ICYMI: The mind-boggling list of hundreds of #bannedbooks in Tennessee now includes Calvin and Hobbes by cartoonist Bill Watterson, They Called Us Enemy by @georgetakei.bsky.social, and The Complete Book of Cats by Rosie Pilbeam. More at: pen.org/magic-tree-h... #Caturday #Censorship

Happy first week of July book friends! We’ve got a big stack of new releases to share this week, including The Peculiar Gift of July by PNW author Ashley Ream. Have a wonderful week and a holiday marked by joy and resilience. ❤️

You didn't need a video of a Red Panda eating grapes, but here you go #bluesky ... 😊

We know there is lots of crossover between book people and gamers, so we thought y’all might be interested…

Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote speech at the Locus awards. You can view the speech and read the full text here. stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/

Because you need something in your feed you can smile about.

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” - Mister Rogers 💛 The human world, it’s a mess ❤️‍🩹💚🌎

🧵 The dog days of summer may be unavoidable. Dog books? For some readers, they're getting harder to find. Turns out the book banners who told you their only concern was "pornography" are also trying to restrict many students' right to read about... dogs.

New Book Tuesday June 17, 2025 Video shows book covers showing books releasing this week. First image shows the entrance path to Melville Books in Portland. End image shows bees flying around orange-hued flowers & the text reminds people to attend the Pollinator Festival in Vancouver this Saturday.

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Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!

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This is such a good book! Highly recommended. ❤️

We’ve got a copy in the store!

If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social #WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit

“At what point does childhood sadness become adult sadness anyway? Does the tsunami get larger as the figure grows? Was his wave already twice the size of the one in the poster?” —Ocean Vuong

Friend Fran Rutkovsky posted these lovely armadillo photos from her yard in Tallahassee. Armadillos *love* water and will take hilarious baths.

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Everyone’s favorite boy detective is back and better than ever in this new collection of mysteries from the bestselling Encyclopedia Brown series!

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And yet another book to add to our buy list for the store. 🙂

Happy book birthday to the paperback edition of @kaaauthor.bsky.social's The One and Only Ruby!

"What did PBS shows teach you?" Mister Rogers taught us feelings are mentionable and manageable. Reading Rainbow taught us discovering books is joy. Sesame Street taught us learning through the kindness of community by way of our friends. Bill Nye taught us to observe wonder through science.

This looks amazing! Adding it to our store buying list. ❤️

Happy book birthday to two-time Newbery Medalist @erinentrada.bsky.social's At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/10/at-l...

We have so many books in this week, we can’t fit them all in photos! Holler if you see anything you love and we’ll set it aside for you.

This one looks really lovely and quirky. Can’t wait!

We have copies of @littlefeethiking latest—Strolling and Wheeling around Vancouver, WA, as well as a restock on all her other titles!

We got this book in this week. So cute and terrifying! 😂❤️

We received a gorgeous hardcover copy of Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea. It is the 1st Atheneum printing (1991). This was the 2nd printing overall. The very first printing was a small print run—6,800 copies—by Parnassus (1968). Price $45.00. Very good condition. Full details on website.

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Maisie and Oliver cordially invite you to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day with us.. Thanks to our friends at Third Eye Books, we have copies of The 1619 Project to give away, while supplies last. Oliver, with help from our staff, will be hiding the Libro.fm Golden Ticket. Will you find it?

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This book had broken threads, so needs to be completely disbound for repairs and resewing. #bookconservation #bookrepair #bookbinding #bookarts

Keep Portland Queer. Fresh from the printer, the new edition of the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology includes a poem by Nastashia Minto and stories by Christa Orth and Kalimah Abioto. microcosm.pub/portlandqueer

GREAT news everyone! The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions. Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Apply or die!

This necessary, honest, B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L book requires an in-person conversation. We need to be in a room together for me to do this story justice. A space in which I will articulate why I love Bobbie’s poetry. Buy it, read it, share it! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/03/octo...

I’m thrilled to be included in this list and if you need some cozy escapes in the days ahead, check out the other awesome books coming your way soon! www.bookbub.com/blog/new-coz...

A team of lexicographers at a world-renowned dictionary receive a series of anonymous letters that force them to unravel a thread of linguistic clues--hinting at a decades-old disappearance and an untold chapter in the evolution of English... 📖 GUILTY BY DEFINITION is now available to request & read

Maya and Noah star in my upcoming cozy mystery DIAMOND IN THE RUFF. Unfortunately, they are no longer with us, but live on in the WIGGLE BUTT MANOR mysteries. Releases May 2025!

The Trans Rights Readathon starts tomorrow and goes until 3/31. Join me in reading and celebrating trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming voices. The readathon is about spreading joy and awareness, raising funds and for standing in solidarity. bookshop.org/lists/trans-...

Happy Very Hungry Caterpillar Day! Celebrate Eric Charle’s beloved picture book character and the first day of Spring in these 5 fun ways. Share how your family is joining the festivities at home by using #VHCDay.🐛🌸☀️ sites.prh.com/vhcday2025

Happy book birthday to @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social and Elke Boschinger's When a Tree Falls: Nurse Logs and Their Incredible Forest Power! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/03/when...

the dystopian era is BACK! www.epicreads.com/blog/hunger-...

A new mystery is afoot! 🔎❤️ @richardosman1.bsky.social's New York Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series returns September 30 in the US in THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE! Learn more 👉 sites.prh.com/richardosman...

2015 was approximately one million years ago, so we hopped in the DeLorean to power-rank the biggest books of a decade ago. bookriot.com/listen/power...

Thanks again to those who answered my #IndustryPolls earlier this year! As promised, here's Part 1 of the results: How Freelance Illustrators Find Work - debbieohi.com/2025/03/surv... #KidLit #KidLitArtists

"I want to keep boycotting Amazon, but I also want to support indie authors. How do I do that?" Many indie authors have their books on Barnes & Noble & Kobo! There are also places like Smashwords & Campfire that are almost all indie books! Itchio now has a THRIVING LGBTQ Indie Book Scene.

Jane Steel by Lindsay Faye and Jane Eyre by Brontë

I really liked The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow. Thanks for the recommendations!