Local Mpls Friends! Come on down to @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social on SATURDAY 9/13 for a celebration of my new book, IT'S TACO KNIGHT!, illustrated by @estrelalourenco.bsky.social, plus actual tacos from Fiesta Mexicana! A taco book + a taco truck! 🌟🌮📖🥳

I would like to apologize to the NHL player who came into the store who I mistook for a *different* NHL player. you’re both very good at hockey and I hope both of your teams win (except when playing against my favorite team)

We are mourning the tragedy at Annunciation Church this morning. Children deserve safety, education, and care. Today especially, our doors are open if you need a place to be in community with others.

Aug 8-10 is the Minneapolis Indie Bookstore Romance Day Crawl, returning along with Bookstore Romance Day. Get the punch card bookmark to participate at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social Magers & Quinn, Tropes & Trifles and more!

in my humble opinion, today is a perfect Sunday to visit us and then go read a book by one of the lakes

factoring in inflation, Wanda Gág’s classic is worth Billions of Cats in today’s market

We're running a Love Your Indie Sale all month, with 2,000+ audiobooks—because we really, really do love your indie. And every purchase supports them, helping their small business and your community. ⁠ You don't have to be a member to shop the sale, but members do take an additional 30% off 👀

why order books through Am*z*n when you could order from Wild Rumpus Books Dot Com and probably get some cat hair packaged in with it

closed July 4th so we can focus on keeping Eartha Kitt from entering every hot dog eating contest in the state

hey, uhhh… has anyone seen Waldo? Waldo is hiding out in 25 Linden Hills business throughout the month of July! pick up a passport at any participating business and get it stamped for a chance at goodies and prizes! details here: wildrumpusbooks.com/findwaldoinl...

This weekend is the Indie Bookstore Preorder Party! Preorder THE TEAR COLLECTOR from participating indie bookstores such as @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social and @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social and get 15%. ☔️

Minneapolis! it’s dreary and wet, but the bookstore is dry and cozy. plus, tonight at 6pm we have @shanayoungdahl.bsky.social and Selina Li Bi visiting us for a conversation about their terrific new novels. get outta the rain with us!

the Wild Rumpus Summer Reading Challenge is ON! this charmingly tiny version was printed because the Stinky Cheese Man, our resident created gecko, asked to participate. pop in to get your own people-sized version and join in the fun!

drink some water!

Minneapolis, if you need a place to cool off, come on in! we’ve got the AC on and and books are a great way to go on an adventure while avoiding the heat

help how do I track my reading progress on a Choose Your Own Adventure book in @thestorygraph.com. I was on page 49 but I went down the right hand passageway and now I’m on page 25

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE you can also visit us at BlackStack Brewing’s Book & Vinyl Fair today from 12-5pm!

TODAY we have the highest percentage of Wild Happenings™️ at Wild Rumpus of any day so far this year (and also the last few years combined)! 📖 12:30pm STORY TIME with Molly Beth Griffin! 🖋️ 2-3pm SIGNING with Dave Eggers!

construction season is here and today is the Linden Hills Neighborhood Garage Sale! if you’re driving to visit us, plan on parking being tight. if you can walk, bike, or bus, you should! it’s a beautiful day!

Indie Bookstore Day may have been this past weekend, but that doesn't mean we can't have two big weekends in a row. we have not one, not two, but THREE authors visiting on Saturday and Sunday! (details and links below)

thank you so much for an incredible Indie Bookstore weekend! we’re closed today, as usual on Mondays, to reset and get ready for the week 💜

there’s still time to get your Twin Cities Independent Bookstore Passport stamped! we’re open 12-5pm today 🗺️📍

yes, sir! 🫡

happy Indie Bookstore Day! come to the Wild Rumpus Circus! we’re open until 5pm!

As we approach a terrible anniversary, we should take stock of where we are, how we got here, and where we’re going. Thank you, @uminnpress.bsky.social and The MN Women’s Press. Most of all, thanks to my daughter, who always shows me the way forward. 🙏🏾

our friend Kao Kalia Yang won THREE Minnesota Book Awards last night (a record for a single year!) and we have copies of all of them available now!

Your annual guide to #IndependentBookstoreDay is here! See the sales, giveaways, author signings, and more happening at stores throughout #Minnesota (and a few across the border) this Saturday. #IndieBookstoreDay #IBD2025 #IndiesFirst #ShopSmall #BookSky #TwinCitiesGeeks

Independent bookstores are the beating heart of the literary world. Say no to to billionaires and their soulless bots. Say yes to the small bookshop run by delightful nerds who will happily explain why this very book on this very shelf is destined to be your absolute favorite.

Indie Bookstore Day is on Saturday, but here in the Twin Cities you can start your journey TODAY by picking up a TC Indie Bookstore Passport and getting it stamped at the 37 (!) participating stores!

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

we had a great Easter break and folks are STOKED about story time. stroller tailgate outside the store this morning. we’re here until 7pm!

we’re CLOSED today for Easter on account of needing to discover why scientists can’t make a chocolate bunny that’s solid all the way through

Indie Bookstore Day is the biggest day of the year for independent bookstores in North America outside of the holidays. Amazon would rather loss lead so hard they make zero profit on this event than see you get in the habit of visiting your local indie. Don’t fall for it.

it blows that Am*zon is doing a big book sale on Indie Bookstore Day. they’re doing it on purpose to try to squash indie bookstores and I hope whoever came up with that idea stubs their pinky toe every day forever

An excellent piece on the role of translators in the age of AI, from our very own #ChloeGarciaRoberts, translator of WHEN YOU LOOK UP (CUANDO LEVANTAS LA MIRADA)! Read “The Future Will Be Translated: A Manifesto” on @literaryhub.bsky.social👇 lithub.com/the-future-w... #translation #worldliterature

thunder in Minneapolis! tell your boss I said it’s okay to knock off work early and read a book

He found the others breakfasting by the wall. He sat down to join them, helping himself to barley toast, elderberry jam, and a beaker of cold rose-petal and plum-flower tea.

really excited to host Angie Kang to celebrate her gorgeous picture book Our Lake this Saturday, 4/19 at 10:30am!

gonna tell my kids this is Rebecca Yarros

I just had to order a new credit card reader because one of ours bit the dust. this would be a great weekend to buy one book more than you planned on and use cash when you do

We’re not a regular audiobook app. We’re a cool audiobook app. (As in, we share profits with indie bookshops, not billionaires, are DRM-free, and are an employee-owned Social Purpose Corporation.)

we LOVE @curlworks.net!!!

Update: I’m having SO MUCH FUN at work today

Can you believe it? I barely can, myself! I am genuinely well enough to attend my very first book event for Botticelli's Apprentice! Come chat with me this Saturday about the book, egg tempera painting, and pet some cats at the best beloved @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social! 💙

it’s our boy Eartha Kitten’s sixth birthday today! (not so kitten anymore!) everyone say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EARTHA!

$5/month to support a worker-owned Twin Cities publication? Heckuva deal! racketmn.com/products

hey publishers, I’ve got the Next Big Thing. the next Dog Man, Hunger Games, and Fourth Wing combined, guaranteed