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

Golden Fig Books [7] is now open [8] in Durham, North Carolina.

VaLinda Miller is opening The Turning Page Bookshop [9] in Goose Creek, South Carolina, on June 1.

Alibi Bookshop [10] is set to open on June 1 [11] in Vallejo Bookstore’s former location in Vallejo, California.

Penn Book Center [12] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will remain open through the summer [13].

The Green Arcade [14] in San Francisco, California, is celebrating its 10th anniversary [15].

Changing Hands Bookstore [16] in Phoenix, Arizona, will celebrate its 5th birthday [17] on May 31.

Susan Smelser, owner of The Book Worm [18] in Powder Springs, Georgia, is considering transforming her bookstore into a cooperative owned by shareholders [19].

Writer’s Block Bookstore [20] in Winter Park, Florida, will be moving to a new location [21] on Park Avenue.

Brookline Booksmith [22] in Brookline, Massachusetts, received Yankee Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award for Best Bookstore 2019 [23].

Amanda Conner, kids’ book manager at Joseph-Beth Booksellers [24] in Lexington, has been asked to judge on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award [25] (KBA) committee for the picture book category.

Rediscovered Books [26] in Boise, Idaho, won Best Bookstore in Boise Weekly’s Best of Boise 2019 series [27].

Bookmarks [28] in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, named Em Jackson as Employee of the Quarter for the last quarter of 2018.

303 Magazine included BookBar [29] in its “Master Guide to 100+ Denver Patios [30].”

Noelle Santos, owner of The Lit. Bar [31] in the Bronx, New York, was profiled by [32]Elle [32].

Bookends & Beginnings [33] in Evanston, Illinois, was covered by Forbes in an article called “Why This Chicago Area Independent Bookstore Has a Depression Section [34].”

AMNY.com [35] covered Mil Mundos Books [36] in an article titled “Bilingual bookstore, Mil Mundos, opens in Brooklyn with focus on black and Latinx heritage [37].”

Roundabout Bookstore [38] in Bend, Colorado, is bringing books to Colorado youth [39].

Classic Lines [40] in Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania, is looking toward “a very bright future [41],” according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Well-Read Moose [42] in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was mentioned in an article called “Well-Read Indeed [43].”

Independent Bookstore Day was mentioned in an article titled “Lessons All Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the Shop Local Movement [44].”

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