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Lighthouse Bookshop

Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop is an award-winning activist, queer, feminist, antiracist community bookshop in Edinburgh!

Lighthouse Bookshop

About Lighthouse Bookshop

43-45 West Nicolson Street Edinburgh Scotland , Edinburgh South EH8 9DB
01316629112
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An independent general bookshop in Edinburgh – left leaning and politically engaged, a shelter for bibliophiles, an oasis for curious minds and a platform for open discourse.

Home to all sorts of books, from politics, history, fiction and travel writing to Children’s books, tattoo art and cookery.

Upcoming Events at Lighthouse Bookshop

Tapsalteerie Poetry Night: Rachel Plummer & Mae Diansangu

11th February 2025

Join us at the Lighthouse Bookshop on Tuesday 11th February to celebrate the recent publication of two new Tapsalteerie poetry books from Mae Diansangu and Rachel Plummer!

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