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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 23h

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day! Who are some of your favorite Indigenous authors?

A photo of a stack of books by Indigenous authors, including:

PROBABLY RUBY by LISA BIRD-WILSON.
THE HEARTBEAT OF WOUNDED KNEE by DAVID TREUER.
THE DEVIL IS A SOUTHPAW by BRANDON HOBSON.
FUTURE HOME OF THE LIVING GOD by LOUISE ERDRICH.
THE INCONVENIENT INDIAN by THOMAS KING.
PRAIRIE EDGE by CONOR KERR.
Calling for a Blanket Dance BY Oscar Hokeah.
FIRE EXIT by MORGAN TALTY.
MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES by WAUBGESHIG RICE.
TEN LITTLE INDIANS by SHERMAN ALEXIE.
TO SHAPE A DRAGON'S BREATH by MONIQUILL BLACKGOOSE.
There There BY Tommy Orange.
NICHT OF THE LIVING REZ by MORGAN TALTY.
THE SEED KEEPER.
ALMANAC OF THE DEAD by LESLIE MARMON SILKO.
THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE by LOUISE ERDRICH.
BAD CREE by JESSICA JOHNS.

The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 1d

The final days of our Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month sale are upon us, but we still have some good books left! Use code LHM2025 through 10/15 to save 20%, here:
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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 19d

To celebrate Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month, we’re offering 20% off on select used books at
PaperCatBookshop.com
with code LHM2025 (ends 10/15/25). If you’ve not explored our curated used #books selection, please do; it’s filled with both popular titles and hidden gems, including all of these:

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The Paper Cat Bookshop celebrates
Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month!
Save 20% on select used books at
PaperCatBookshop.com
with code LHM2025.

The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 1d

Final days to shop the Libro•fm Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale! Hang up on Audib1e and make the switch today! 🎧🫶
libro.fm/sale?booksto...

#audiobooks #shopyourvalues

The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 2d

Preorders always matter, for authors, booksellers, and publishers. Preorders for a book as urgently needed as this one matter even more. Pubbing 11/4, preorder here, now: bookshop.org/a/106297/978...

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #Caturday and Happy #LetFreedomReadDay! Get out there, celebrate, and advocate for the #freedomtoread, which is very much under attack. And don’t forget to support your local #library and #indiebookstores like PaperCatBookshop.com!

#booksky

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“FREEDOM TO READ DAY OF ACTION.
LET FREEDOM READ DAY.
10.19.25.
I sleep on banned books!”

Kitten is saying, via a speech bubble “CATS AGAINST BOOK BANS!”

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TAKE ACTION NOW!
• Visit uniteagainstbookbans.org/dayofaction.
• Post your support on social media using #FreedomToRead.
• Sign the Freedom to Read pledge.
• Write and send a letter to your elected officials.
• Get a free library card.
• Make sure you're registered to vote.
• BUY, BORROW, AND READ BANNED BOOKS!

A photo of a white kitten on a black background holding a protest sign on a wooden handle that says:
“FREEDOM TO READ DAY OF ACTION.
LET FREEDOM READ DAY.
10.19.25.
I sleep on banned books!”

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 3d

💪💪💪 #letfreedomread #freedomtoread

Little Free Library @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social · 3d

It's #LetFreedomReadDay! The freedom to read is under attack — what are you doing about it? All you need is 5 minutes to make an impact!

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 3d

As much as I enjoy a good report, I enjoy digging through data, finding patterns for myself, even more. 🤓 If you do too, check out the PEN America Index of School Book Bans, 2024-2025. Scary but edifying. tinyurl.com/ypxvu277

#bookbans #datanerd #booksky

The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 3d

I loved Souvankham Thammavongsa’s story collection “How to Pronounce Knife” (available here: tinyurl.com/ya22jk2z) and am super excited to read her latest “Pick a Color,” excepted below and available here: bookshop.org/a/106297/978...

#recommendedreading #TBR #shopindie

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 13d

“I live in a world of Susans.” Read from Souvankham Thammavongsa’s new novel, Pick A Color.

Pick a Color

I live in a world of Susans. I got name tags for everyone who works at this nail salon, and on every one is printed the name “Susan.” So many girls come and go. I don’t want to bother getting new n…

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 6d

This #BannedBooksWeek, PEN America is joining forces with more than 30 groups Standing Together for the Freedom to Read.

Together, we call for the end to the authoritarian tactic of banning books.

Learn more—and take the pledge to stand together against book bans at: act.pen.org/a/standing-t...

I Stand with PEN America Against Book Bans and Censorship

We must all fight against the forces that are attacking our fundamental freedoms – including our freedom to read.

act.pen.org

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 4d

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

If it’s worth banning, it’s worth owning.
#BannedBooksWeek

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 4d

I will read this book, but not today. Learn more: bookshop.org/a/106297/978...

