New Year's Day - Bagels & Books!

Join us for New Year’s Day 11am - 5pm – Bagels & Books. Coffee, Seltzer, Tea too.

Fresh Off the Truck - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies

What a holiday present - we just got It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies, a Christmas carol book for the era. Seriously, this is hilarious.

Eat a toe, eat a toe, eat a toe (to the tune of Let it Snow)...
Lauretta

Happy Solstice!

For those customers/fans in the Northern Hemisphere, the days will start getting longer.
For those in the Southern, the days will start getting shorter.

As the woooorrrrlllldd tuuuurrrnnns,
(sorry couldn't resist - running away now)
Lauretta

Zombies are the new Vampires, the music video

I keep saying, Zombies are the new Vampires - and John Scalzi has provided me with extra proof!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQYjZc7gKXc

Thank you John - I think -
Lauretta

Snow on Saturday - we may have some of the Authors Sunday

If we get as much snow as they say Saturday (8-12 inches?), we are going to try the kids' author event Sunday, 3-5pm.

Stay warm and safe y'all
Lauretta

Lots of children's authors this Saturday!

We are hosting 4 children's authors at
Tea with the Author
this Saturday, 3-5pm.

Join children’s authors Susan Detwiler, Edith Hemingway, Mona Kerby, and Lois Szymanski. The books range from Kindergarten-age up to Tweens. Buy a signed book for the holidays! Cookies and Tea/Coffee/Cocoa will be available.

The end of an era

Lambda Rising, a giant amongst indie bookstores serving the GLBT community, has announced they are closing both of their remaining stores. Deacon Maccubbin, Lambda Rising's founder and co-owner, reported that it was 'virtually impossible' to find GLBT-friendly literature back in 1974 when they first opened. “We thought if we could show that there was a demand for our literature, that bookstores could be profitable selling it, we could encourage the writing and publishing of glbt books, and sooner or later other bookstores would put those books on their own shelves and there would no be less need for a specifically gay and lesbian bookstore.”

“Today 35 years later, nearly every general bookstore carries glbt books, often featuring them in special sections,” Maccubbin noted.

Lambda Rising was also a model for how a bookstore could be a resource in education and the fight against discrimination. I applaud your accomplishments and your example - this was how an Indie Bookstore SHOULD do it.

Rock on,

Lauretta