BookBar launches program to connect readers to book clubs
UPDATE: Publishers Weekly reports that after backlash over use of the word “tribe,” the name of the venture has been changed to BookClubHub. Our friends over at BookBar, an indie bookstore… Read more »
Denver Public Library is closing a chapter on overdue book fines
Elizabeth Hernandez of the Denver Post reports that Denver Public Library is allowing library patrons to start fresh with their overdue fines. A news release from the library estimates $474,000 of… Read more »
At the Denver Public Library, helping the homeless is a necessary challenge
As we’ve previously written, while libraries across the country face potentially reduced funding under President Trump’s budget plan, it’s easy to forget just how expansive their roles in our communities are. Earlier this… Read more »
Three Colorado professionals hatch a big plan for publishing in the West
Dismayed at what they see as a lack of book publishing activity in a city known for being well-read, a group of Denver-based publishing professionals has founded an organization to… Read more »
Will Gay Talese’s motel voyeur get sued?
These last few weeks have seen a remarkably busy media cycle for all the Gay Talese buffs out there. First, there were his recent remarks about how female writers didn’t inspire him, followed by ritual… Read more »
Anonymous targets Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store over city’s handling of homeless
On March 8th, representatives of the city of Denver posted signs in “homeless camps”—areas of the city where homeless populations congregate—notifying the occupants that they had 24 hours to vacate the… Read more »
Scenes from Winter Institute 2016 with author Martin Seay
Greetings from Denver and the American Bookseller Association’s annual Winter Institute, where Melville House has been representing great books and celebrating author Martin Seay (The Mirror Thief, out in May 2016)! It’s… Read more »
Customer threatens Northshire Bookstore for displaying the Qur’an
Denver’s Isis Books & Gifts isn’t the only bookstore to face challenges prompted by growing anti-Muslim sentiment. We previously wrote about vandalism of the independent bookstore in Denver’s Englewood neighborhood as a… Read more »
Isis Books & Gifts changes signage, dodges blind wrath of ignorant brick-throwers
Back in November, we wrote about Isis Books & Gifts, a small, independent bookstore in Denver, Colorado that had been the victim of several acts of vandalism. Ignorant and/or confused, several… Read more »
Denver’s BookBar expands due to demand from book clubs
Less than a year ago, a combination bookstore & bar, fittingly named BookBar, opened its doors in Denver, and it’s already popular enough that it’s looking to expand. The store… Read more »