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Shrinky dink charms, gimp keychains & bracelets, DIY fabric scrunchies. Need I say more? These are the crafts that will compliment the 90s Boozy Bookfair this Saturday! Do you have your ticket yet?! Time is running out! @merrypindc.bsky.social www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...

Borrowing from the traditional alphabet book genre for children, Sharon Sliwinski's book offers a captivating look at how dreams provide a powerful way to understand & change our world. Celebrate the launch of "An Alphabet for Dreamers" with her at @peoplesbooktakoma.com! 📅 Sat. Nov. 8th 🕓 6:00 PM

🎀Bestseller Time! 🎀

🚨4pm & 5pm timed entry tickets are sold out for our 90s Throwback Boozy Bookfair on 11/8! We have a few tix left for 6-8pm, grab 'em while you can! May your dreams be full of holographic Lisa Frank with a whiff of jolly rancher scratch 'n sniff. RSVP: www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...

We are so thankful for this wonderful community. Please consider yourself formally invited to our forthcoming author events!

Publishers Weekly named THE LOST TREES OF WILLOW AVENUE one of the top 25 best nonfiction books of 2025! No wonder Mike Tidwell is topping the People's Book charts every week! So proud of Takoma Park's local authors...and trees :) best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...

We are so honored to host Bishop Budde at People's Book this Saturday at 4pm in conversation with @robertpjones.bsky.social - we could all use some guidance on bravery in the face of bullies and how to navigate this period of injustice. RSVP at peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/be-bra...

It's that time again... 🎃NEW BESTSELLERS JUST DROPPED🎃

As the temperature drops, I know y'all want to curl up under a blanket and read a book. How about selecting a new read from one of our fourteen free book clubs? All of these titles are 15% off 👍

Our new Giving Tree is alive and growing! Swing by to either buy/add a People's Book gift card or take one for yourself or a friend who could use it. No questions asked. Pay it forward. You can also donate a gift card online & we'll print and hang it up for you! peoplesbooktakoma.com/giftcard/

Many years ago I started imagining a refresh of one of my favorite books growing up, What Do People Do All Day? One day I might finish the series and toss them into a zine that you can find at People's Book. Ironically, it's a thing people do all day, now?

Our favorite DC beauty queen will be hosting a PET-rifying PAWS-play Competition, we'll enjoy S'mores with Girl Scout Troop 42219 & scary stories by @peoplesbooktakoma.com, and we'll feast on tasty delights as part of our No Tricks, Just Treats! baking contest - with amazing local celebrity judges.

✨New Bestsellers just dropped!✨

Weather looks great for our outdoor tabletop games fair on Saturday 10/18! ☀️ Swing by from 12-4 to meet local designers and join us for a moderated discussion between three established gamer designers inside People's Book at 4pm!

Come celebrate Halloween early with us on Saturday Oct. 25th! We'll have thrilling crafts, mysteries to solve, a costume contest with prizes, and two YA thriller authors! Check out full details here: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/pb-thr...

Oh, hello bus stop. You're lookin' swell today 😀.

We just can't keep this storytime to ourselves!! Join us on 11/2 at 9:30am to hear Carla Hall read her brand new picture book! Be sure to RSVP 😀 peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/carla-...

💥It's Bestseller Time! 💥

Join @erinpalmerdc.bsky.social at @peoplesbooktakoma.com in Takoma Park, MD, today at 5 p.m. for a conversation with @karenpalmer.bsky.social (SHE'S UNDER HERE, @algonquinbooks.bsky.social). It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/kar... #booksky

Can you spot the ten hidden goldbugs in this holiday newsletter edition?! Exciting things happening at the bookstore in the coming months, be sure to check it out! online.fliphtml5.com/suene/rgkg/

This event is on Sun at @peoplesbooktakoma.com. My daughter @erinpalmerdc.bsky.social will be my conversation partner. She lived the story of our harrowing disappearance, as well, and I suspect the questions will be fire. Come join us! peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/shes-u...

October 7-8 all books purchased from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists come with free delivery! With the Banned Books Week Bookdrive, a donor will cash match every book! Right now is the best time to donate to DC Books to Prisons – linktr.ee/dcbtp

Support bookstores. Not billionaires. Free shipping on any purchases 10/7-10/8. See our recommendations and more: bookshop.org/shop/peoples... @bookshop.org

Until October 11, buy a book for DC Books to Prisons from the @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlist and a donor will match the amount of the gift to DCBtP. So the store gets the sale, and we get the book and some money to send them! Check out the wishlist - bookshop.org/wishlists/fc...

