Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

Independent bookshop located in the heart of Edinburgh. We are open from 9am - 9pm every day, including Sundays. [phone].

[Edward Shawcross @EdwardShawcross]

Very much looking forward to talking about Napoleon III on Thursday 9 July at the wonderful Topping & Company bookshop in Edinburgh. Do come along, tickets here: https://t.co/LJ3MouBnvQ

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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

#samheughan #thecocktaildiaries @QuadrilleBooks

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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

https://t.co/DhSLdej1nT

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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

[James Islington @IslingtonJames]

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

[James Islington @IslingtonJames]

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.

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/yLyCJVmLXw

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/NhviV7rSig

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/lmuWa4TxCA

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/3vJ0Rr2XfH

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/bkEaN79I6R

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/nJDWGOPqMJ

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/wc16YRRZW1

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/uNzTWZjM6S

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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: https://t.co/ctEkqXRMWE

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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:
https://t.co/mJ3M2GEKOX

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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
https://t.co/iVdumnYgRC

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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:
https://t.co/mJ3M2GEcZp

#edinburgh
@lea_ypi @AllenLaneBooks

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

@_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: https://t.co/1nXRdtzEpw

[Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh @ToppingsEdin]

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!