This is the big one! 🫨 #BookSky #ReaderSky #Bookstores

Here in our neighborhood, Hyde Park, folks are beaming after a lovely weekend for #UChicago Convocation and the 57th Street Art Fair. School may be out, but your trusty local booksellers are here all summer. Let us help you build up that summer #tbr pile. Sun-Tues, 10am-5pm; Weds-Sat, 11am-7pm.

We were honored to welcome these amazing book artists and book arts advocates at our warehouse. #BookSky

Don’t think he’s ever been here before? Oh, ye of little faith… To native South Sider, erstwhile Hyde Park theology student, and now first US-born pope Leo XIV, we send heartfelt hometown congratulations. #BookSky #ReaderSky #Books

Look, Ma! We made it into the neighborhood paper’s weekly photo roundup. www.hpherald.com/evening_dige...

Hey, that's us! We made the news! blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/01/c...

Get in on our time-honored First-of-the-Month sale. Save 20% when you shop in-store with your Powell’s Books Chicago tote bag or t-shirt. That’s the deal, on the first day of each month.

We’re closing the books on our most epic Independent Bookstore Day yet. Thanks for showing up big on Saturday and making the commitment to #shopsmall in support of indies. Long live #independentbookstores! #BookSky #ReaderSky #Books #SupportIndependentBookstores #BookstoreLife #BookstoreLove

Favorites for #IndependentBookstoreDay from Chicago: @powellsbookschi.bsky.social takes me back to grad school, and @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social has become a must-visit every time we're in town.

Reminder! Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day and we expect all of you in here for the city-wide book crawl (see link in bio for more info)! Don’t miss the New Stuff Saturdays Livestream on IG at 11:30am CT so you know what new things to look for! instagram.com/quimbysbookstore/

Quick reminder that Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 26! If you’re in the area, put us on your itinerary for the Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl. We have special early hours: 9am-7pm.

#tbt IBD of yesteryear 🎥 Independent Bookstore Day happens this year on Saturday, April 26. Join the great Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, and come have some bookish fun with us! #BookSky #ReaderSky #ChiLoveBooks #TeamIndie #Bookstores #BookstoreLove #SupportIndependentBookstores #BookstoreLife

Here’s the 311 on Chicago’s Independent Bookstore Day. 🗓️ Saturday, April 26, 2025 #Booksky #BookstoreLove #BookstoreLife #Books #SupportIndependentBookstores #Bookstores #ReaderSky #ChiLoveBooks #TeamIndie www.chilovebooks.com

Get me to God’s country. IYKYK. #Booksky #Readersky #BookstoreLove #BookstoreLife #SupportIndependentBookstores #Bookstores #Books #Bookselling

Come visit us! 📍1501 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637 #Booksky #Readersky #BookstoreLove #BookstoreLife #SupportIndependentBookstores #Bookstores #Bookstore #Bookselling #Books

We had a lovely visit from Thomas Meaney of @grantamag.bsky.social. He was in the neighborhood for the University of Chicago’s Literary Arts Lab. Thanks for stopping by, Thomas! See you again next time you’re in Chicago.

Chicagoans: Have you heard of Independent Bookstore Day? It’s coming up on 4/26. Visit 10 bookstores, get 10% off for a whole year. Visit 15 bookstores, get 15% off. Full details at chilovebooks.com.

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