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Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights. https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Hooray! @nytimes article about @mychal3ts and @readingrainbow. What a duo!!! PLUS, there's a link in the article to view the first episode. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s... #KidLit #reading #Library #ReadingRainbow #Books

Maya at Page 1 books in ABQ’s Killer on the Road mocktail (instructions in reply):

PEN America warns of rise in books 'systematically removed from school libraries' www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n... #booksky #bannedbooks

The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-

The wonderful and talented Fermina Isidora Marquez will be signing copies of her debut novel, Klaus, until 5pm! Also, check out her short stories via BlueSky. #booksky #loveyourlocal #localauthors @ferminamarquez.bsky.social

#cleaning #reading #read #readsomething #books #booksky 📚

Where do you look for your next new & interesting read? We’re curious how our readers choose what to read! Follow the link below to take a survey about your reading recs! Enter your email at the end to get 10% off your next Page 1 purchase.

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

If you’re looking for your next great read, start with the banned books. There’s nothing better than reading what they don’t want you to. Expand your mind and enjoy banned books. 📚 pen.org/banned-books...

Literature is “a way that we rehearse life,” Lois Lowry said, in 2021.

Where do you look for your next new & interesting read? We’re curious how our readers choose what to read! Follow the link below to take a survey about your reading recs! Enter your email at the end to get 10% off your next Page 1 purchase.

📚 #Booksky #MyPeople

Of course I need a new book. #booksky

went to the bookstore today and traded in books for store credit, which i then used to get more books. so basically the ones i got were free. book math!! #BookSky #BookHaul

It sure helps #booksky

Are you taking part in the #SapphicSeptember readathon and looking to add some graphic novels to your TBR? Here’s a list of 20 queer graphic novels with sapphic main characters to add to your bookshelf: (There's a list of book titles, authors in the alt text) #booksky #sapphicbooks

If you’re around Elliott Bay Book Co maybe I hid some stickers in the book I recently illustrated that came out today.

Please join us in welcoming two local authors this weekend: Khadijah VanBrakle on 9/6/25 from 6-8 (RSVP on our website!) and Susan Metallo on 9/7/25 from 12-3. Both authors will be selling and signing their books ✨📖

the good folks at Books and Publishing asked me why I think books are essential and important.

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books. p.s. I have a new book of cartoons out soon: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

So, uh, guess who has a non-zero number of thumbs and is #9 on the NYT bestseller list? www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. 📚

Happy Release Day to local author Khadijah VanBrakle!! 🧡🧡🧡 Stop by the store or see our link in the bio to get your copy of “My Perfect Family!”

Today is the FINAL DAY to preorder our local author’s book! We ❤️ Khadijah! All preorders come with free merch too!

Eden Robins (@edenrobins.bsky.social‬) introduces and reads from Remember You Will Die, her novel in obituaries, which is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25

🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Layered with history, culture, and folklore, Nalo Hopkinson’s novel about griot-in-training Veycosi is a lush, adventurous feast of possibility and wit.

We have an exciting pre-order campaign happening NOW with local author Khadijah VanBrakle! Visit our website page1book.com for more information.

The Farthest Shore, the third Earthsea novel, was first published by Atheneum Books in 1972.

Calling all North American fans of @travisbaldree.bsky.social! Pre-order BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES, and get a free pin! bit.ly/BrigandsAndB...

✨✨ Your next read might be... written in the stars ✨✨ Join us for Bookstore Romance Day! All day Saturday, August 9th, enjoy 20% off our romance, romantasy, erotica, and psychology of relationships sections! 💌

I spent the whole afternoon working at a Pride event & this is the only picture I took: our reading recommendations board! Lots of people of all ages stopped to recommend a book, including some faves by @clpolk.com @marthawells.com @amalelmohtar.com & of course, Dag Man.

A lot of people need to hear this

What are you reading this weekend?

One of my favorite scenes for a Friday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxQt...

Wild flowers, 2006 by Su Blackwell, UK artist who creates paper art out of old books, often based on nature #womensart

Fantastic

We have an exciting pre-order campaign happening NOW with local author Khadijah VanBrakle! Visit our website page1book.com for more information.

Alice Wong is a research consultant and disability rights activist who lives with spinal muscular atrophy. Alice co-founded a platform that amplifies the works of people with disabilities and advocates to improve public understanding of accessibility. Thank you Alice for your work!

In honour of Disability Pride Month, we’re recommending a collection of powerful, intersectional books that centre disabled, queer, and trans voices. These authors offer insight into lived experience, activism, identity, and joy: 1/4

Today is Nonbinary People’s Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of the issues facing nonbinary people. 💛🤍 💜🖤 Nonbinary People’s Day is observed every year on July 14 and was first celebrated in 2012.