• Bookstores and Libraries

    The Hub

    No, Beinecke Library is not specially designed to suffocate humans in the event of a fire.

    By Walker Caplan  February 16, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 15th to Feb. 21st

    By Kiki Nicole  February 15, 2021
    Children's Literature

    A Utah school district says a book about a transgender boy is “inappropriate,” and we have questions.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  February 12, 2021
    The Hub

    This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

    By Walker Caplan  February 11, 2021
    The Hub

    This North Carolina indie bookstore just got a Super Bowl-sized publicity boost.

    By Dan Sheehan  February 8, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 8th to Feb. 14th

    By Kiki Nicole  February 8, 2021
    The Hub

    Furloughed Waterstones booksellers are petitioning their hedge fund owner for minimum wage.

    By Walker Caplan  February 3, 2021
    Religion

    How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

    By Jan-Peter Westad  February 3, 2021
    The Hub

    A 68-year-old man has been banned from his local library for sharing an anti-Trump poem.

    By Walker Caplan  February 1, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 1st to Feb. 7th

    By Kiki Nicole  February 1, 2021
    The Hub

    This Turkish library is shaped like a shelf of giant books.

    By Walker Caplan  January 29, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Paul Yamazaki on Fifty Years of Bookselling at City Lights

    By The Literary Life  January 29, 2021
    The Hub

    Take a look at China’s first 3D-printed concrete bookstore.

    By Walker Caplan  January 28, 2021
    Bookselling

    Of Progressive Bookselling,
    Past and Future

    By Lucy Kogler  January 26, 2021
    The Hub

    Behold these cute phone booth libraries from around the world.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 25, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Jan. 25th-Jan. 31st

    By Kiki Nicole  January 25, 2021
    The Hub

    This new indie bookstore categorizes books by emotion.

    By Walker Caplan  January 22, 2021
    The Hub

    Indie bookstore to open a block away from recently shuttered Barnes & Noble.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 22, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Jan. 18th to Jan. 24th

    By Kiki Nicole  January 19, 2021
    The Hub

    Scotland, which is better than England, deems books an essential good.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 13, 2021
    The Hub

    After protest Powell’s won’t shelve right wing performance artist Andy Ngo’s conspiracy fanfic.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 12, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Jan. 11th to Jan. 17th

    By Kiki Nicole  January 11, 2021
    The Hub

    Here’s some surprising good news: In the US and the UK, book sales are up and indies are growing.

    By Walker Caplan  January 8, 2021
    Best of the Year

    Booksellers Recommend: The Best Under-the-Radar Books of 2020

    By Literary Hub  December 30, 2020
    Indie Bookstores

    40 Bookstores in 40 Weeks: Or, How to Get Through a Pandemic

    By J. David Gonzalez  December 23, 2020
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