5 Ways to Support Black-Owned Bookstores
Get tips for how to support a Black-owned bookstore virtually or in-person.
Get tips for how to support a Black-owned bookstore virtually or in-person.
In All Boys Aren’t Blue, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. We spoke with author George M. Johnson about their inspiration, writing as activism, and more.
Expertly evoking the jittery streets of New York and the languid rhythms of Jamaica, Patsy weaves between the lives of Patsy and Tru in vignettes spanning more than a decade as mother and daughter ultimately find a way back to one another. We spoke with author Nicole Dennis-Benn about writing in defiance of oppression, representation in narration, and more.
We spoke with Brit Bennett about what inspired her to write The Vanishing Half, the importance of independent bookstores, and more.
Welcome to Listen Together: Libro.fm Audiobook Club! Meet the host, get the audiobook, learn about the author, and save your Listening Schedule for June.
Explore these audiobook picks from Black creators within the bookstagram community.
To help us fight racism in ourselves as well as everywhere else we encounter it, we’re highlighting audiobooks about racism, antiracism, white fragility and more. Let’s all commit to fighting racism where we find it, including in ourselves.
Browse this directory of black-owned bookstores to find a local, independent bookstore to support with your reading.
Libro.fm is proud to present our monthly audiobook bestseller list that captures what’s selling in independent bookstores.
Stray is a memoir that explores what it’s like to face a family past of lies and addiction, while still moving forward to find peace. We spoke with author Stephanie Danler about the memoir she had to write, Alex McKenna’s narration, and the role independent bookstores have played in her life.
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies is a brutally honest, often hilarious, hard-won book of lessons in learning to love and care for yourself from Tara Schuster, a young vice president at Comedy Central who was called “ahead of her time” by Jordan Peele. We spoke with author Tara Schuster about her inspiration, her favorite audiobooks, and what she hopes her book can be for readers.
Here at Libro.fm, we wanted to hear from booksellers around the country about how they and their bookstores were coping with the effects of the pandemic. We spoke with BrocheAroe Fabian—one of the booksellers hired by Libro.fm—and the owner of River Dog Book Co. in Portland, Oregon.