Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

A huge thank you to @SamHeughan & all who joined our book signing yesterday. Signed copies of The Cocktail Diaries available online! #samheughan #thecocktaildiaries @QuadrilleBooks

If you missed our book signing with @SamHeughan yesterday, never fear! Order your signed copy of The Cocktail Diaries on our website & we will deliver to your door. A limited number of signed are available - so act quickly! @QuadrilleBooks toppingbooks.co.uk/books/sam-heug…

We're closing tonight at 8pm for a bookseller shindig - back open 9am-9pm tomorrow!

New book trailer for The Strength of the Few, showing off the reversible cover design!

Great news today, and something I know a lot of you have been hoping for… ALL hardcover editions of The Strength of the Few will have a reversible jacket with both the new art, and a cover in the original style! Thrilled that Saga Press were willing and able to make this happen.

We welcome Frances Tophill, British horticulturist and television presenter for her new book, A Wildflower Year. Experience a year through 60 wildflowers, beautifully pressed, illustrated and described. 🗓️Mon 20th October 📍Pilrig St. Paul's / LARCH 🕐7pm toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

Winner of the 2025 Wingate Literary Prize and RSL Encore Prize, Manya Wilkinson, joins us to celebrate her latest novel, Lublin. It is a journey to nowhere that changes everything it touches. 🗓️Thurs 16th October 📍The Bookshop 🕐7pm toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

Join us for a meet & Greet event with Jess and Norma's Jessica Asquith! Their memoir is a heartwarming look at their relationship and how they forged their unbreakable bond. 🗓️Fri 10th October 📍Pilrig St. Paul's / LARCH 🕐7pm toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

Join us and celebrate the new gothic novel by Amanda Block, The Haunting of Hero’s Bay. A tale shrouded in mystery set in a small coastal town, Amanda's new book is a chilling and compelling greek-myth retelling. 🗓️Thurs 9th October 📍The Bookshop 🕐7pm toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

Come along and meet Mary Portas! To celebrate the publication of 'I Shop, Therefore I Am: The ‘90s, Harvey Nicks and Me', Mary Portas will be signing books at Harvey Nichols. 🗓️Weds 8th October 📍Harvey Nichols Edinburgh, ground floor 🕐4pm toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

On Wednesday 7th, we celebrate Harrods’ head pastry chef Philip Khoury for his new book, Beyond baking. It is a complete exploration of how far baking can go when it’s guided by flavour, process, and purpose. 🗓️Tues 7th October 📍The Bookshop 🕐7pm toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

Come along for a talk and delicious tasters from chef Karan Gokani from his new cookbook, Indian 101. Expect dishes full of flavour such as Lemon rice and Homestyle Chicken Curry! 🗓️Weds 1st October 📍Royal Scots Club 🕐7pm toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

Join us and Julia Shaw for her new book, Green Crime! Using insider sources and her expertise as a criminal psychologist, Dr Julia Shaw takes us deep into some of the worst environmental crimes of our time. 🗓️Thurs 9th October 📍Pilrig St. Paul's 🕐7pm toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

We're looking forward to hosting @JohnJCrace, Thursday 13th November in Edinburgh, for his latest serving of political satire! Click here to book your spot: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

Lea Ypi @lea_ypi joins us for Indignity: A Life Reimagined in Edinburgh on Monday 6th October. This is an imaginative investigation into dignity and historical injustice through the story of one family. Book your places here: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

Hear ye! Hear ye!🔥🐉 Fantasy queen Samantha Shannon @say_shannon joins us in Edinburgh for the eagerly awaited The Priory of the Orange Tree prequel Among the Burning Flowers🍊 🗓️Tues 9th Sep 🕣7pm 📍St Cuthbert's Church, 5 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh EH1 2EP toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

EVENT: Lea Ypi for Indignity - 6th October, 7pm At once epic and intimate, Indignity explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes - and the fragility of truth, both personal and political. Book here: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur… #edinburgh @lea_ypi @AllenLaneBooks

@_HannahRitchie joins us on Tuesday 16th September for Clearing the Air. It's tough to sort fact from fiction when it comes to climate change and its solutions - Hannah is the perfect guide for this critical task. Info & to book: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…

We will be closed tonight at 8pm instead of the usual 9pm for a summer staff party. We will be back to the usual 9am till 9pm tomorrow!

⭐️Event reminder⭐️ Tonight we are joined by the one and only Irvine Welsh to celebrate the sequel to his novel Trainspotting, Men in Love! A novel that reunites us with the original crew for a riotous new journey. Come along and hear all about it: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur…