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It's street fair season, baby!
Ice cream cones for everyone!
Zo Nicole & Margaret Burke
July 31, 2025
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Street fair season is officially in full swing here in Portland! We vended at the Montavilla Street Fair last weekend and loved meeting so many of you in person to chat books, flirt with all the good doggos, and be in community together.
I even enjoyed a New Zealand-style fresh fruit ice cream and, y’all, it did not disappoint. I’ve struggled with IBS for years and trudged through months of tests, anguish, and very hard elimination diets last winter. It was awful, but did allow me to figure out what was triggering my belly and I can now successfully handle small amounts of real ice cream after 10+ years of not being able to! A good ice cream cone makes me so happy these days. We even bought a chest freezer for our basement and dream about having a soft serve machine at our future brick-and-mortar store. Love it? Hate it? Let us know!
Shop news:
We want your used books! We are collecting gently used diverse books to pass on to other community members. Any genre, any age, written by an author from a historically marginalized community or featuring characters/stories from marginalized communities. Send us an email (reply to this email or send a note to [email protected]) to coordinate or ask questions.
We are fundraising for Cascade AIDS Project as part of AIDS Walk NW. With federal and state funding in jeopardy, CAP needs support to continue providing inclusive health and wellness services for LGBTQ+ people, people affected by HIV, and those seeking compassionate care. AIDS Walk NW is on September 13, please consider donating or joining our team to help fight stigma against AIDS and HIV.
We’d love your feedback: We’re considering a few event ideas, inventory updates, and book clubs. Share your opinion by completing this short survey and you’ll be entered to win a $25 gift card to our shop.
Books we’re loving right now
 Disability Visibility by Alice Wong | A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." - Edited by MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow Alice Wong A great read for Disability Pride Month whether you’re new to learning about disability rights or have been on the journey for a while. |
 All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis | A Black, autistic teen tries to figure out what happened the night his older brother was unjustly arrested in this propulsive, moving story about brotherhood, identity, and social justice. This is a great young adult book with a very sweet sibling dynamic! |
 Awakened by AE Osworth | A coven of trans witches battles an evil AI in the magical coming-of-middle-age romp about love, loss, drag shows, and late capitalism. This book is great for people who enjoy intriguing relationship dynamics, tarot influences, and philosophical reflections on what it means to have a body. |
 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad | "On October 25th, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: 'One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.' This tweet was viewed more than ten million times. [This book] chronicles the deep fracture that has occurred for Black, brown, [and] Indigenous Americans, as well as the upcoming generation, many of whom had clung to a thread of faith in Western ideals, in the idea that their countries, or the countries of their adoption, actually attempted to live up to the values they espouse" Everyone needs to read this vital, timely book. I’ve read it multiple times already and I keep coming back to it so I can digest more and more. |
Local to Portland? Find us in-person in August:
 Fremont Fest Marketplace 2025 event poster. |  Hawthorne Street Fair 2025 event poster. |
TONIGHT, July 31st: Park Reading Hours, 7-9pm ish | Clinton Park
Bring a book, snacks, and comfy seating. You can order a book from our website to pick up at the event, just let us know that’s your plan in the order comments. We’ll read and mingle in community.
If you bring diverse books to donate, we’ll give you a $5 off coupon for the shop. 😁
THIS SATURDAY, August 2nd: Fremont Fest, 10am-6pm | NE 42nd-51st Aves & NE Fremont St
Hosted by the Beaumont Business Association , this market will have 150+ vendors, live music, a bubble parade (!!), food courts, a beer garden, and a ton of fun.
August 16th: How Convenient, Time TBD | 6016 NE Glisan Street
We’ll be popping up at this awesome new bodega type convenience store along with Mimi’s Cookies! Come grab a book, some cookies, and some other treats. 🙂
August 24th: Hawthorne Street Fair, 11am-6pm | SE Hawthorne & 34th Ave
Over 150+ vendors, music, food, fun!
August 31: Portland Flea, 11am-4pm | 831 SE Salmon Street
100+ vendors with vintage goods, clothing, food, home goods, etc. Indoor and outdoor.
Keep your eyes on our event page for more fun! We’ll be adding more events (including another Park Reading Hours) for August soon.
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Shop our curated selection of books (+ more!) directly through our website. We offer free bike delivery within a reasonable distance of us in Portland (often same day) and we ship nationwide!
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Buy books & ebooks from our shop at bookshop.org. Bookshop.org lovingly shares 30% of each sale with us, making it more viable for indie bookstores to stand up against the big bad wolves of the world (aka: Amazon and B&N). If you want something we don’t have in stock, head to our Bookshop page and order from there. They carry physical books and e-books! I’m personally excited about the lists we made for sports fans and Oregon Battle of the Books (3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12).
The world is a mess right now and it is exhausting to keep fighting and pushing for justice and liberation. We hope you know you aren’t alone. Keep investing in community and relationships. We need each other to build a future rooted in justice and collective care, so we hope you’ll join the fight in ways that feel challenging yet accessible to you. Always feel free to send us a message with your thoughts, questions, or suggestions. We promise we’ll read it and as long as you aren’t an asshole, we’ll respond. We’re honored to be in this with you, zo and mags |  |