• Bookstores and Libraries

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 24th to May 28th

    By Rasheeda Saka  May 24, 2021
    The Hub

    Gaza’s largest bookstore has been destroyed.

    By Emily Temple  May 20, 2021
    The Hub

    John Cleese has no idea how many bookstores there are in America.

    By Jonny Diamond  May 19, 2021
    The Hub

    Here’s a running list of bookstores that have unionized.

    By Corinne Segal  May 18, 2021
    The Hub

    Booksellers at Skylight Books have unionized.

    By Walker Caplan  May 18, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 17th to May 22nd

    By Rasheeda Saka  May 17, 2021
    Travel

    This surreal seaside library will transport you into the clouds.

    By Walker Caplan  May 14, 2021
    Travel

    A new digital library in Rome lets commuters read unlimited e-books for free.

    By Walker Caplan  May 13, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 10th to 16th

    By Rasheeda Saka  May 10, 2021
    The Hub

    Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Philadelphia’s 215 Literary Arts Festival next week!

    By Rasheeda Saka  May 7, 2021
    The Hub

    The key to dodging cyber censorship rules might be . . . a Minecraft library?

    By Walker Caplan  May 5, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, May 3rd to May 9th

    By Rasheeda Saka  May 3, 2021
    The Hub

    What you never knew you’ve always wanted: a speaker shaped like a book.

    By Walker Caplan  April 29, 2021
    The Hub

    Imagine your ideal artist’s retreat in this breathtakingly beautiful forest library.

    By Walker Caplan  April 27, 2021
    The Hub

    Have you met Roshan the Book-Carrying Camel?

    By Jonny Diamond  April 27, 2021
    Bookstores

    The Brief, Joyous Life of the Sunwise Turn Bookshop

    By Joanne O'Sullivan  April 26, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, April 26th to April 30th

    By Rasheeda Saka  April 26, 2021
    The Hub

    These bookstores are the best in the country at supporting indie lit.

    By Corinne Segal  April 23, 2021
    Bookstores

    7 Author-Owned Bookstores That You Should Visit

    By Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss  April 23, 2021
    The Hub

    This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day—go forth and buy books!

    By Walker Caplan  April 22, 2021
    The Hub

    The University of Cape Town’s African Studies Library, ravaged by wildfire, needs your help.

    By Walker Caplan  April 21, 2021
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, April 19th to April 25th

    By Rasheeda Saka  April 19, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Two Dollar Radio

    By Corinne Segal  April 16, 2021
    Bookmaking

    Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How “The King of the World’s Booksellers” Produced Manuscripts

    By Ross King  April 13, 2021
    The Hub

    Has anybody seen some loose ceremonial swords? The Truman Presidential Library wants them back.

    By Walker Caplan  April 12, 2021
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