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

Octavia Books [6], Garden District Book Shop [7], Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop [8], and Blue Cypress Books [9]celebrated New Orleans Independent Bookstore Day on May 11 [10].

Root & Press [11] will open in Worcester, Massachusetts [12], on Saturday, May 18.

Berry& Co. [13] will open in Sag Harbor, New York [14], this weekend. 

Attendees at the special Kindermusik storytime event held at Afterwords Books on May 11.

Paper Boat Booksellers [15] will open in Seattle, Washington [16], this summer.

Afterwords Books [17] in Edwardsville, Illinois, celebrated its 10th birthday [18] by hosting a Customer Appreciation Day on May 11. Friends of the bookstore were treated to delicious cookies whipped up by a local bakery, t-shirt giveaways (custom printed by a local company), a special Kindermusik storytime event, and 20% off their purchases.

The Fountain Bookstore [19] in Richmond, Virginia, was included in [20]Southern Living [20]‘s South’s Best Bookstores list in the magazine’s May issue [20].

Barbara’s Bookstore [21], The Book Cellar [22], and RoscoeBooks [23] were included in an article titled “Reading local: Don’t turn the page on some of Chicago’s best bookstores [24].”

amNY.com [25] covered The Lit. Bar [26] in an article titled “The Lit. Bar, the Bronx’s only general interest bookstore, can ‘empower’ the borough, owner says [27].”

Kathy Burnette, owner of The Brain Lair [28], in South Bend, Indiana, spoke with the [29]South Bend Tribune [29] about selling diverse and inclusive books.

Project Q took a look inside [30] Charis Books [31]‘ new location in Decatur, Georgia.

Half Price Books [32] in Indianapolis, Indiana, collected thousands of books for children in need [33].

Reads & Company [34] in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, was covered in an article called “‘Amazon be damned’: Two guys are giving Phoenixville a bookstore. They may be nuts — or brilliant [35].”

Johns Creek Books and Gifts [36] in Georgia was featured in an article called “Bookstore opens doors to Johns Creek community during library renovations [36].”

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