The LA Times reports that a Bay Area bookstore will be transformed into a pop-up record shop this coming September, in connection with the release of East Bay author Michael Chabon’s forthcoming novel Telegraph Avenue.
Diesel Bookstore is an independent bookstore in Oakland, the city in which Chabon’s book is set. It will become Brokeland Records for one autumnal week – Brokeland Records being the fictional record store run by the novel’s two protagonists. The book’s release party is set for September 12th at the Oakland location, and will additionally serve as a fundraiser for 826.
