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🤎🤍📚🏳️‍🌈 Currently Reading: whatever I want! ✨📚 Bookstore Manager @porter_square_books 📚

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How wonderful it was working so closely with Ann Patchett last night. Truly one of the sweetest authors ever. Thank you Ann for a wonderful event and an even sweeter note 💕
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Also seeing my queen Susie was one of the highlights of the evening!!! 🤓
#bookstagram #annpatchett #whistler #bookish #bookrecs

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If you’re ever in need of a pick-me-up, I highly recommend asking your pals what are four things that remind them of you!

I’ve got such love for the people tagged in these slides and I’m grateful for all they do to consistently brighten my life ☀️☺️💛

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Wi2026 Recap in Pittsburgh!

Back from another Winter Institute organized by the @americanbooksellers.

Some highlights from this incredible conference:
🫶🏼Hanging with Ignite booksellers
🌟Gaining wisdom from LeVar Burton, Colson Whitehead, Marlon James, Min Jin Lee, Xóchitl González, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil
📚Connecting up with my bookseller buddies from across the country
🙌🏼 Meeting my publisher reps in person
🥒Enjoying lovely Pittsburgh!

Thank you to the American Bookseller Association for this opportunity!
#winterinstitute #wi2026

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Come see me this November, talking all things TIME TRAVELER! So excited for this lovely mix of local and online book events, and can’t wait to chat with my fellow authors and book people and meet all of you 🥰. All these events are totally free and links to more info can be found in my stories and bio! Hope to see you there! 🕰️🎡💥
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#bostonbookevents #booktalk #historicalfiction #historicalfantasy #thingstodoinboston

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Happy Tea & Title Tuesday!! Kaliisha is drinking her second go-to drink from @pageandleafcafe which is an Iced Vanilla Chai Latte. Today’s titles range from kid’s graphic novels to special anniversary editions! What are you reading or drinking this Tuesday?

#chailatte #newtitletuesday #shoplocal #newbooks #indiebookstore #fiercelyindependent #bookstore #bookstagram #tbr #booksbooksbooks

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Happy Valentines Day from Tori the Librarian, Elephant and Piggie, and some of the most popular romance books currently circulating at our public library!

Love is beautiful, in all its shapes and forms and it’s something we can always use more of. I have always believed platonic love is deeply underrated and that we could all benefit from expressing that love a lot more.

I’m taking a note from @thedearlydiary book (I love Devin and you should, too!) and tagging some of my booksta friends that I absolutely adore! No matter what it looks like, I highly encourage you to express your love to those around you today and every day.

[ID: Tori holding plushies of Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie in front of a red and white background and next to a stack of library romance books.]

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Happy Tea & Title Tuesday 🙌 See what Kaliisha has pulled from today’s new titles! Come by our cafe @pageandleafcafe to see what other flavors they sell from @brokencupteahouse

What titles are you interested in or excited for today?? ☕️📚

#teatime #coffeeshop #localcafe #newtitletuesday #independentlyowned #shoplocal #newbooks #bookstore #books #newreads #booktalk

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We now have a mural 🙌 Shoutout to @sarahegan.art for the gorgeous artwork 💕

Come on by Porter Square Books: Cambridge Edition to check it out!

#art #independentbookstore #indiebookstore #localartist #supportsmallbusiness #bookstore #shoplocal #supportartists #reading #booksandcoffee

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Got to celebrate my favorite local indie bookstore’s 20th anniversary by seeing my OG booksta pal and buying two books that happen to be my favorite color 💛🌟🌼🐝

What was good about your weekend??

[ID: slide 1: Tori wears an orange sweater with flowers on it and stands in front of full white bookshelves holding hardcover copies of A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez and Olive Days by Jessica Elisheva Emerson. Slide 2: Tori and their friend Kali in front of the fiction section at Porter Square Books.]

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What are some of our booksellers reading???

Alyssa is reading The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck which is a collection of fiction stories and soon to be a major movie!

Olive is reading Loving Sylvia Plath by Emily Van Duyne which is an exploration of the works and life of the iconic writer.

Sophie is reading Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, a novel that is strange and unique.

Kaliisha is reading The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White which is a YA gothic horror novel set in London, 1883.

Halle is currently reading two books!! One being The Measure by Nikki Erlick where a person’s life span is measured by a piece of string. The other is The Beautiful by Renée Ahdiehwhich is a YA fantasy novel set in 1872 New Orleans with vampires 👀

So many great reads from our booksellers!

#currentlyreading #booksellers #bookstagram #tackleyourtbr #indiebookstore #whatarewereading #currentreads #independentbookstore #shoplocal

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What an incredible first day of the North of Boston Book Trail Passport Challenge and Indie Bookstore Day! Tomorrow is looking like another pretty spring day for us 🤩🤗📚

We are blown away by the excitement for the Trail, are thrilled to see so many of you discovering new bookstores, and love seeing your #NOBBookTrail photos and hauls! Some folks even made it to all 16 shops TODAY 🤯

Make sure you are tagging us in your posts and stories so we can share with our growing book loving community on this page (& tag us as a collaborator on your posts if you want to see your photos on our feed too!!)

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Meet the attendee!

We are SO EXCITED to share some of our lovely guests who will be attending the Boujee Booksta(gram) Bash on May 11th! We hope that if you’re attending you will be able to make some lifelong bookish friends. We are happy to introduce you to Kaliisha today! One look at her aesthetically pleasing Instagram will tell you that she is a big fan of book box subscriptions and has the most gorgeous bookshelves. She is a bookshop manager and library lover and we are so excited to welcome her to the pink bookstore on May 11th!

✨Tickets are available NOW for the Boujee Booksta(gram)
Bash!

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