It's nearly time for Litquake (@litquake.org), and we couldn't be happier to be the participating bookseller at some festival standouts. First up, Ada Limón and Matthew Zapruder celebrate Limón's farewell lap as U.S. Poet Laureate. www.ticketweb.com/event/an-eve...

Zero surprise, but Drew & I bought some books in San Francisco! Thank you, @citylightsbooks.bsky.social @greenapplebooks.bsky.social Dog Eared Books & Russian Hill Bookstore. This is Drew’s stack.

We have some great things coming your way in the next week, starting tonight! RSVP and find details at the following link: greenapplebooks.com/events/calen... @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social @transitbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @henricole.bsky.social @dapowell.bsky.social

Found a used copy of @ellipticalnight.bsky.social’s poems at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social this morning, with a bay laurel leaf tucked in as a bookmark 🍃

Catch us next week at @booksonthepark.bsky.social! RSVP and details at this link: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

@gendebotton.bsky.social Good luck in whatever is coming next for you! And thanks for all you did at ABA and for kids books.. (--Pete et al)

Received my preorder of Lessons in Magic and Disaster, a day in advance of the official pub date, with custom @charliejane.bsky.social cat doodles! Thanks to @greenapplebooks.bsky.social for delivering the magic!

I spent all day signing (and doodling in) 300+ pre-orders of lessons in Magic and disaster at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social ✨💝🌟

I just got done updating the events page on my website with all my updated tour info! www.charliejaneanders.com/events There are links to RSVP for my events in: San Francisco (8/19) Portland (8/20) Chicago (8/21) Los Angeles (8/22) Seattle (8/25) Please do RSVP! It helps the bookstore prepare. <3

☀️ 📚 Need summer book recommendations? We talked w/ SF booksellers (@karjohnson.bsky.social, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social & Camden Avery, @booksmith.bsky.social) and author @thebestjasmine.bsky.social about what they've read recently and what they recommend. Watch the full interview now on YouTube.

"The test of real AGI is when it's ready to form a labor union" -- @annaleen.bsky.social. Order your signed copy of Automatic Noodle at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social or Noe Valley Books at www.automaticnoodle.website

Tryna be all intellectual and such, but all I can see are my 58 y/o age spots. LOL. 😭 On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by TIMOTHY SNYDER & NORA KRUG (Illustrator) 🍏 @greenapplebooks.bsky.social greenapplebooks.com/book/9781984...

Wow we love our neighborhood. In great company. Fabulous video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ni...

friend 🌈 in 🌈 my 🌈 head 🍏 @greenapplebooks.bsky.social

On the shelves at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social in the Richmond! Also at their 9th Ave location in the Sunset District if you’re curious greenapplebooks.com/book/9781642...

Tomorrow! We can't wait to welcome Dr. Nia Imara for a celebration of her book, Painting the Cosmos. RSVP and details in the thread. www.kqed.org/arts/1397209...

Thank you to @abfefreeexpression.bsky.social for writing so succinctly how this SCOTUS decision will impact LGBTQ youth and their families. We stand in solidarity with teachers, librarians, and especially students and their families most impacted by this decision. www.bookweb.org/news/abfe-st...

🎧 Listen to the podcast! @thebestjasmine.bsky.social, Camden Avery from @booksmith.bsky.social and @karjohnson.bsky.social from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the latest book trends and their recommendations for summer reads. #booksky 🔗: buff.ly/gKSVaK0

Our own event manager, Kar Johnson, will be on @kqedforum.bsky.social tomorrow morning to talk summer reading recs! Tune in at 9am! www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

Thank you Green Apple Books at San Francisco International Terminal One by the Alaska Lounge for carrying my award winning mystery thriller “Upon This Rock” and for putting it on the Featured Shelf!” — David Eugene Perry @greenapplebooks.bsky.social @flysfo.bsky.social @alaskaairlines.bsky.social

California Senator Padilla's statement after being forcibly removed from the DHS Secretary's press conference on Thursday describes why he joined the Homeland Security meeting and what led to his forceable removal on Thursday. Read the latest >> www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

"In 2013, a cohort of California College of the Arts DMBA students came in to do a case study on why Green Apple Books has succeeded for so long. Ultimately, they decided on four factors that keep the store in business: enlightenment, community, beauty, and duty." Thanks @missionlocal.org ❤️🍏

Very happy to announce our second annual Summer Reading Challenge! Presented in partnership with our pals, Friends & Neighbors. Pick up your reading log at Clement St. starting June 22. Read books, win prizes! www.friendsandneighborssf.com/summer-readi...

