliveries, we will deliver to your door if you live close by. Give us a ring or drop us a line and we can get your books all sorted for you so you don't have to leave your home 🚲📬

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

🚨🚨 Just over a week until we reopen! 🚨🚨 Can't wait to welcome browsers inside again from Monday, 29th June! In the meantime Edinburgh, we're still here taking orders from 9am-6:30pm (and busy making the bookshop presentable after its unexpected stint as a post office). 📮📚

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

It's a perfect day for a stroll to the bookshop! Come and have a browse and a coffee in a sunny nook...

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

It's the end of our first week being open again and to celebrate we have collected our most popular books from the last 7 days! 🎉 What have been your favourite lockdown reads?

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Our shiny new sign! Now you definitely can’t miss us ✨ We’re open until 9pm every evening 📚

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

Good morning! We’re open until 6.30pm today for browsing and coffee. Do pop in and say hello on your New Year’s Day walks ☀️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Reminiscing about last August! Would you even believe that this was our ground floor on 27th August 2019 (a month before we opened, with all the books just starting to arrive)? And here it is now a whole year later 📚

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Windows & windows of books galore! Come and spend a relaxing evening browsing in the bookshop ~ we’re open until 9pm every night ✨☕️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Sneak-peeks of a tidy bookshop... nearly there!

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4 years

A little peek at the bookshop on a recent beautiful day to make your Tuesday a little brighter!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

We are open, but if you can’t make it to the bookshop we are posting books for £2, or free for orders over £50! 📚 And if you’re nearby and can’t leave the house, we are just a phone call away and more than happy to drop off supplies (bookish or otherwise).

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

McIlvanney’s manuscript has been finished and it’s finally out in the world! Thank you to Ian Rankin for popping in to sign a mountain of this new book earlier this week - we’ve got plenty of signed in the bookshop now & an event to look forward to as well ⬇️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

As an independent, family-run bookshop we've so enjoyed welcoming Edinburgh's readers in to browse over the last six months. Yesterday, we closed our doors. We're going to try to get books to you however we can, with postage as well as no-contact collection and delivery.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

In advance of the bookshop's opening day this Sunday, we've had some wonderful authors call in for a tour and to sign their books. We were so pleased to welcome Ian Rankin ( @Beathhigh ) yesterday.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Sunshine, blue skies, and books! We love catching a quiet moment in the bookshop 📚☀️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Here's wishing you all a spectacular New Year full of tea, coffee and many books. We are open until 6:30 today and we look forward to seeing you to chat about your New Year's reading resolutions!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

We don't just allow dogs in the bookshop, we absolutely love them! Do be warned that your four-legged friend will be fussed over and completely adored by our booksellers 🐾

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

We’re getting ready to open our doors again on ✨ MONDAY ✨ - how joyous it will be to have you all back in the bookshop.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

Not long until these rooms will be filled again with the book lovers of Edinburgh. Only two days to go now until you can peruse the shelves to your heart’s content!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Good morning #Edinburgh ! On this beautiful autumn day, why not take a stroll to our bookshop for coffee and a browse? We're open til 8.30 this evening, and we look forward to welcoming you!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

We had a quick pause in the cleaning routine this morning to enjoy the sun streaming into the Fiction room.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

Lovely Charlie waiting very patiently to collect his order!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Happy Christmas! We hope you found lots of exciting books under the tree and had plenty of time for reading.🎄📚 Although we can’t invite you in for the usual post-Christmas browse, we’re here every day to find books for you online, over the phone, or at the door. See you soon!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Today felt a little like stepping into the pages of a Yuletide Dickens novel, with the bookshop cocooned in fog ☁️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

2 years

CALLING ALL PRATCHETT FANATICS: This November, join us in celebrating the life of one of the world's greatest fantasy authors with his dear friend, Rob Wilkins ( @terryandrob ), author of 'Terry Pratchett: A Life in Footnotes'. Tickets + info here:

Rob Wilkins on Terry Pratchett at Greenside Church

www.toppingbooks.co.uk

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

A particularly cosy corner of the bookshop, we think. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon ☕️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

To the person who so thoughtfully rearranged our boards... Yes we are!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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4 years

Don't know who needs to see this today but Gulliver's chicks have hatched and they're obscenely fluffy.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

More sunshine in the bookshop. (To get us through these rainy days.)

