The latest positive local news from Southside & Morningside: food and drink, nightlife, people, arts, sport and business stories from La Vida Edinburgh.
Book Lovers Bookshop, the UK's first specialist romance bookshop, has been named Independent Bookshop of the Year at the British Book Awards, less than two years after opening.
Leven Street cocktail bar The Blackbird has unveiled a £100,000 makeover, new cocktails and an all-day menu to coincide with the reopening of the King's Theatre across the road.
Andrew Leitch won six titles at Waverley's annual club championships on Suffolk Road, while Jules Mair took the ladies' singles and doubles and juniors shone at under-12 and under-14 level.
Morningside Gallery is showing 47 new paintings by Jack Morrocco in Touchstones, the artist's sixth solo exhibition there and the first in the gallery's newly renovated space.
Organised by Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust, the Edinburgh Canal Festival brought canoe polo, model boats, music and dozens of local groups to the Union Canal this summer.
Morningside jeweller Sarah Hutchison's preloved arm of SH Jewellery has found new homes for hundreds of handmade pieces, including rare Wendy Ramshaw rings, and she is now co-leading a new jewellery fair.
Pianodrome, which builds playable amphitheatres from disused pianos, has installed its Grand Pianodrome in Bruntsfield's St Oswald's Centre, now a community hub hosting live music and film soundtracks.
Children's cookery school Cook Stars has launched weekly classes and seasonal workshops for two to 17-year-olds at McLarens on the Corner in Morningside, led by Dawn Robertson.
Edinburgh knitwear brand Woolkind has launched its first customisable garments, merino tank tops knitted to order in 21 colours, with a fit library built by local volunteers.