Restoried Bookshop

Who’s ready for our Asian American 101 Book Club tonight? 🤓

We’ll be reading Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H between now and August! Preface and Part I for tonight’s conversation. Excited to be in such a vibrant community of readers, digging into these stories from across our communities. If you haven’t yet checked out our Asian American 101 Book Club, we meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm to discuss the month’s reading. We do ask that you try to purchase your copy of the book from us, on bookshop.org, or Extra bonus points that it’s facilitated by the incredible 👏🤓

See y’all soon!

Hey friends,
Dad life called today, and I’m staying home with a pair of kiddos that are feeling under the weather. Sorry that we won’t be there to chat and get you some new books to read today, but parenting comes first.

I’ll be back in the shop tomorrow (Friday the 22nd). Don’t forget to get your free tickets to our Saturday event focused on young folks (but open to all) celebrating the birthdays of Yuri Kochiyama and El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz/Malcolm X- linked in our bio!

Come through and help us clear these shelves Friday and Saturday!
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Hey Friends!

Just a friendly reminder that this Saturday at 3pm we’ll be hosting our Silent Reading Club! Bring a book, a bev, and a friend- we’ll put on some lo-fi and read together.

If you don’t have a book, show up a little early and we’ll help make sure you find your next favorite read.

Silent reading 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM, and the last 15 minutes can be talking to a neighbor about what y’all are reading or trying to finish out that chapter. This is a good chance to work on those book club books and meet new folks.

See y’all on Saturday!

Hey friends,

We will be closed today, as is our custom, in solidarity with work stoppages and in celebration of May Day. For folks looking to join today’s rally and march with a bookish crew, we’ll be out with our friends from & alongside library workers and others near Ogden & Randolph in Union Park at 1pm.

May Day is also the start of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month- it’s our season, y’all!! Asian American identity is deeply rooted in solidarity and making noise, so getting out today is a great way to celebrate our communities.

We’ll see you out in the streets today and back at the shop tomorrow ✊🖖🤓

Sorry friends!
Parenting life has us closed today and we’ll also be hosting an exciting event with this evening so regular shop stuff won’t be happening today. BUT!

We’re so stoked for Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday! We’ve got special hours (9AM - 7PM) AND some special guests joining us. You don’t want to miss the fun!

And since it’s Indie Bookstore Spirit Week and the algorithm needs evidence- yes, we were rocking plaid on Tuesday and on Wednesdays we wear bookstore-adjacent shirts 🤓🖖

How are we already in the latter half of April? It has been a wild month and we are just getting started!

I'm about to spend the next 6 days figuring out the *perfect* hiding spot for this Golden Ticket 🤫 That's right, we're excited to be partners with who is offering 12 ✨FREE✨ audiobooks to the lucky person who finds this hidden ticket only on Saturday, April 25th, during Independent Bookstore Day.

SPECIAL IBD HOURS: 9AM - 7PM

If you haven't made your plans yet, there's still time to get ready for ' Indie Bookstore Crawl! We've got some exclusives, friends popping up, a great playlist, impeccable vibes, and a fantastic selection. Be sure to mark your calendars to come through Saturday, April 25th and help us clear these shelves so we can start AANHPIHM with a fresh slate of titles!
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Sorry friends.
Whatever I came down with over the weekend wants me to stay in and rest another day. I was looking forward to being open today but I guess we’ll have to flood the system with teas, ginger, soups, and honey so I can be back for Wednesday. 😷