To celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, May 13, we have partnered with threeย other local book shops – Garden District Book Shop, Octavia Books, and Maple Street Book Shop – to bring you an epicย scavenger hunt! The idea is to …

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Independent bookstores are not just storesโ€”they are community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal …

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  To celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, May 7, we have partnered with threeย other local book shops – Garden District Book Shop, Octavia Books, and Maple Street Book Shop – and with Yelp to bring you an epicย scavenger hunt! …

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It’s time to celebrate your favorite local indies! 2016 Bookstore Day marks its second year of celebrating independent bookstores nationwide, with literary parties around the country. While IBD is being celebrated on April 30th in most locales, in New Orleans, …

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Think of your INDIES FIRST on Small Business Saturday, November 28. Tubby & Cooโ€™s is offering some great deals to kick off the holiday shopping season! 10% off everything in the store! 15% discount for thoseย who bring a receipt from …

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As I was scrolling through Facebook yesterday, I noticed a trending article about the Jem and the Holograms movie. After only two weeks in theaters, it was performing so poorly that, in an unprecedented move, Universal decided to pull the …

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  At the end of April, I attended the American Bookseller’s Association for Children’s Booksellers (ABC’s) Children’s Institute in California. It should come as no surprise to any of you that I collected 77, yes SEVENTY-SEVEN books, ranging from picture …

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As you know, we are big on encouraging you to wave your geek flag high. Geek Pride Day always falls on May 25, so this year, weโ€™ve decided to turn it into a weekend of celebration! Weโ€™re going to have …

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      Tubby & Coo’s is recruiting our nextย class of Extraordinary Readers! We’re looking for kids who are ready to be trained to be a part of our own League of Extraordinary Readers. Each group of 10 kids will …

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