✨It's Weekly Bestseller Time! ✨

Come say hi at The Takoma Park Street Fest today and grab your People's Buck! We'll be at the corner of Westmoreland and Carroll from 10-5 with activities, banned books, Halloween goodies and more!

This week, Banned Books Week, we're partnering with @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social - any books purchased off their wishlist will be matched! Let's clear the list! bookshop.org/wishlists/fc...

We got free coffee for any furloughed feds. C'mon by. Russ Vought sniffs farts.

Boo! We have a spooktacular month of free author events, fang-tastic storytimes, and as always, a hauntingly good book selection in store that’ll leave you spellbound! Witch events are you dying to attend?!

🦉This Week's Bestsellers🦉

There's more to share about the amazing things that an artist collective can accomplish, but first I want to come full circle and announce our next big event: the SECOND ANNUAL Indie & Local Tabletop Games, hosted once again by @peoplesbooktakoma.com on Oct 18 in Takoma Park MD! 9/⏹️

Wed. Oct 1, we're joined by @ahylton26.bsky.social to celebrate the paperback release of Madness, which details the history of Crownsville, one of the last segregated asylums, with a campus still standing in Anne Arundel county. Don't miss this important convo! peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/madness/

@ellenoh.bsky.social at People's Book this Tuesday at 6pm! Celebrate the release of her newest book, The House Next Door, with us! 🥳 peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/house-...

Readers in the DMV! Join us at @peoplesbooktakoma.com this Sunday for a conversation with Carolivia Herron, author of THEREAFTER JOHNNIE, a genre-defying novel that is by turns a poetic epic, a ghost story, a historical saga, and a chilling dystopian fable. RSVP for free:

I had such a wonderful time at @peoplesbooktakoma.com with @sarahpeitzmeier.bsky.social & Frances Reed! We left many signed copies of Gender Queer and Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding there, & the bookstore is now carrying a selection of my zines as well! A must visit if you are in the area.

A free chance to ask all your burning writing and publishing questions?! Yes please! @theinnerlooplit.bsky.social @thewriterscenter.bsky.social

🍂🍎Last week's Top Sellers🍎🍂

So honored to host the very talented Carolivia Herron at People's Book at 2pm on Sunday 9/28. Read about why this DC classic is getting reissued with @mcnallyeditions.com! RSVP at: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/therea... www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/18/w... @washingtonian.com

Find a new book...find a new friend! All of our book clubs are volunteer run, free to join, and super low stakes. Have you tried one yet?

Shadows, spirits, evil forces? Count me in! Preorder the new @ellenoh.bsky.social book with us for free stickers, pins, and a chance to win a brand new labubu! peoplesbooktakoma.com/product/hous...

🚨 Alert! Games! Alert! 🚨

✨Last week's Top Sellers ✨

Our Art Print Vending Machine is here! This collection of limited edition #RichardScarry prints from #Inciardi is popping up in machines nationwide. Which print is calling to you? Personally, I would drive a cheese car if I could.

There's never been a better time for an adorable snowman, Twig, to help us be kind to ourselves & each other. RSVP for storytime with the author of the Not Quite Narwhal series and so many other gems, @jessiesima.bsky.social! 9/16 @5:30pm peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/snow-k...

I'll be in conversation with Ambrose Nzams (of Demystification zine) at @peoplesbooktakoma.com on Saturday, December 6 from 5-6pm about my new book, "Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC." Event is free, but People's would love it if you'd RSVP at the link below!

You: Are you going to the book fair this year? Me: My mom already packed my money in a ziplock. Front pocket of my JanSport, baby. 11.08.25 4-9pm www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...

We're so honored to host the first east coast event for "Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding" with the incredible duo of @redgoldsparks.bsky.social and @sarahpeitzmeier.bsky.social this Friday 9/12 @6pm. RSVP here: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/breathe/

DMV friends come out on Tuesday to hear @joshkurtznews.bsky.social and me talk about state/local secrecy and corruption in a discussion about #backroomdealsinourbackyards at 6 p.m. at People's Book, 701A Westmoreland Ave., in Takoma Park. peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/backro...

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