Here’s what’s happening in the world of indie bookstores this week:

Shakespeare & Co. [6] will be opening another location [7] in Brookfield Place, a retail mall in New York City, in January 2020.

Linda’s Story Time in Monroe, Connecticut, will reopen under new ownership [8] as Turning the Page [9]. The grand opening is scheduled for June 1.

The staff at New Dominion Bookshop celebrating Independent Bookstore Day and their second annual Rose Garden Party.

Old Town Books [10], which started as a pop-up, has announced that it will remain open permanently [11] in Alexandria, Virginia.

Northshire Bookstore [12] in Manchester, Vermont, will welcome a new café [13] this month in the space formerly occupied by Next Chapter Café.

Carmichael’s Bookstore [14] in Louisville, Kentucky, was featured in a New York Times article titled “Where the Family Business Is Selling Books [15].”

Untapped Cities covered The Lit. Bar [16]’s recent opening [17] in the Bronx.

The U.S. Daily News featured Jane Addams Book Shop [18] in Champaign, Illinois, and Literati Bookstore [19] in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on a list of places to visit during a weekend getaway [20].

Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books [21], MahoganyBooks [22], Sankofa Video and Books Cafe [23], The Lit. Bar [16], and Pyramid Books [24] were featured on a list of 15 black-owned bookstores [25] in the U.S.

Forbes reported that Independent Bookstore Day (April 27) brought record-breaking sales [26] to Wild Geese Bookshop [27] in Franklin, Indiana; The Bookshop [28] in Nashville, Tennessee; and Raven Book Store [29] in Lawrence, Kansas.

New Dominion Bookshop [30] in Charlottesville, Virginia, celebrated this year’s Independent Bookstore Day with its second annual Rose Garden Party. Said Sarah Crossland, “The party was a roaring success, with customers new and old. The first roses of the season (one variety of which is aptly called ‘City Girl’) made a starring appearance.”

BookPeople [31] will be collaborating with the Austin ISD Libraries to host the 2019 Summer Reading Splash [32] on Saturday, May 18, in Austin, Texas.

The Novel Neighbor [33] in Webster Groves, Missouri, hosted [34] 1,000 attendees for the OMG Bookfest [35] last weekend.

The Johns Hopkins News-Letter [36] talked with Greedy Reads [37] in Baltimore.

Square Books [38] in Oxford, Mississippi, received a Citation of Merit by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters [39].

Hoodline looked at the best bookstores in Milwaukee [40] and Washington, D.C. [41]

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