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NYT Bestselling Author of COFFEESHOP IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, the SIDEKICK SQUAD series, A CLASH OF STEEL and more.

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We’ve transformed the Noble Gallery at Redondo Union High School into a bookshop for their Book Fair! Students and their families can shop with us today, tomorrow, and Friday with their classes, before school, during breaks, and after school until 4pm. The public is welcome to attend our YA Author Panel featuring Carlyn Greenwald, CB Lee, and Rachanee Lumayno, alongside two amazing high school seniors who will be joining me to ask our authors questions.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us during Banned Books Week to protect the freedom to read! 📚

Together we wrote over 100 postcards to our local reps asking them to vote no against federal book banning bills, celebrated the stories they don’t want us to read, and spread awareness about book banning to even the youngest readers and storytime listeners.

While Banned Books Week may be over, you can still shop our selection of banned books by LGBTQ+ and BIPOC authors in store, join our Banned Books Club to read a new banned or challenged book each month, or support our Free Queer Banned Books initiative to put those books into the hands of young readers.

📸: @vwritesap

#BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks #BannedBooksClub #FreeQueerBannedBook

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Five books in five minutes, one from each author reading tomorrow night at WeHo Reads: Into the Unknown.

When We Almost Came Undone by Georgia K. Boone @georgiakboone

The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder by Kiri Callaghan @kiricallaghan

Thick Witch Travels by Lizzy Ives @lizzytacular

Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee @cblee_cblee

Charmed and Dangerous by Shelly Page @shelly_p_writes

Witches, spellwork, alternate universes, and queer heroes at the center of the story. Which one goes on your stack first?

WeHo Reads: Into the Unknown · Wed. Oct. 14 · 6:30 p.m. PT · Online via Zoom and YouTube · Free. RSVP, link in bio.
@bookswellclub @wehoarts

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Need a break from the SoCal heat? Grab a blanket and one of these books this weekend!

There’s nothing better than a cozy read! Find your new favorite book from one of our attending authors and come join us at Fall Into Books Fest 2026🍂

🎟️ FIBF tickets and book-preorders are live at the link in our bio! Green background with a graphic that reads: “Can’t Wait For Sweaters Weather? These Books Need To Be On Your Fall TBR”

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Moonstone & Mist Bookshop will be the book fair at Redondo Union High School October 21-23.

Join us for a YA author panel on Thursday, October 22, at 6pm in the RUHS Library.

Two book-loving RUHS students have read the books in advance and will be joining me in conversation with:

👻 Carlyn Greenwald, What Happened to Those Girls
🗡️ C.B. Lee, A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix
🔥 Rachanee Lumayno, Heir of Amber & Fire

This event has been generously sponsored by the RUHS PTSA. Kindly RSVP at https://bit.ly/ruhsauthorpanel. Image shows photos of the three authors alongside the covers of their books.

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C.B. Lee is ready to talk fantasy, world building, and how queer imagination reshapes both on Oct. 14.

C.B. Lee is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult and middle grade fiction, including the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book-winning Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe, A Clash of Steel, and the acclaimed Sidekick Squad series.

Hear C.B. and four other queer authors at WeHo Reads: Into the Unknown, Wed. Oct. 14, 6:30 p.m. PT, online via Zoom and YouTube. Free. RSVP, link in bio.
@cblee_cblee @bookswellclub @wehoarts

#WeHoReads #WeHoReads2026 #BookSwell #CityOfWestHollywood #LiteraryEvent #AuthorEvent #LiteraryReading #BookDiscussion #WritersOfInstagram #ReadersAndWriters #BookCommunity #Bookstagram #LiteraryCommunity #WritingCommunity #MarginalizedVoices #Literature #Books #Book #Writer #Author #Writers #WestHollywood #LAEvents #SoCalLit

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🍓🐈 and that’s why, I love fall 🍁

Fall is both of our favorite seasons so we of course had to do a post of different tropes that scream fall!! from small town romance to cozy fantasy, fall truly just makes for the best books!

what’re some books that have fall vibes for you? 🍂

#lgbtqbooks #mmromancebooks #fallbooks

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These magnificent authors — @thirdrex @abdaddy @aaronaceves @cblee_cblee — shared their insights and experiences on a panel about banned books. Thanks @penamerica for organizing and @vromansbookstore for hosting.

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Show up, speak up! #bannedbooksweek

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A closer look at our banned books display. Stop by and grab a banned book, pick up or donate a free queer banned book, and be sure to come in for our in-store #BannedBooksWeek programming 📚⚠️

Postcard Party this Thursday at 6pm, a Banned Books Read-In on Saturday from 10am-12pm, followed by Drag Story Hour

On Friday 10/30, our Banned Books Club meeting will discuss Beloved by Toni Morrison

📸: @vwritesap

#BannedBooksDisplayContest #FreeQueerBannedBooks #BannedBooksClub #FreedomToRead @abfefreeexpression @americanbooksellers

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Just some queers being visible, which is enabled by people continuing to read #bannedbooks.

Call your representatives and tell them to vote against:

- HR 7661
- HR 2616
- HR 8705
- S 4925

See @authorsagainstbookbans for more resources, scripts, and other ways to take action!

And if you’re too shy to call or you want to take action in the presence of others in a relaxed atmosphere, join @cblee_cblee and @kellyrnelsonstoryteller and others at @underdogbookstore this THURSDAY (Oct 8, 2026) from 6-8 pm for a postcard-writing party! Authors in front of a large wood bookshelf filled with books. Left to right: CB Lee, Rie Lee, Scott Coon, Charles L Close III.

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