Reparations Club
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.
Literary Site Type: Reading Venue
The Salt Eaters Bookshop
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
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
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.
Boston University’s Creative Writing Department
The Boston University Creative Writing Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious in the country, hosts many readings by faculty, students, and visiting writers, as well as lectures, talks, and panel discussions throughout the school year.
Open Books: West Loop
Open Books at the Literacenter features more than fifty thousand books in dozens of genres, a dedicated youth section, comfy lounges, and more, all to support their literacy programs in Chicago. With a full calendar of literary events, Open Books hosts poetry readings, talks, and book signings.
East Bay Booksellers
Formerly known as DIESEL, A Bookstore, the space has transformed into East Bay Booksellers. Still a neighborhood bookstore, the shop was created to provide a place for creating and maintaining community in an atmosphere that promotes the free, mutually-supportive exchange of ideas and experiences. With a wide selection of books and events, East Bay Booksellers is a cultural center that aims to support the literary community.
Loyola University, Maryland’s Writing Department
The Writing Department at Loyola, apart from offering one of the very few undergraduate writing majors in the country, also hosts various reading events that are open to the public, including the Writers at Work Reading Series and the Modern Masters Reading Series.
Seattle Public Library: Green Lake
The Green Lake Branch of the Seattle Public Library holds frequent book group meetings, reading clubs, author readings, children’s storytime hours, and other events throughout the year.
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church
Through its live programming, workshops, publications, website, and special events, The Poetry Project promotes, fosters, and inspires the reading and writing of contemporary poetry by presenting contemporary poetry to diverse audiences; increasing public recognition, awareness, and appreciation of poetry and other arts; providing a community setting in which poets and artists can exchange ideas and information; and encouraging the participation and development of new poets from a broad range of styles.
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