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

We've been a bit quiet on social media but we've been working hard in the background! From tomorrow (Friday) we're very happy to be able to post books out to you again. Ring (0131) 546 4202 or email edinburgh @toppingbooks .co.uk

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

The bookshop is looking fittingly cosy this evening, on the autumn equinox. Come and see us for a pot of fresh coffee and a look at the many new publications on our shelves - we have lots of seasonal recommendations too for those of you wanting to dive into autumn 🍂

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

The bookcases have started to arrive!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

Tomorrow is the day! We’ll be open from 9am-9pm every day from tomorrow onwards & we can’t wait. See you very soon ✨

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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5 years

Good morning, Edinburgh! We are open, the coffee is on, and we're looking forward to welcoming you. Join us for a browse and a chat about your Christmas book presents...

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Our rolling library ladders have arrived!

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@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Our first delivery - the paper bags are here!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Our Blind Date books are back and ready to add a little mystery to your next read!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

We are all so excited to be joined by the icon Bimini Bon Boulash next week! They will be talking about their new book ‘Release the Beast’, a brilliant book about the meaning drag has in their life. There are still some places left, so snap them up while you can! @biminibabes

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

1 year

A huge thank you to @RoryStewartUK , who joined us for a matinee talk on his first book in nigh on a decade, 'Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within'. If you couldn't make the event, drop by Usher Hall tonight or our bookshop to grab your signed copy before they're gone!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

The weather still can't quite seem to decide what it's doing, so why not relax with a cup of tea (or coffee!) and a good book?

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

6 months

Our event with @bettanyhughes is on Saturday, and we already have so many questions! How were the pyramids built? Were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon real? Who commissioned the Lighthouse of Alexandria? Join us to find out and for what promises to be a memorable evening!

Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

7 months

We can't wait to welcome award-winning historian and professor @bettanyhughes in celebration of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a new and enticing history of renowned ancient marvels. 📅Sat 16th March 🕐7:30pm 📍The Bookshop 🎟️⬇️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

Our favourite spot in the fiction room, with views of Calton Hill and Greenside Church - and it’s a real sun trap! Tea & coffee is flowing in abundance this weekend, we hope to see you soon ☀️☀️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Curved shelves to fit the oval art room

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Paperback fiction is starting to take shape... #Edinburgh #Bookshop

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

The oak floor downstairs, freshly laid and varnished this weekend.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Yesterday was our first birthday! 🎂🎊🎉 Here's some before and after footage. The 'before' clip was filmed two days before we opened, with quite a bit of shelving still to do... Things are looking neater now!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

6 years

Alasdair has arrived at the planning meeting to share his purrfessional opinion...

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

A wee reminder that we are open until 9pm every day 🌜 Do come & enjoy browsing in the evening, arguably the cosiest time to be in the bookshop 📚

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

1 year

History aficionados, rejoice! We're thrilled to welcome the world's preeminent classicist @wmarybeard for her epic new book 'Emperor of Rome'. Secure your place below - there's only a few left! 📅Wed 4th October 🕐7:30pm 📍Ps and Gs Church 🎟️⬇️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Historian Bettany Hughes ( @bettanyhughes ) delves into the ancient history of goddesses with Venus and Aphrodite, considering the story of human desire and its influence. 🗓️ Tuesday 11th February, 8pm 🎟️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

It's such a dreich day here in Edinburgh, but never fear! We have plenty of coffee, tea, and - most importantly - books to stave off the rain and the cold.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

2 years

Only a few days until we welcome Terry Pratchett's long-time friend and collaborator, Rob Wilkins, to Greenside Church. Join us in celebrating Rob's portrait of one of the finest fantasy writers the world ever knew: Sir Terry Pratchett. Info + tickets:

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 months

Oh, what a beautiful morning !🎵 Come join us for a relaxing tea or coffee on this beautiful Sunday!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Good news: our lift has (at last!) been fixed, so everyone will be able to enjoy all parts of the #bookshop again. Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to welcoming you soon!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

2 years

The lovely Sara Sheridan came by the Bookshop this afternoon to sign copies of ‘The Fair Botanist’💐 Perfect for any lovers of historical fiction that are looking for something set in Edinburgh!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

2 years

🖤Happy belated birthday to the spooky book of the season🖤 Our Events Coordinator, Andrew, and Head of Fiction, Marie-Gabrielle, are particularly excited for this release in anticipation of our upcoming event! Join us on the 21st October to hear all about it. @LaEnriquez1973

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

It’s the day after #BookshopDay , otherwise known as #StillBookshopDay . Come and celebrate with us!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

A sunny Sunday in our children’s section! Lots to discover here 👀

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Here's a round-up of our most popular books from the last few weeks! Have you read any from this little selection?

