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Book Stores
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11.23.09Shopping Locally: Philadelphia Independent Bookstores OnlineIt is possible to support many of Philadelphia's independent bookstores by shopping directly from them online. I've collected a list of the independent bookstores in Philadelphia with online stores -- if you know of any others, please let me know in the comments and I'll add them to the list. Bookstores with Online Sales: The AIA Bookstore and Design Center, located at 1218 Arch Street, sells books directly through the website. Arnecliffe Books, a primarily mail-order rare and out-of-print bookstore in Havertown, PA has it's titles online at Abebooks.com. Bauman Rare Books in Philadelphia has out-of-print titles in a variety of subjects on ...
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11.22.09Help Save Walk A Crooked Mile, Mt. AiryWalk A Crooked Mile, the charming bookstore located in the Mt. Airy train station line, is in danger of closing it's doors forever. If you haven't been, check out this photo tour from the Straight From the Farm blog and then hop on the R7 SEPTA line to Mt. Airy to check the shop out in person. It embodies everything a local, community bookstore should be. From Greg Williams, Walk A Crooked Mile's owner: When I opened the shop, I wanted to be a bookseller but I also wanted to be a community builder and I’m proud that Walk a Crooked Mile ...
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11.20.09Interview: Mark Hardy, Author of Nothing PinkEarlier, I posted that Giovanni's Room, the famous LGBT bookstore at 12th and Pine in Center City, is holding a 50/50 benefit for the Lambda Literary Foundation and Giovanni's Room on Saturday 11/21 at 7:30. One of the authors reading tomorrow night is young adult novelist Mark Hardy. Mark is the author of Nothing Pink, a novel about a teenager named Vincent struggling to reconcile his sexuality with his deeply religious childhood. Mark and his partner Jim live in Raleigh, NC where Mark teaches second grade at Creech Road Elementary School. He also works as a national literacy consultant and was ...
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11.20.09Saturday Read-a-Thon at Giovanni’s RoomGiovanni's Room, the famous LGBT bookstore at 12th and Pine in Center City, is holding a 50/50 benefit for the Lambda Literary Foundation and Giovanni's Room on Saturday 11/21 at 7:30. Twenty LGBT authors will read from their works and sign books. The schedule includes young adult authors, a Philadelphia historian, a comedy writer, a Canadian (!!), romance novelists, fiction writers, non-fiction writers, and poets. I've always been a big fan of read-ins -- because you get to hear a bit of everything -- and this looks like it's going to be quite a good one. Reading -- in order -- ...