Houston gets a Latino bookstore; a Canadian bookseller chooses an unlikely spot for expansion; a Brooklyn bookseller gets ready to party at its newly opened second store; and more.
Latino Bookstore Opens in Houston: The city’s newest bookstore, the nonprofit Nuestra Palabra Arts & Books, is located inside the Latino cultural arts center, Talento Bilingüe de Houston. The three founders include Tony Diaz, who launched an organization to promote Latino literature and Literacy two decades ago, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having their Say; Richard Reyes, the founder of TBH; and TBH executive director Javier Perez. Diaz told the Houston Chronicle that they have no intention of competing with Amazon. They want the bookstore and art gallery to be a cultural center for Latinos.
Canadian Bookstore Tries Satellite at the Laundromat: Peter Garden, owner of Turning the Tide bookstore in Saskatoon’s Broadway shopping district, is testing the waters in Regina by opening a second store inside Come Clean Laundromat there. The satellite location is a test before opening a permanent location.
Brooklyn’s Greenlight to Celebrate Grand Opening for PLG Bookstore: The 2,100 sq. ft. Prospect Lefferts Gardens bookstore’s grand opening will take place on January 7 with a party for kids at 1:30 p.m. with stories, activities, and refreshments, and a cocktail party and ribbon cutting at 7:30 p.m. with music, toasts, and special guests. It is Greenlight’s second bookstore.
Word Up Celebrates 5th Anniversary: On December 17, the Washington Heights, New York City, bookstore, which sells books in Spanish and English, celebrated its first five years with a Fin de año Party. A cover charge for the party also served as a fundraiser for programming at the store.
