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The Booksmith

23 days

Silent reading party is BACK. Join us on any of these three upcoming dates for some bookish parallel play with likeminded pals. Thanks to our friends at @mcsweeneys for co-presenting our summer series!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 months

to those of us who are upset we are hosting noami klein for her book about how she gets conflated with naomi wolf because they think we are hosting naomi wolf ....... boy have we got a book for you

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 months

look the tweet's a mess but you get the idea

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

TONIGHT!! We are so excited to host a virtual event with RuPaul's Drag Race legends Trixie and Katya for their new book, TRIXIE AND KATYA'S GUIDE TO MODERN WOMANHOOD! Please join us! Details, links, et cetera:

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

Tonight at *7:00PM*, @SarahCAndersen joins us to talk about HERDING CATS. Join us!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

Regarding Simon & Schuster, Milo Y., and Booksmith: here's what we're doing. Thanks for reading.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 months

*naomi god damnit

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

We're out of free copies of 1984, but we have The Handmaid's Tale and In the Garden of Beasts up for grabs. #resist #thanksmysterybenefactor

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

2 years

Hi, friends: for the time being, we'll continue to ask staff and shoppers to join us fully masked. We're a community space that needs to remain accessible for all, including kids and the immunocompromised.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Our new Alembic parklet was visited by some graffiti fairies last night, and while we are scrubbing it off at present (needs must!) we thought we'd post it here and say, in the least pithy and most sincere way possible: we absolutely agree with you.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Last night, we locked up 1644 for the last time! So strange to do it with no fanfare, no hugs, no party.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Hey friends, big news today. We're moving house! This spring, we can't wait to welcome you to 1727 Haight, our new home just one block away, formerly The Bindery and right next to The Alembic. See the full press release:

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Tomorrow (Saturday) at 4PST: Sadhguru presents his new book KARMA, in conversation with Kunal Nayyar and co-presented with the Isha Foundation. Please join us!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

p excited for #StrangerThings2 . RUN.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

2 years

Hi book pals! San Francisco isn't providing adequate PPE to its teachers, who are required to teach in person. Two friends and local educators have organized a community-based drive to get masks into the hands of teachers and families who need them most. (1/3)

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

i’ll run the bookshop twitter she said, it will be fun she said

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Tonight at 6PST, we welcome back Meg Bashwiner & Joseph Fink to discuss their new book THE FIRST TEN YEARS, in conversation with Mara Wilson. Free with RSVP—please join us!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

2 years

TUESDAY 8/16, 7:30PM: Congressman Adam Schiff discusses #1 NYT bestseller MIDNIGHT IN WASHINGTON, at Internet Archive. Tickets are flying—please join us!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

hi from the ✨new dedicated fiction and poetry room✨

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

Lisa Brennan-Jobs will be at @TheBinderySF on 10/9!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

Hello! We have @mametown at @PublicWorksSF tonight at 7PM. There will be door tickets available! Come laugh, and pick up some delightful secret swag. 🥂

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

The next shop's gonna be a blast and we can't wait for you to see us. But also please always remember us like this.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

5 years

Next week in Berkeley: Former National Security Advisor to President Obama @AmbassadorRice joins us to talk about her new memoir TOUGH LOVE with @miguelmbustos . Tickets are on sale now!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 months

@StrangernAlps real lol

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

8 years

#shipwreckNY presents THE PRINCESS BRIDE with guest reader @MaraWilson goes down NEXT FRIDAY, y'all.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 years

oh, that? that's just RBG in a fighter jet. #lovewins @Madeline_Gobbo http://t.co/vt5WeRFL0I

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

8 years

#ShipwreckSF presents: LOOSE LIPS launch party. @CecilBaldwinIII reads Princess Bride smut!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

psst. hey. hey you. wanna see some pictures of the new space?

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 years

that is SOME LINE. @travisbarker

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

Hey, #shipwrecksf comes back in June with Dracula, just to feel something anything. If you wanna vote, buy a ticket! Featuring: @RaxKingIsDead , @CourteousFlush , @seananmcguire , @DominiqueGel , Dylan McKeever, & returning champ @JoeWadlington .

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Friends, we will be OPEN today, 12-6, for limited browsing at 1727 Haight. We can't wait to see you.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

11 years

what's even more amazing that the covers are the spines #harrypotter @scholastic http://t.co/RjnNGWMwk5

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

homeless people are your neighbors too, is basically all we were trying to say. 👀

An S.F. bar parklet was vandalized with message about homelessness. The bar’s owners had a surpri...

