ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

An independent bookshop based in Edinburgh’s seaside community of Portobello

We’re open 7 days a week, 10am to 6pm.

Our online shop's homepage and recommendations pages are curated by us, and you’ll also find 4.8 million additional titles to browse (not all books are in stock, but there’s speedy postal delivery direct to you or order for collection options for most books).

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Discoveries From Indie Presses

From fiction in translation to experimental novels and essays, here are our picks from our favourite small presses!

V. E. Schwab Signed Editions

Victoria “V. E.” Schwab is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades of Magic series, the Villains series, the Cassidy Blake series and the international bestseller The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Her work has received critical acclaim, been translated into over two dozen languages, and optioned for television and film. When not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop dreaming up monsters.We are lucky enough to be Victoria’s local bookshop and are delighted to be offering a selection of her brilliant books as signed editions.