Mairi Oliver, Lighthouse Books, Edinburgh

In this episode, I chat with Mairi Oliver, owner of Lighthouse Books, about radical bookshops, feminist writers in Edinburgh, how the world can seem overwhelming, and books!

Lighthouse Books is a queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop located at West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. The store is an unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space, celebrating diversity of thought and expression and championing voices from the margins.

 The bookshop carries 10,000 titles across most genres, from politics, history, fiction, and travel writing to Children’s books, crafts, and cookery. We are particularly passionate about radical, left-wing, and Scottish politics, intersectional feminism, revolutionary history, environmentalism, LGBT+ writing, poetry, and translated fiction.

Lighthouse Books is committed to playing its part in building a greener, fairer, kinder tomorrow.

Lighthouse Books

Lola Olufemi, author

Harry Josephine Giles, author

Allyson Shaw, author

Knight Errant Press

Aven Wildsmith, author

404ink.com (Inklings Books)

Love That Journey for Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek, Emily Garside

Dr. Nat Raha, poet

Sarah Sheridan, author

Eris Young, author

There Is Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, Cindy Milstein (editor)

Radical Mourning, Cindy Milstein (editor)

UnTypical, Pete Wharmby

Caliban and the Witch, Sylvia Federici

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