A parklet belonging to Haight-Ashbury bar The Alembic was vandalized with graffiti...

www.sfchronicle.com

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

absolutely loving the accusation that we *checks notes* graffitied our own property so that we could *double checks notes* pay our own employee to scrub it off, simply to do one (1) post about supporting fair housing in SF.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

hey guys

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

10 years

We'll be donating a whole mess of books to the #ferguson library. It's not much, it's what we have, and what we know. http://t.co/zCO93AkupN

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

Hey @jonnysun fans: we've got 4 signed posters to give away. Email contest at booksmith dot com, subject line JONNY SUN to enter.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

2 years

Happening Tuesday, March 1 at 6PST: Warsan Shire launches her first full-length poetry collection, BLESS THE DAUGHTER RAISED BY A VOICE IN HER HEAD, in conversation with Tracy Clayton. Free with RSVP—join us! …

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

hi. the person who runs this account is a bookstore employee. not a policy maker or legislator or anybody with influence of any kind! they sell books and do tweets about the store. that is simply all!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

HI WE HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF OUR ACCOUNT FOR SEVEN TERRIBLE DAYS BUT WE RETURN TRIUMPHANT, AS THE PROPHECY FORETOLD

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

we never claimed to be tolerant! you're thinking of someone else. have a great day!

missiongirl

@missiongirl4

3 years

Now "tolerant" liberal people want to ban books from Pence and Goetz. Nobody in the country is more dangerous than people attempting to censure books.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

8 years

Another packed house for the lovely @MaraWilson

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

Our new front table display was inspired by the prison strike. Read some books, or, head over to @BostonReview to see a curated reading list for context on what's happening.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

did u miss us u guys missed us right right guys

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

5 years

reminder!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 years

are you ready? WE ARE READY. @travisbarker

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Gonna miss those big windows!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

We've updated our website essentially to provide a virtual front of store for your book browsing needs. check out all the sections you usually wander though, with pictures and everything. We miss you. The books miss you.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

We had some great window displays, didn't we? Thanks to our artists over the years: Sean, Lauren, Jes, Anah, Maddie

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

5 years

AIRING OF GRIEVANCE: every year our bestselling title is the alchemist, guys, we’re begging you to buy literally ANY OTHER BOOK #festivus #AiringofGrievances

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

Handmaid's Tale and In the Garden of Beasts are back in stock, and we've got more giveaway copies. ✨

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

It's been a rough year to be a small business but it's been a rougher year to be experiencing homelessness. We're doing our best to be kind and hope you are too, because everyone needs it. Have a lovely day.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

it's only on special days that the internet calls you both "unamerican" and "a hero to the resistance."

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

some personal news.

Two Sisters, Booksmith Owners Plan to Revamp the Alembic

Its new owners are planning a menu of approachable bar food, cocktails, and books

sf.eater.com

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 years

PRINT IS DEAD LONG LIVE PRINT http://t.co/yJhnwMbtwo

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

11 years

We are THRILLED to announce: WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE LIVE at @Booksmith Wednesday 9/25 at 8pm. Ticket info to come. #WelcomeToNightVale

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

Time for an eerily normal post! BALLISTIC KISS, the newest book in the Sandman Slim series from our BFF Richard Kadrey, comes out this August. Pre-order to get your signed copy!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

gif your reaction to seeing a bookstore

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

if you’re wondering how we are transporting books, the answer is shrink-wrapped library carts (so the books don’t fall off, very high tech)

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

everybody say GOOD JOB NGAIO

Raven Book Store

@ravenbookstore

3 years

A queen retires: today is Ngaio’s last day as a bookstore cat. We’ve all loved spending the last 10+ years with her, and we’re thankful for every time we got trapped because she fell asleep on our lap.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

8 years

AND catch #shipwreckNY at @NY_Comic_Con on 10/7. @MaraWritesStuff reads Princess Bride smut:

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

hi good morning booksmith yes we're open 10-8 today hi good morning booksmith yes we're open 10-8 today hi good morning booksmith yes we're open 10-8 today hi good morning booksmith we're open 10-8 today yes yes yes hi good morning booksmothyes we're open 10-8 today hi good morni

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

hi! we're planning a zoom #shipwrecksf to raise bucks for the shop. it's gonna be on the 17th, free to stream with donations suggested. it'll be called Homewreck, and we're gonna do Emma.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

Hey Dr. Ford: We're just a sentient bookstore but WE BELIEVE YOU.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

*whispers* we have it

Maris Kreizman

@mariskreizman

6 years

The Best of Everything is out of stock on Amazon. I highly recommend checking to see if your local indie bookstore has a copy.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

hi we are a hillary clinton bookstore now, we sell only hillary clinton's book and nothing else

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

just impossible to describe how much fun we had inside those walls, you guys

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

☁️ those san francisco summers ☁️

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

5 years

is this what it sounds like when doves cry?

