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A vibrant, independent haven for bibliophiles, with 70,000 titles and knowledgeable, passionate booksellers. Host of St Andrews Literary Festival.
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Some of you may have seen Laika's staggering stop-motion adaptation of 'Wildwood' over the last couple of weeks – Mikey would like to propose that you also read the book. Here's her pitch:
"As a devotee of Colin Meloy's band The Decemberists, reading 'Wildwood' was like stepping into one of their intricate and erudite narrative songs; basically an endless delight. When protagonist Prue's baby brother is kidnapped by crows, she goes questing into the dark forest wilderness bordering Portland, Oregon to find him (accidentally dragging her classmate Curtis with her). They stumble into a civilisation of talking animals hidden in the forest, whose society and freedom is threatened from within by shifting political alliances and the coyote army being built by the forest's Dowager Governess. It's full of charm and yet unafraid of dark edges, with political intrigue and a thrilling streak of violence bringing it closer to fairytales of old. I do wish I could have read it as an adventurous child... but it was still pretty great as a grown-up.
09 Nov 2026
Happy Bonfire Night from everyone at the bookshop! Hopefully you're all curled up by a fire tonight, but if you haven't got one, you can drop by and borrow ours.
05 Nov 2026
"The arrival of 'nychtin-time' – the Scots word for the dark half of the year – signals a slowing-down in nature, an overwintering or hibernation. The season invites us to turn inwards and homewards."
Though the darker days and colder weather can be a little despair-inducing, this time of year brings much to celebrate. If you need a little cheer in your late-autumn, you might want to come along to our event with Rosie Steer on Monday 9th November, which we're very pleased to announce will be chaired by East-Neuk based artist Morvern Graham, who's wonderful book 'Seasonal Folktales' was released this year. Both of these books celebrate the passing seasons and point us towards the beauty that the darker months have to offer – it's going to be a lovely evening. As always, book your places on our website or online.
04 Nov 2026
The chefs among you have a big week coming up – we've got four cookery events celebrating some of the biggest cookbook releases of the year. We start tonight with Dundee-born chef and restaurateur Jeremy Lee; followed by a cocktail hour with renowned food writer Tim Hayward; followed by bestselling TV veteran Rick Stein; and rounding off with Scottish baking icon Coinneach MacLeod (AKA The Hebridean Baker).
As always, book your places on our website or in the bookshop. See you there!
03 Nov 2026
This week sees the publication of "The Taper Man", a gripping new novel written by John le Carré's son Nick Harkaway. The Sunday Times bestselling author brings a gripping return to the shadow world of John le Carré. He has taken on his father's legacy and brought George Smiley to America, at the height of the Cold War.
We are lucky to have Nick up in St Andrews next week to talk about "The Taper Man" and what it feels like to pick up the pen from his father. You can book your place on our website or in the bookshop!
'Harkaway has done an extraordinarily good job with his father's legacy' * The Telegraph *
'Le Carré's legacy is in good hands' * Ian Rankin
02 Nov 2026
Happy Halloweeeeeeeeeeen from Topping & Company! We wish a chilling and sugary day to all our browsers. To celebrate, we've been delving into the deep dark depths of our bookshelves and found plenty of interesting ancient relics – here are some of the best grimoires, codexes and forbidden tomes that we unearthed (the goth baking book is especially fun).
31 Oct 2026
As you may know, our colleague Sanna recently moved over from our Edinburgh bookshop – well BIG NEWS: her Queer Fiction Reading Group is coming with her!
This is an inclusive reading group open to anyone to come together to read and discuss queer literature, with titles handpicked by Sanna. They’ll explore everything from overlooked queer classics to inspiring works of contemporary literary fiction. There is no need to prepare anything, nor do you have to finish the book to participate (but beware, there might be spoilers).
The first session will discuss Radcliffe Hall's 'The Well of Loneliness'. A powerful novel of love between women, this novel brought about the most famous legal trial for obscenity in the history of British law. Banned on publication in 1928, it then went on to become a classic bestseller.
It won't be kicking off until January, so you have plenty of time to read it. You can book your places on the events page of our website, or in the bookshop.
29 Oct 2026
Today is Wild Foods Day in the UK! If you're into celebrating nature's abundance (or just into free food), our little foraging section offers plenty of guidance for beginner foragers and for regular forest-scroungers. Scotland is full of wild treats – get outside and find them, if you can brave the weather!
28 Oct 2026
We have exactly one month until our Biggest Day Ever. On 27th November, we will be hosting two superstars in their fields on the same night: the legendary Sir Ian Rankin on his first stand-alone novel in 20 years (in the massive Holy Trinity Church), and Homer translator Emily Wilson on her sweeping investigation of ancient literature (in the also massive Younger Hall). We're tentatively calling it Rankilson – we're hoping there's much audience crossover there...
Whichever side of those demographics you fall on, you can book your places online or in the bookshop. See you there!
27 Oct 2026
Tonight's the night! We will be hosting a midnight launch of ACOTAR 6 ('A Court of Splintered Harmony'). Doors open at 11:50pm on Monday 26th and close at 01:00am on Tuesday 27th. Be one of the first to get the book and start reading the newest era of the series – and don't worry, we should still have plenty of copies tomorrow for anyone who wants to preserve their sleep.
26 Oct 2026
We probably got too excited about three of us booksellers matching today – it wasn't planned! Leanne, Sanna and Mikey match with some of the knitting books in our crafts section and not just with each other – we're especially fond of 'Knitting Yarns', edited by Ann Hood, a collection of essays on knitting including such illustrious writers as Barbara Kingsolver and Ann Patchett.
22 Oct 2026
Just ten days remain to Halloween... is that the sound of ghosts we keep hearing, or just pages rustling?
If you're deep in the Halloween spirit, or if you need to get into it, come and roam our halls for fearsome fiction. We've curated collections of the uncanny in our Fiction and our Sci-fi, Fantasy & Horror sections, with books new, old, and really old. Read them if you DARE!
21 Oct 2026
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