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

5 o’clock and still light! Come and see us to collect your books any day of the week - we’re open from 9am until 6pm.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

It's a lovely Sunday morning so we thought we'd have a little peek at the books that have been most popular this week over a nice pot of coffee!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Freshly signed books! Thank you to Maggie O'Farrell, @naughtiej , @valmcdermid & all the other wonderful authors who popped in over the last couple of weeks to sign their new publications. Come & browse our signed editions in the bookshop or see a selection from our website here➡️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

A full fiction room at the bookshop tonight, with the brilliant @nktgill

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

2 years

The International Booker shortlist is here! And what a great selection we have, congratulations to all of the authors and translators📚 Which book are you most excited about?

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Hamish has been busy curating our new walking section, which lives alongside our travel books downstairs. We are very excited about it!! Come & browse our guides to walking, climbing & cycling across the UK 🧗

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Thank you to the wonderful, prize-winning Maggie O'Farrell for coming in to sign again yesterday!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

On the final day of our book advent calendar, all of us at Topping and Company in Edinburgh would like to wish you a very happy Christmas, with our thanks! We hope you have a merry, book-filled day, and we look forward to seeing you for a coffee and a browse on 27th!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 months

It finally feels like spring has arrived in Edinburgh☀️ We hope you are all enjoying the weather this Sunday, it is keeping our bookshop nice and warm with the rays of sunlight pouring in. Give us a visit and pick up a new spring time read. 🌸

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Thanks to Ian Rankin @Beathhigh for sharing this collection: Top 5 Crime Novels that Aren't Crime Novels. Feat. @jk_rowling , Muriel Spark, Charles Dickens, James Hogg and Dostoevsky.

Ian Rankin's Secret Crime

Top 5 Great Crime Novels That Aren't Crime Novels

www.toppingbooks.co.uk

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

5 years

Good morning! #books

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

2 years

We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome award-winning author ✨R.F. Kuang✨ to Edinburgh!! Rebecca joins us to discuss her incendiary new novel ‘Babel’ exploring themes of violence, colonialism, and the sacrifice of resistance. Simply heaven for any fans of Dark Academia♟🤎

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

3 years

Thank you so much @sarasheridan (and her gorgeous dog Dottie) for popping in to sign our new paperback editions of Where Are The Women!

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

2 years

It was an incredible honour for our booksellers to meet poet and writer, Ocean Vuong, this morning! We have signed copies of his two poetry collections and his novel ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’. You can find them on our website or pop into the Bookshop to pick them up now.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

Aren't our browsers talented? Ye Chisei sent us the most beautiful thank you illustration featuring our very own tea sets! 🫖📚

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

8 months

We hope you’ve all had a restful first week of 2024. Just a wee reminder that the bookshop is now back to regular hours (9am-9pm). We hope we'll see you soon to kick off the new year with some bookish chat over a pot of tea or coffee!☕️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

4 years

What a difference a day can make! Still, dreich or braw, you're always welcome to pop in for a tea (or coffee!) and a browse.

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

7 months

What better way to start your day than browsing our shelves while sipping a complimentary cup of tea or coffee? ❄️☕️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

@ToppingsEdin

9 months

Join us to celebrate publication of @_HannahRitchie 's latest book, Not the End of the World. Optimistic and hopeful, Ritchie's volume shows how far we have come towards creating a truly sustainable planet🌎 📅Wed 21st February 🕐7:30pm 📍The Bookshop 🎟️⬇️

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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4 years

@RobGMacfarlane Thank you, Rob. We’re taking orders and posting out books! We have some selections on our website or you can search the full catalogue here:

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Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

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Huge thank you to @valmcdermid for sharing her reading recommendations! Val has chosen the first volumes of some of her favourite crime series... plenty to keep us occupied.

Val McDermid's First in Crime Series

The prolific crime writer selects her favourite series openers

www.toppingbooks.co.uk

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