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Reminder that we are OPEN for limited-capacity browsing at 1727 Haight, 12PM-6PM daily. Come on down, say hi, read books, take photos (don't forget to tag us), have a lovely day. Thanks for your patience during the transition!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

1 year

we'd love to know how the city's vision for small business is served by providing a platform for a company with a flawless track record for abusing its workers, extinguishing competition, and ruining its vendors with extortionary business practices.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

tfw a customer turns in a crisp and perfect book club credit from *double checks* the year TWO THOUSAND TWO like it’s no big 😮😮😮

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

joanne, please. we're begging you to stop.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

1 year

to be clear--free general admission is sold out, but you can get book+seat tickets right here, kittens:

SOLD OUT: Chuck Tingle with Charlie Jane Anders / Camp Damascus | Passage - Your event. Your fans....

Booksmith is thrilled to host Chuck Tingle for his searing and earnest horror debut, the

app.gopassage.com

Chuck Tingle

@ChuckTingle

1 year

DANG posted about san francisco book tour at @booksmith with @charliejane this morning and already sold out. BUCKAROOS ARE RILED UP. looks like there are a few spots left if you get the BOOK PREORDER AND EVENT TICKET COMBO so if thats your way dont wait

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

The message is important, even if we have to remove it, so might as well talk about it here! We support housing rights. We support @cart_sf and we hope you know about them. Here's more about what they do: .

CARTSF - About

Mission and Values

www.cartsf.org

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

listen, we're just here to Be Nice and Talk Books.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

2 years

Thrilled to annouce that @DrIbram will join us in Berkeley on Friday, June 24 for HOW TO RAISE AN ANTIRACIST. Get tickets before they're gone at this link:

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

bad faith bullshit debating gets instablocked. we're a bookstore. we sell books. good day!

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3 years

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

Need a bit of good news? Our donation to the @ACLU for January's @simonschuster profits totaled $2209. More updates:

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

i guess to wrap all this up, we'll just say:

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

dearests: tomorrow (Saturday) we go back to curbside only. our first priority, always, is to keep our staff and customers to be safe. as always, stay tuned for updates. ✨

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

By far the most fired up town hall we've ever attended. LET'S GO FORTH AND FUCK SHIT UP, BOOKSELLERS. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #wi12

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Sorry turns out we have to also say: WE ARE NOT CLOSING, we're just moving down the block.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

you can open the champagne, it's fine

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

We've come a long way, too. Here are some 2007-ish snaps we borrowed from Steve Rhodes. More of his amazing work here:

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

1 year

Upcoming January events / enrichments in our enclosure:

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

Thanks, @SFGate ! // 'Mysterious benefactor' gives away 50 copies of '1984' at SF bookstore

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

we’re vibing out here

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

New #shipwreckSF podcasts (including the NYCC episode with @MaraWilson ) for your ear holes. Enjoy, citizens!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

1 year

if there was a booksmith sweatshirt what would you want on it (don't say dildos)

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

8 years

every 💘 a doorway, y'all.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

7 years

We're so pumped that this project still has momentum. Thanks, 5th benefactor! #resist

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

9 years

a literary erotic fanfiction competition with @CecilBaldwinIII . Is it May 28th yet? http://t.co/4H6LHMVsrf #shipwrecksf #ShipwreckNY

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

6 years

burgersmith now, sorry

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Here are some helpful and important tips about how to be a good neighbor to people experiencing homelessness from our friends at @TheCoalitionSF . Donate to them! They do great work!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

4 years

Join us next Friday for the first-ever Homewreck as we take on EMMA. Tickets optional, but proceeds benefit the writers and the shop. Tech details to come.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

11 years

Oh look, some photos from @NightValeRadio 's @Booksmith performance last month. Enjoy!

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

yes we were vandalized no we didn’t “stage it” no the parklet is not ours it belongs to the bar yes we do think being kind to homeless people is the correct and good thing to do even when they get mad and tag our store.

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The Booksmith

@Booksmith

3 years

Tomorrow at 6 PST: @jonnysun returns to chat with @minjinlee11 about GOODBYE, AGAIN. Free with RSVP! First 100 books ordered will be signed. Details and RSVP here:

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