Young Dreamers bookstore has grown from a club to a full mobile bookstore

The shop centers characters of African descent in its offerings. Nearly a decade ago, when Nosakhere Griffin-EL and Eliada Griffin-EL’s oldest son was in speech therapy, they noticed that their son’s speech pathologist often incorporated books...

Bookends University builds community, changes minds in a bookstore setting

The motto at Bookends & Beginnings is that books change minds. Since opening the store in 2014, owner Nina Barrett (Medill ’87) has believed that educational programming is the way to change minds and build community. Barrett launched Bookends...

MFA program, bookstores drive Raleigh’s queer literature community

NC State MFA student Emilio Cabral first encountered queer literature in high school, reading “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” by Becky Albertalli and finding himself hiding queer-themed books from his parents as a teenager. Now, a fiction...

Independent bookshops unite to challenge Amazon’s ebook monopoly

Amazon’s ebook monopoly is to be challenged by a revolutionary scheme which will allow independent bookstores to make money from the digital books sold by a separate organisation. The bookshop.org online marketplace is launching an ebook platform...

It’s about to get steamy in the city: Romance-only bookstore moving to Fort Lauderdale

Sept. 28 was a bittersweet day for Melissa Saavedra. Nearly two years after debuting Steamy Lit, her romance-only bookstore in Deerfield Beach, she closed its doors. The shelves stood empty of the titillating titles so desired by passionate...

2025 Nobel Literature Prize: Key information and Q&A

The 2025 Nobel Literature Prize winner will be announced by the Swedish Academy at around 1 p.m. local time (8 p.m. in Korea) on October 9. Following last year’s award to South Korean author Han Kang, the first Korean and first Asian woman to win,...

‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks

The online store Bookshop.org is launching a platform through which independent bookshops in the UK will be able to sell ebooks as an alternative to Amazon’s Kindle offering. Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and...

The Houston Latina-Owned Bookstore Redefining Love

No one place and person show the evolution of the romance literary genre quite like Andrea Sifuentes and her pop-up shop Mossrose Books, located in the Houston Ironworks. The indoor marketplace is a prime example of the EaDo transformation,...

WECT Book Club: Burning Pages Bookstore

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Wilmington’s only Romantasy Bookstore has been open for six months, during which it moved locations, hosted book signings with local and well-known authors, and even sold out its masquerade ball. Jessica Tobin, the owner...

From the Prism of Black Orpheus: Mapping the Growth and Development of Discourse on African Literature

The Conflict of Cultures in West African Poetry, Ulli Beier’s first essay in the maiden edition of Black Orpheus (September 1957), raises a crucial question that haunted the beginnings of African literature, one that has persisted till date. While...

Online bookstore sales leave classrooms virtually without textbooks

Students and faculty at El Camino College are facing shipping delays and unexpected costs, or are having to change how they teach classes after the ECC Bookstore stopped selling textbooks in person. During the July 28 session, the Board of...

Trends in Audio Processing — A Radio World Ebook

What do virtualization, AI and cloud mean for on-air processing? By RW Staff Published: September 30, 2025 The traditional radio air chain is evolving fast thanks to virtualization, cloud and AI, among many other factors. What do these trends mean...

Crowdfunding fuels Twisted Spine, city’s first horror bookstore, for a brick-and-mortar launch

The astronomical fall began last week with the dawn of the autumnal equinox. But the cloud cover says otherwise, as the parching weather still continues to torment New Yorkers. While the leaves are procrastinating the senescence, fall flavors and...

Tokosue’s last chapter: KLs beloved indie bookstore to close down

For the past three years, Tokosue has been the go-to for fans seeking books and zines from independent publishers. (Muhammad Rabbani Jamian @ FMT Lifestyle) KUALA LUMPUR: After three years of operation, indie bookstore Tokosue will be shutting its...

Walter Mosley to Present and Sign Gray Dawn at Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood

Acclaimed Author Brings His Newest Easy Rawlins Mystery to a Free Event on Sept. 30 Best-selling author Walter Mosley will appear at Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss and sign copies of his new novel,...

Discover Your Zodiac Sign Through Literature: A Unique Exploration of the Twelve Signs

An engaging article creatively likens the twelve Zodiac signs to a library's diverse genres, offering a unique lens to understand astrological traits. Fire signs embody epic narratives, Earth signs are practical reference manuals, Air signs...

Cape Town hosts 2025 China to Cape Book Fair celebrating literature and cultural exchange

Cape Town came alive from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 as the 2025 China to Cape Book Fair officially opened, marking a vibrant celebration of literature and deepening ties between South Africa and China. The event, held in the heart of the city, brought...

Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Number One in Hardcover Fiction:The Secret of Secrets:Dan Brown, published byDoubleday. Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending...

If Any Writer Is Due for a Revival, It’s One of Literature’s Most Misunderstood Novelists

To be famous for just one novel—even a novel as good as Rebecca—is a mixed blessing for any author. Daphne du Maurier wrote 17 novels, a few plays, and numerous short stories, but she’s known chiefly for the narrative of the unnamed second Mrs. de...

Jhumpa Lahiri lectures on literature and translation at Yale

The Pulitzer-winning writer and translator gave a lecture Monday afternoon at Yale as part of the Finzi-Contini Lectures. Gillian Feng 4:47 am, Sep 30, 2025 Contributing Reporter Courtesy of the Whitney Humanities Center Jhumpa Lahiri, a Pulitzer...