Welcome to the (virtual) Lighthouse Bookshop!
Lighthouse is a queer-owned and woman led independent community bookshop based in Edinburgh. We are an unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space. In 2020 we were named Scotland’s Best Independent Bookshop!
By buying from Lighthouse, attending our events, or sharing our stories you are supporting an independent shop on the high street, our team of dedicated booksellers and voting with your wallet for green, ethical, community led business; thank you!
New & Noteworthy!
Books for giving!
Fiction
Great Black Writing: Classic & Contemporary
Spooky season..continues!
Featured collection
Author interviews, bookseller recommendations & more...
On connection & creativity, books & community.
Yes, we will always need another ode to the power of art, a love letter to creativity. These three books have been a joyful, electrifying antidote to demeaning govt. policy...
They're ending furlough, we're calling bullshit : Jim on the household economics myth & MMT
There exists an insidious myth at the heart of popular economic thinking, colouring not just the formation of government policy, but also the general public’s conception of how national economies...
Slowing down - Making space to read, think, act.
An extract from our latest newsletter, as we reflect on digital outrage. --- It's been an emotional few weeks - we worry for our queer siblings in Poland, anti-corruption activists in Zimbabwe, and comrades...
