Thank you and much appreciation to the independent bookstores around the country who host authors, including me, giving platforms for books and ideas and an opportunity for literature and communities to come together. A brief sampling here of those so far who’ve helped bring my…

We will see you TOMORROW for #IndependentBookstoreDay ! 20% off EVERYTHING, exclusive bookmarks with purchase, and a $75 gift card raffle await!

Thank you to Barbara's Bookstore for hosting me and fellow author Adam Sikes (also Oceanview Publishing) in Chicago area last night and Adam’s former wrestling team members and coaches and friends who came to cheer his latest provocative political thriller The Underhanded and my new…

Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday! Celebrate with us and get 20% off everything in the store (some exclusions apply) 🥰

POV: you find a bookstore with 20% off trope of the month romance displays!

📍Barbara’s Bookstore at Yorktown Center

Join us this Saturday at Visit Hawthorn for an action-packed afternoon filled with a Dog Man meet-and-greet, games, crafts, and activities inspired by everyone’s favorite canine hero!

Find more info here: barbarasbookstores.com/.../dog-man-ad…

Our Hawthorn Mall location’s big bargain book sale starts TOMORROW! Buy two books and take two more home for free!

Spend this Valentine’s Day on a blind date with a book💌📕

Love this graphic! Can’t wait to hang out with the talented Tracy Clark (*Fall*, *Hide*) at Barbara's Bookstore at Hawthorne Center!

Join us this Saturday at 2p.m. at our Yorktown Center location for a signing of award-winning author Martina McGowan's new poetry collection 'a sweeter song'!

Join us this Thursday at 7pm at our Hawthorn Mall location for a signing of Nick Petrie's new book 'The Price You Pay' and a conversation with author Tracy Clark!

Vintage postcard of the first ever Barbara’s Bookstore on Wells St. in Old Town, est. 1963. This was when Barbara’s shared a neighborhood with Second City, jazz clubs, hippy head shops and the very first Crate and Barrel.

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
Happy Birthday, Virginia Woolf!

Chicago area friends!
Looking for something warm to do in this bitterly cold weather?
Come, meet me at Barbara's Bookstore in Yorktown Mall on Saturday, January 20. 🛹✨

With @kokilabooks and @wadsworthink
#kidlitevents #localauthorchicago
@scbwi_IL #thingstodochicago #girlsonwheels

As a family-owned business that just celebrated our 60th anniversary, we love to see the continued success of Harney and Sons! You can find Harney & Sons Fine Teas at our Yorktown Center and Hawthorn Mall bookstores 🥰🍵 Highly recommend!

Jonathan Eig, author of the bestselling new biography King: A Life, stopped by our Macy’s location & signed our stock! Signed copies have been added to our annual display commemorating King’s birthday.