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P&T Knitwear is a family-owned independent bookstore, podcast studio, event space, and cafe in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The name dates back to the knitwear store the founder’s grandfather Hymie Tusk and his business partner Mike Pudlo started in 1952, after surviving the Holocaust and emigrating to New York City.
Reparations Club is a Black-owned, queer woman-owned concept bookshop and creative space in Los Angeles. The independent bookshop sells a variety of books and home goods, and frequently hosts events.
The Salt Eaters Bookshop is an independent bookstore in Inglewood, California prioritizing books, comics, and zines by and about Black women, girls, femmes, and gender expansive people. Inspired by The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara, the shop is working to create a resting ground for all, a place to come home.
Zibby’s Bookshop is a highly-curated, warm, and inviting indie bookstore in Santa Monica, California, with intimate, frequent events designed to connect books and authors to readers and each other.
Octavia’s Bookshelf is an independent bookstore highlighting BIPOC authors. Located in Pasadena, California, the Black-owned bookstore is inspired and named after Octavia E. Butler who lived and worked in the neighborhood.
SubText is a general interest bookstore with special focus on fiction, poetry, history, and literary non-fiction. Events include author talks, readings, and book signings.
This second branch of Green Apple Books opened in 2014, and provides new and used books of all genres. The shop hosts readings and book signings and is open seven days a week.
The Odyssey Bookshop was established in 1963, and serves both the general local community and the Mount Holyoke College community. With a goal of bringing readers and writers together, the bookstore’s literary event schedule includes more than one hundred events a year for adults and children—including author signings, book launch parties, book groups, workshops, and readings—which are attended by thousands of people annually.
The Barnes & Noble bookstore at the West Towne Mall in Madison, Wisconsin, is open seven days a week and hosts a variety of author events including readings, discussions, and book signings.
Books Inc. is an independently owned and operated bookseller with several locations in California. Its history can be traced back to 1851 making it the West’s Oldest Independent Bookseller.
