Before Action

This little book was amongst a shelf of poetry books which…

A German intern’s take on Edinburgh Books

I am an intern at Edinburgh Books. People in my course of studies…

Burns’ Night on the Oder, 1945

Once in a while we all need some escapism. Some reach for a Terry…

A couple of Poems

Apologies for the lack of recent blogging activity. I have been…

Beware the Ulsterman my son…

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I bought a wee book at the auction today called Malice in Kulturland…

In the beginning…

It has gone out of fashion in these post-modern times, but stories…

Book Inscriptions # 1

You find all sorts of inscriptions in books, usually on the front…

A Scotch Carol

You find all sorts of interesting things stuck inside books:…

Move over skinny dog

Some customers are just funny. Funny peculiar I mean, not Funny…

Dirty rotten thieves.

I don't think we have a huge problem with theft but then again,…

Thank you for the music

One of the great things about working in a secondhand bookshop…