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 6d

And the horrors continue: Cory Doctorow explains how corporate tech enshittifies apps to skirt the law.

How American Tech Cartels Use Apps to Break the Law

The death of competition spells doom for regulation. Competition is an essential component of effective regulation, for two reasons: First, competition keeps the companies within a sector from all …

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 5d

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 5d

Jeff Bezos might have built a spaceship, but indie bookstores build and nurture whole communities and that is *way* more impressive and valuable.

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 5d

The bookshop•org anti-prime free shipping sale ends tonight, so do a fledgeling small business a solid and go buy a book here: bookshop.org/shop/PaperCa...
Please and thank you!!! 🙏🫶

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“Support Bookstores not Billionaires.
The anti-prime sale.”

Text surrounding the cardboard box says/
“Free Shipping
Oct. 7 + 8
The Paper Cat Bookshop
Bookshop.org®”

The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 6d

Do it!

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 6d

Looking for a quick action? Add your name to this petition started by the @aclu.org to protest book bans in military schools action.aclu.org/send-message...

Tell Congress: No book bans in military schools

Schools run by the Department of Defense on military bases have banned hundreds of books and altered curricula that the Trump administration doesn't agree with. Take action.

action.aclu.org

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 6d

Great day for new books from @graywolfpress.bsky.social! 😻 Available here:
bookshop.org/shop/PaperCa...

Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social · 6d

Happy pub. day to Joshua Wheeler's THE HIGH HEAVEN and Donika Kelly's THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS! 🎉🎉

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 6d

Bookshop•org’s anti-prime free shipping and banned books sales are overlapping today and tomorrow, turning two independently awesome book-buying opportunities into one glorious book-buying justification! 🥳 Go guilt-free shopping here: bookshop.org/shop/PaperCa...

#booksky #bannedbooks #antiprime

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Bookshop.org
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Free Shipping
Oct. 7+8

Plus 20% off select titles for Banned Books Week! with code BBW25

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 7d

New month, new Tuesday, new books, plus free shipping from bookshop•org today and tomorrow! Everything’s a damn dumpster inferno, but this is at least a little goodness. Distract yourself here: bookshop.org/shop/PaperCa...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 7d

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

docs.google.com

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 7d

Banned Books Week continues with a generous promotion from the good people at bookshop•org and We Need Diversity Books! Browse and buy from a list of 140+ banned and challenged titles here: bookshop.org/lists/read-b...

#bannedbooks #booksky

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 9d

"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom."

#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984

youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...

George Takei, Banned Books Week 2025 Honorary Chair

YouTube video by Banned Books Week

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to everyone who came out to see us at the Through the Enchanted Bookshelf Market last night! We sold so many #books and had so many great conversations, and are excited to do it again soon!
#booksky #shopindie #popup #Tucson

The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 10d

Tonight!

The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 10d

In Tucson? Come visit us at the Through the Enchanted Bookshelf Market this Saturday, 10/4, 5-9p! We’ll be fundraising with used #fiction and #nonfiction for sale and would love to chat with you re: favorite #books, #bookstores, and all things literary! 6261 N.Oracle Rd.
#booksky #shopindie

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Is this your vibe?
Then come visit The Paper Cat Bookshop at the Through the Enchanted Bookshelf Market!
Saturday, October 4, 5-9 pm,
6261 N.Oracle Rd.

The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 10d

In Tucson? Come visit us at the Through the Enchanted Bookshelf Market this Saturday, 10/4, 5-9p! We’ll be fundraising with used #fiction and #nonfiction for sale and would love to chat with you re: favorite #books, #bookstores, and all things literary! 6261 N.Oracle Rd.
#booksky #shopindie

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 12d

Worth repeating, and appreciating every day: "More than 100 of North America’s top universities clearly believe that an energetic, outward-facing publishing program is a tremendous asset to, indeed a responsibility of, any university."

Why institutions should continue to support their university presses (opinion)

Institutions can be unfamiliar with what their university presses do or with their own integral role in supporting scholarly publishing, argue Kathryn Conrad and Jennifer Crewe, which can lead to hasty or inaccurate judgments.

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The Paper Cat Bookshop @papercatbookshop.bsky.social · 12d

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 12d

"Of course, you can look up everything on the Internet now. But there is something very special about a book — the feel of it in your hands and the way it looks on the table by your bed, or nestled in with others in the bookcase." -- Jane Goodall bit.ly/4mNwASZ

Jane Goodall’s Lovely Letter to Children About How Reading Shaped Her Life

How a public library and a messy second-hand bookshop helped a small girl with no money and big dreams change the face of science.

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