Wake Robin Books & Arts

We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...

A graphic with a yellow-orange background and two photos of glass jars with pressed flowers on the sides. At the top, the text reads “Make a pressed flower luminary.” Further down it says, “Repurpose a simple glass jar into a beautiful floral luminary. Join us Monday, 9/29.”

More books! More crafts! #IndieBookstore www.eventbrite.com/e/maker-mond...

A table with a black tablecloth and about 40 different books on it, along with a sticker display stand.

A table with about 40 different books on it; a slender, six-foot-tall wooden book stand with several more; and a separate table with two sticker displays on it.

Compare a display from our first ever pop-up just two weeks ago (is THAT all it’s been?!) with last night’s. Our garden is growing! #IndieBookstore

There's maybe never been a more important moment for #BookSky to get REALLY into small & indie presses. If you don't know where to start, tell me what you're into and I'll give you a recommendation

Hispanic Heritage Month OK. We probably don't have to tell you that Richelle, a former librarian, went a little bonkers on this list.

Bookseller Richelle is also former librarian Richelle, so nothing made her happier than assembling our Hispanic Heritage Month list on Bookshop #BookSky #IndieBookstore bookshop.org/lists/hispan...

Thank you so much! We especially appreciate your support and everything you do for independent bookstores.

Hello #BookSky! We really appreciate the support you’ve given us, liking and reposting the updates about our adventures. Can you help us promote our next pop-up bookstore and art night, set for this upcoming Monday, September 15, in Falls Church, Virginia? Thank you!

We’ve got another great pop-up and art activity cued up for Monday, September 15 from 6 to 8 at Settle Down Easy Brewing in Falls Church, Virginia. Come for a relaxing couple of hours of making beautiful art and browsing our selection of books! Ticket link in bio. #IndieBookstore #MakeSomething

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Two middle-aged white women pose, each with a hand on her hip and another on the table full of books behind them. Both are wearing t-shirts that say “Wake Robin book & arts” on them.

The spread at our first pop-up bookstore/craft night! Does it kind of look like we hunted down this table of books and are posing with it as a trophy? Because that’s not too bad a description of what’s happening. #IndieBookstore

A tall, bald white man in a navy blue suit stands next to a short white woman in front of a table full of books. She is wearing a t-shirt that says “Wake Robin.” Both are laughing and holding a copy of the book Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen.

We love that the first book we ever sold was Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen and we love that we sold it to Stuart Holt, President and CEO of ArtsFairfax, a cherished supporter of ours. WE’RE BOOKSELLERS!!! #BookSky #IndieBookstore

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Two light-skinned women smile in front of a brick building painted tan with a sign that reads SETTLE DOWN EASY Brewing Co.

We stopped by Settle Down Easy Brewing, where we’ll be having our Maker Monday pop-up bookstores every Monday in September starting on the 8th. It’s such a great space and we’re so thankful to the owners for giving us an opportunity to build our business! #IndieBookstore #MakeSomething

I Who Have Never Known Men Check out I Who Have Never Known Men - <p><b>Ursula K. LeGuin meets <i>The Road</i> in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy.</b></p><p>Deep underground, thirty-nine wome...

Get it from us through our Bookshop! bookshop.org/p/books/i-wh...

For Women in Translation Month, Richelle is reading I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz, lent to her by Jennifer. It considers themes of freedom and constraint, isolation and community, even…the meaning of life. #BookSky #WITMonth #IndieBookstore

We're excited to announce our FIRST-ever pop-up September 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Settle Down Easy Brewery in Falls Church. It's the first of our Maker Mondays in September, where we'll sell books and do a fun project. First up: bookbinding! #IndieBookstore #BookSky www.eventbrite.com/e/maker-mond...

The #HugoAward for Best Related Work goes to Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, Jordan S. Carroll (University of Minnesota Press). “Insist that tomorrow belongs to everyone.”

Barbara Newman · Dirty Books: Boccaccio’s Reputation Boccaccio took great pains with the Decameron. He revised it extensively and produced several copies with his own hand,...

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Barbara Newman on Boccaccio’s dirty book:

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Crocosmia by Miranda Mellis A philosophical fable, Crocosmia centers on Maya as she recollects the "great turning"--a moment of radical social and ecological change effected in part by the art of her mother, Jane. As Maya recalls her upbringing--from a commune run by anarchist nuns to a time of rural isolation before her mother's disappearance--Mellis's prose gorgeously conjures a life defined by revolutionary thought and action and the interplay and tension between family life and political commitment. At once a fantasy, a handbook to political thought, and a work of eco-fiction, this lush novel meditates on how, in a world on the precipice, dreams of communal care can bloom.

Hey #BookSky It's a lovely Saturday morning. It's tax free weekend in MA. It's a good day to buy yourself a work of radical, speculative...optimism. And support a kickass small press while you're at it.

A large square divided into four smaller squares. Two of them have pictures of books in them. One of them has the text “Happy National Book Lovers Day!” in it. Another has the text “What are you currently reading?” in it.

Happy #NationalBookLoversDay! Find a cozy spot and get lost in a great story today. What’s your favorite? You can see some of ours at our Bookshop page: bookshop.org/shop/wakerobin #BookSky #IndieBookstore

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Inside Penguin Books' Northamptonshire archive A nondescript warehouse is home to more than 1.5 million books by the famed publisher.

"Her favourite part of the Penguin Books archive? It's the Terry Pratchett collection, devoted to the work of the bestselling author of the Discworld series."

Sorry but Pratchett was not a Penguin author, irrespective of subsequent mergers / acquisitions. He was Gollancz and Corgi and that is that.

This is my magnum opus as bookshop chronicler

This biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder has everything: big business assaults on scientific facts, species extinction, the fuzzy line between memoir and fiction, copyright battles, fraught mother-daughter relationships and the Koch Brothers. Absolutely compelling and completely contemporary.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We're back. As was the case on Twitter, if you respond to one of Ms Rhys's posts, please be aware she is very, very unlikely to reply. Because she's dead.

I had never thought of it this way and I have to admit, I am not completely comfortable with the thought 😳😳😂

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I have an #ImportantFridayQuestion

What’s the best book you’ve read so far this year?

Donate to Help Jennifer and Richelle Start Wake Robin Books & Arts, organized by Richelle Brown Hello! We are two fun, resourceful women with tons of life exp… Richelle Brown needs your support for Help Jennifer and Richelle Start Wake Robin Books & Arts

We're planning to open an independent bookstore and arts center, and we could really use some support. We envision a true community space, welcoming and inclusive, with opportunities to learn, connect, and create. Thanks for your help! #BookSky www.gofundme.com/f/help-jenni...