Can't wait for next week's event with Rob Franklin and Leila Mottley? Check out this Vanity Fair interview between Franklin and Margo Jefferson www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...

What a night!✨ Ocean Vuong’s reflections on vulnerability, identity, dignity, and boyhood (among much more) made for an unforgettable evening. @sfcalpres.bsky.social @greenapplebooks.bsky.social

"Last June, a merry band of book lovers marched down Clement Street, a shopping district in San Francisco. Accompanied by a high school drum corps, they carried flags and chanted 'Books! Books! Books!' Summer had begun and it was time to get reading." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...

Can't think of a better endorsement for our Apple-a-Month subscription greenapplebooks.com/subscribe

“The dignity is not radical. The archive is already rich with it.” We spent Friday night with Ocean Vuong, Samin Nosrat, and all of you wonderful readers who showed up for such a reflective evening. It was truly something special! ‪@sfcalpres.bsky.social‬ @greenapplebooks.bsky.social‬

Can't wait for this at @booksonthepark.bsky.social !

Next Tuesday at @booksonthepark.bsky.social !

It’s National Learn to Swim Day! check out BRAVE IN THE WATER/ VALIENTE EN EL AGUA at your favorite indie bookstore @lindentree.bsky.social @greenapplebooks.bsky.social or blackbirdbooks

Dennis McNally will be at @booksonthepark.bsky.social tonight with Joel Selvin! Free to attend, please RSVP (link in thread). Excerpt of The Last Great Dream is in the @sfchronicle.com! www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

On Sat, I mailed the uncorrected bound manuscript of Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane.bsky.social on to the next lucky reader in the chain. I loved this book & can’t wait til publication day to get my personal copy. Preorder yours from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social & CJA will sign it 💜

Celebrated finals by picking up my copy of North and South ( @barelytolerable.bsky.social’s Version) at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social today!

This was such a wonderful event! As you might imagine, @edyong209.bsky.social is a truly amazing conversation partner. Thank you so much to @greenapplebooks.bsky.social and the San Francisco Botanical Garden, and to the hundreds who showed up! 🙏 💙📚 🧪 🌱 📷 @humuhumu.com @nsousanis.bsky.social

Do not adjust your dial! We are indeed launching Lemony Snicket's Summer Brooding subscription box! Four books or surly youngsters over the age of 11 (or adults of any age). Order by May 28 to receive yours! greenapplebooks.com/subscription...

"Mary Gannon, executive director of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, [said] that of the 51 CLMP member publishers awarded individual NEA grants for 2025, at least 38 have received letters saying that their grants were withdrawn or terminated." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Impulse buy (independent book store of course). Seemed right up my alley.

@people.com gave us a shoutout! Does this mean we're influencers now? If so, keeping shopping indie and be sure to get our good side. people.com/people-picks...

Ty Wilson is the best www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

At @booksonthepark.bsky.social !

Very proud of our roots here.

Come hang out with me on Saturday!!! I'm going to be doing cat doodles. I will also challenge YOU to draw cats doing various human jobs. Can you draw a Cat Archeologist? A Cat Fire-Fighter? A Cat Therapist??? A CAT CAT BURGLAR???? You can win everlasting glory!!!!

Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday! Join us on Clement St for morning refreshments, a doodle session with @charliejane.bsky.social, Books & Bike Trivia w/ a visit from Biblioteca Bicicleta, and keep your eyes peeled for the @libro.fm Golden Ticket to win 12 of audiobooks!

June 23 @booksonthepark.bsky.social!

Happy Pub Week to @katefolk.bsky.social's SKY DADDY, which is our April Bookseller's Choice! Sky Daddy has the rare distinction of having not one, not two, but three separate bookseller endorsements. Certified hit. You're going to want to read this. greenapplebooks.com/book/9780593...

If you pre-order my book, GET ON THE JOB AND ORGANIZE, from my local unionized indie bookstore, I’ll sign it for you! greenapplebooks.com/list/signed-... @greenapplebooks.bsky.social

Spotted this classic from @pamlhouston.bsky.social at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social SF Airport (pictured). Not pictured is the young woman who picked it up a minute later. I was tempted to say it was good, but then thought nah, no need - she’ll figure it out.

"What Jon Hickey has created with “Big Chief” is a masterclass on identity and what it feels like to be at peace within our skin." Excellent review of @jonvhickey.bsky.social's debut novel. Catch him here for the launch next Tuesday! Details in thread. datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/big-ch...

Great seeing @giannatoboni.bsky.social on The Daily Show last night! We still have a few spots for our event with her and @kevinwriter.bsky.social on Friday. Details in the thread. youtu.be/D8gY0hPQdgc?...