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Ian MacAllen
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Notable NYC: 9/3–9/9
Tuesday 9/6: Nathan Hill presents The Nix, a novel. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Jonathan Safran Foer launches his new novel Here I Am. Congregation Beth Elohim, 7:30 p.m., $10. Amor Towles reads A Gentleman in Moscow. 86th Street B&N, 7…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
The next victim of Amazon’s physical stores will be Chicago. If Los Angeles is having a literary renaissance, it is happing at The Last Bookstore. A bookstore in Tampa pokes fun at Amy Schumer poking fun at Tampa.
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Notable NYC: 8/27–9/2
Sunday 8/28: Leigh Stein, Swati Khurana, Ashley Lopez, Francisco Marquez, and Sasha Smith join the Pigeon Pages reading series. BookCourt, 4 p.m., free. Monday 8/29: Tim Murphy talks with James Hannaham about Christodora. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free. Tuesday 8/30:…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Istanbul is suffering from a shortage of bookstores. Barnes & Noble has ousted CEO Ronald Boire. A crane collapsed in front of a Reno bookstore. No people—or books—were injured.
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Notable NYC: 8/20–8/26
Saturday 8/20: Nicole Dennis-Benn, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Yaa Gyasi join the Fort Greene Summer Lit Festival. BRIC, 2 p.m., free. Sunday 8/21: Astoria Bookshop celebrates its 3rd birthday. Astoria Bookshop, 11 a.m., free. Tuesday 8/23: Kate Milford presents The Left-Handed…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
London bookstores are turning off Wi-Fi access, hoping to keep buyers focused on books rather than the net. African-American bookstore Marcus Books is returning to the Fillmore District in San Francisco after being forced out of its previous home of…
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Notable NYC: 8/13–8/19
Saturday 8/13: Jersey City celebrates books with the Chilltown Literary Festival. WORD Jersey City and FJB Comics, 11 a.m., free. Sunday 8/14: K.T. Billey, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and Stephen Langlois join the Sundays At Erv’s Reading series. Erv’s, 6 p.m.,…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
The World Bank houses a bookstore. Unfortunately, it’s closing. Harry Potter is causing a legal dispute between two bookstores in the Philippines, with one store claiming a legal monopoly over the book. CityLab checks out The Last Bookstore, a massive bookstore warehouse…
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Notable NYC: 8/6–8/12
Sunday 8/7: Queens Book Festival. Kaufman Astoria Studios, 11 a.m., free. Sarah Jean Grimm, Camonghne Felix, and Chelsea Hodson celebrate Zoe Dzunko’s chapbook launch, Selfless. LA Sala, 7 p.m., free. Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Desiree Bailey, Courtney Lamar Charleston, Nabila Lovelace, Nicholas…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
The world’s oldest gay bookstore is getting a new lease on life by adding a cafe and liquor license. Bookstores in small Japanese towns are closing down. In an age of unlimited choice, bookstores can help connect readers with the…
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Notable NYC: 7/30–8/5
Saturday 7/30: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m., free. Sunday 7/31: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m., free. Christopher “Loma” Soto, Shira Elrichman, and Thomas Fucaloro join Brooklyn Poets for the NYC Poetry Festival.…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
A woman met her husband when she fell in love with the man operating the Twitter account for Waterstone’s Oxford bookstore. Bookstores are more than just bookstores, declares the Chicago Tribune. You might not think the home of America’s television…