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Around Indies [5]
- By Emily Behnke [6]
Here’s what’s happening in the world of indie bookstores this week:
Righton Books [7] has opened on St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Sag Harbor Books [8] in Sag Harbor, New York, is now open.
The Jackson Hole Book Trader [9] in Jackson, Wyoming, has opened sister store Wilson Book Gallery [10] in Wilson.
Canvasback Books [11]is now open as a pop-up bookstore [11] in the Klamath Falls Farmers Market in Oregon.
Love’s Sweet Arrow [12] will open in Tinley Park [13], Illinois, on June 15.
Bodacious Books and Cafe [14] will open in Pensacola, Florida [15], this summer.
Reads and Company [16] in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, celebrated its grand opening last weekend [17] with Jerry Spinelli as a special guest.
Three Lives & Company [18] has opened a sidewalk shop [19], which will sell new releases, best sellers, and staff favorites, until the storefront is reopened following construction.
Redbery Books [20] in Cable, Wisconsin, has expanded [21].
Pegasus Books [22] in Berkeley, California, is celebrating its 50th anniversary [23] with a series of events taking place from June 11 to June 17.
Book Soup [24] in West Hollywood, California, is celebrating its 44th anniversary [25] this June.
Monkey See, Monkey Do [26] in Clarence, New York, is celebrating its 10th anniversary [27] on June 15th.
The Writer’s Block Bookstore & Cafe [28] in Anchorage, Alaska, is celebrating its first anniversary [29].
River Dog Book Co. [30] in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, is celebrating its first birthday [31] this month.
The Lit. Bar [32] owner Noëlle Santos managed Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s author signing [33] at the Bronx Book Festival.
Bookends & Beginnings [34] co-owner Nina Barrett talked with WGN Radio podcast The Download on Chicago Business [35] about the Evanston, Illinois, bookstore.
Bookshop Santa Cruz [36] has launched the inaugural year of its Book Group Ambassador Program [37], an all-volunteer reader group dedicated to promoting book group reads to customers year-round.
Tattered Cover Book Store [38] in Denver, Colorado, has launched the Colorado Big Summer Read [39].
Mil Mundos [40] in Brooklyn, New York, “Fights Gentrification with Literature [41],” according to BKReader.
Georgia booksellers Jessica Osborne from E. Shaver [42], Janet Geddis from Avid Bookshop [43], and Frank Reiss from A Cappella Books [44] shared their summer reading recommendations [45] on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s On Second Thought.
The Spokesman-Review cited The Well-Read Moose [46] and Auntie’s Bookstore [47] as independent bookstores enjoying a resurgence in the Spokane area [48].
Paulina Springs Books [49] in Sisters, Oregon, was featured in an article called “Open mic night blossoms in Sisters [50].”
Share your news in Around Indies! E-mail [email protected] [51] with photos and details of what’s new at your store, whether it’s opening for business, moving to a new location, expanding, changing ownership, hosting a special event, or celebrating a milestone anniversary.