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Portobello Book Festival is a volunteer run festival, taking place over the first weekend of October.
@portybookfest.bsky.socialThank you from the Portobello Book Festival organising team!
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com The 2026 Portobello Book Festival was a great success and we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. Last weekend Portobello Book Festival attracted hundreds of people to the library, and we…
@portybookfest.bsky.socialA selection of photos from Portobello Book Festival 2026 The organising team had a fantastic weekend and hope you enjoyed any events that you came to. Do let us know what you thought of the festival. Here are a selection of photos from the weekend.
@portybookfest.bsky.socialAnd that's a wrap on Porty Book Festival 2026! Thanks so much to all our contributors and audiences. See you next year!
@portybookfest.bsky.socialA little round up from day 2. See you all tomorrow for loads more great events!
@portybookfest.bsky.socialDay one, done ✅
@portybookfest.bsky.socialThe first event of this year's festival is underway on this lovely Autumn morning. Author Adrian Ross (Sons of Great Men) is leading our writing workshop and encouraging those attending to think about Building a Character.
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@dougjohnstone.bsky.socialReposted by @portybookfest.bsky.socialHullo! I'm appearing at my local @portybookfest.bsky.social this Saturday Oct 3rd at 7pm. I'll be chatting to old pal Mary Paulson-Ellis about all things Skelfs, then playing a few songs with my son Aidan. Tickets are FREE but going fast:
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@thebooktrail.bsky.socialReposted by @portybookfest.bsky.socialOh the loveliest book community and festival in one of the loveliest part of the city! A bookshop AND a beach AND coffee shops? Now ya talking.
@portybookfest.bsky.socialDo you like ships? Do you like cats? Then come along to our event at The Portobello Bookshop at 7pm on Friday 2nd October to hear Alex Howard chatting about his latest novel The Ship's Cat with Helen Harper. FREE tickets available from Portobello Library.
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@portybookfest.bsky.socialIt’s almost time for the 2026 Portobello Book Festival! In just a few days, this year's festival will kick off at 10am on Friday with our first event, our Writing Workshop: Building a Character, at Portobello Library. On Friday and Saturday, most events will be upstairs in the library, as the…
@portybookfest.bsky.socialDog lovers of Porty! There are a few tickets left for this event next Sunday from 2-3pm at Portobello Library as part of Portobello Book Festival. Free tickets can be picked up from the library. Please note that only assistance dogs can accompany their owners to this event!
@portybookfest.bsky.socialPortobello Book Festival 2026 – Ticket Update With just one week to go until the 2026 Portobello Book Festival, here is an update about tickets. Tickets are going fast with some events already fully booked and some with only a handful left. However, there are PLENTY of tickets left and still…
@portybookfest.bsky.socialBooks by participating authors available to buy from The Portobello Bookshop Books by all our participating authors (and chairs if applicable) will be available to buy from a pop-up bookshop at the library during the festival run by the lovely people from our local independent bookshop, The…
@portybookfest.bsky.socialHave you picked up your tickets yet? 📚
@portybookfest.bsky.socialInfuriating especially since that's my name being used! Gmail told us they'd taken that email down. Has it literally just arrived today? I'm so sorry about this. So many scammers around and so little we can do!
@portybookfest.bsky.socialTickets for this year’s festival are now available from Portobello Library! If you have been having a look through the programme for this year’s Portobello Book Festival and noting down the events you would like to see, then NOW is the time to get yourself down to the library! Tickets are now…
@portybookfest.bsky.socialPlease be aware that a scammer has set up an email address very similar to ours and is sending out invitations to authors to take part in this year's festival. If you are unsure if an email is genuine, please email [email protected] to confirm.
@portybookfest.bsky.socialThe 2026 Portobello Book Festival Programme is now available! portobellobookfestival.com/2026/09/02/t...
