Typewronger Books

You can post letters from the shop! We sell first and second class stamps & envelopes, if you want to write a letter on our free public Typewriter you can post it at the till, we've even got our own "postmark" to show it was sent through us! And doesn't wee Tee look cute with their toy post office?

We LOVE our poetry section which has just had a major glow-up! So many brilliant titles, from well known names to local poets, from classic to contemporary and so many different genres! What's you're favourite poetry/poet?

Wrong Directions Autumn 2025 is published TODAY! Rock on by the shop to grab a copy, or buy one of our website. We'll be sending out subscriber copies ASAP, and Tee will be sending emails out this evening letting all our contributors know they're in it!

It's JAMES BOND DAY today - 5th October. Now, we don't have James Bond novels in stock. They haven't dated well, to put it kindly.

ALL of these alternatives are available on our website or can be bought by emailing us at info@typewronger [dot] com. As can ANY BOOK currently in print!

Witches be Readin'! Our seasonal display has a whole bunch of witchy, occult and horror titles, from the "Art of the Grimoire" by Owen Davies to "Shy Trans Banshee" by Tony Santorella! And we've not even properly stocked up on these titles yet - stay tuned this month for more lore & much magic!

We're not exactly Google, but on Typewronger.com we do like zhuzhing up our banner - and Spooky Season is upon us! In October we offer the option of an origami bat when you buy books in store, or from the website (it's been added to the checkout!) Stay tuned for more spooky developments....

Just over ONE MONTH until EDINBURGH ZINE FAIR 2025! And what do you think of our jazzy new EZF posters printed in bright red and aqua? Check out edinburghzinefair.com and @edinburghzinefair on insta!
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SAVE THE DATES:
1/11/25 - Noon - 5.30pm
2/11/25 - Noon - 4.30pm

As Autumn approaches the Typewronger Studio is a cozy space to be creative! We've just loaded October workshops onto the website, mostly happening on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6pm - check out typewronger.com !

✨🍄 Back this October, our nature-focused reading group Leafing Through!

📖 Join us on October 6th at 7pm for cosy chats and a drink or two! Copies are available at the shop.

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Does my book come with an origami elephant? This question is posed to every bookseller in every bookshop around the globe. But only Typewronger Books can answer YES!

Each book purchase - in shop on online - and you get your choice of elephant, dragon, shark, or frog.

#bookshop #origami

OUT TODAY! @say_shannon's new book AMONG THE BURNING FLOWERS and @nataliehaynesauthor's NO FRIEND TO THIS HOUSE

You can order both as signed editions on our website! And we have copies in for you to pop in and buy.

#amongtheburningflowers #nofriendtothishouse @panmacmillan @bloomsburypublishing

STUDENTS! We offer a 10% discount!

If we don't have what you need, we can order it in - just send us an email at into@typewronger.com or come into the shop and ask one of our lovely booksellers!

#edinburghwelcomeweek #eduni #napier #heriotwatt #qmu

Roll on up and try your luck! Our lucky dip box is ready and waiting. In a reading slump? Needing to switch up genres? Tired of the same old same old? Pop on down to Typewronger and take a leap into the unknown...

Open every day 11am-9pm.

#books #independentbookshop #typewronger #edinburgh

NEW STAFF PICKS TABLE - It's a truth universally acknowledged that our staff have the best taste around! Now they have a chance to shine on a dedicated table, slap bang in the middle of Typewronger.

Pop by and have a gander - maybe you will discover your new favourite read...

Did you know we also sell vinyl? We don't normally have a tonne in, just a few things we like -Namitha recently did an order for this excellent selection of classic and contemporary tunes, a few of which are featured here - drop us a line to order records!

PREORDER NOW - we've got a few signed copies of @say_shannon 's "Among the Burning Flowers" - the dramatic runup to the events of her awesome epic "Priory of the Orange Tree" - arriving at the shop this month. It's on typewronger.com - remember to select origami dragon from the dropdown at checkout!

Join us for a unique evening of time-travel as we celebrate TIME/LIFE, the new book by bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and Women’s Equality Party co-founder Catherine Mayer!

September is PACKED with stories, conversations, and creativity!! Hop on down for anything that tickles your fancy!

We'll see you there!

NEW IN STOCK - We have signed indie exclusive editions of Boudicca's Daughter by @elodieharper ! If you've preordered with us your book is now parcelled and winging its way to you in the post, but we do have a few extra for stock it's still available to grab off our website, or of course in store!

TypeWriters is our experimental writing group where Tee sets a monthly challenge to encourage us to examine how we write! This month we're playing a game where we write what we think are the first lines of various books in the shop - then we'll see how close we get...

We only have THREE workshops available for the whole month of September! We've stuck to our most popular Risograph Zine Making Workshop - these are available from the website and there's three spaces on each for the 16th, 23rd and 30th of the month!

BOOK FRINGE 2025: SECOND SLICE! We've got a bunch more events on this month, as part of the ALT Book Fringe which we are so proud to be a part of with our friends at @argonautbooks and @lighthousebks - check out our website for more details!

ZINES! We sell a lot of them, but we also print them in our risograph studio - here's three recent jobs - "Cherry Print" by Rebecca O'Hagan, "Waiting In A Sushi Restaurant " by Sky-Maya Groom and "Vigilante Returns" by Constantine.

There are SO MANY BEAUTIFUL BOOKS coming up, and we've got the inside line on a bunch of SIGNED and INDIE EXCLUSIVE copies! There's a preorder section on our website where you can see what we've already got on order in the signed copies department and do a preorder to avoid disappointment

You've got just over 2 WEEKS if you want to submit your work to our poetry and flash fiction quarterly, Wrong Directions! Check out the Wrong Directions page on our website (under the "About" tab) for more info on how to submit - and also how to subscribe!

Back by popular demand this September......our nature focused reading group 'Leafing Through!' We are reading Claire Keegan's 'Foster'. Copies available at the shop!

See you there on September 1st at 7pm for chats and drinks!

#typewronger #typewrongerbooks #bookshop #leithwalk #naturebookclub

COMMING UP - Some EXCELLENT Book Fringe Events! All of these events are FREE, part of the ALT Book Fringe which we are so proud to be a part of with our friends at @argonautbooks and @lighthousebks - check out our website for more details!

Look at all these amazing posters and flyers! We rarely post pictures of this part of the shop - it's the doorway right? It's just how you get in. But it's so important to the community ethos of the shop. Come have a browse!

OPEN 10am-9pm for August! Oh yeah, we're ready for the festival, where the population triples with wall-to-wall chainsaw-juggling unicyclists. We're just that wee bit off the beaten track and still a lovely calm environment to escape some of the beautiful mayhem going on outside - come say hi!

NEW BOOKMARKS! Our bookmarks were due a zhuzh, and who else would we commission but the supremely talented @joannakrobson who did our original silhouette bookmarks back in 2017! Stop on by if you want to pick one up - much to the disbelief of various customers so far today they are still FREE.