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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 11h

TONIGHT at 7pm! 'Zine making & blackout poetry — materials will be provided for free.

Thanks to our friends at MACA for their support on this!

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #ZineMaking #Zines #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 1d

Olyvia reads a passage from George Orwell’s “1984.”

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #Orwell

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT at 7pm! Open Mic — come read a passage from a banned or challenged book or share a personal reflection.

www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events/banne...

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 1d

Tommy Orange was named a 2025 MacArthur Foundation fellow! “[Orange] shows the many ways historical trauma and dislocation can rupture the fabric of everyday life.”
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Order Tommy Orange books online & get FREE SHIPPING TODAY ONLY: bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 1d

AUTHORS RECEIVING AWARDS & recognitions today:

Ali Hazelwood was named a #TIMENext100 artist. Author Jodi Picoult writes, “Ali is a light in a world that these days skews toward darkness.”
time.com/collections/...

Order Ali Hazelwood books & get FREE SHIPPING TODAY: bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to everyone who has ordered dictionaries for the Asheville Prison Books program! Today is the LAST DAY to get FREE SHIPPING when you order through the wishlist @bookshop.org.

Please donate an $8 dictionary for just $8 (&/or another book on the list) now: bigfootbooksnc.com/prisonbannedbooks

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 1d

Want to go on a BLIND DATE WITH A BANNED BOOK? We have 20 banned/challenged books available for $6 each (includes a free tea & a bookmark)! Come pick one up this week.

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #BlindDateWithABannedBook #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 2d

"I believe in kids. I believe that this influx of book bannings that are happening over the last couple of years will only encourage kids to be better, honestly."

Tiffany D Jackson on the power of young people.

youtu.be/kPANuBnILMQ?...

w/@sagepub.com

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984

BBW 2025 from The Big Chair - Author, Tiffany Jackson

YouTube video by Banned Books Week

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 2d

We’re getting ready to make perhaps our BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENT ever.

Get on our email list NOW to find out what it is: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/signup

#MajorAnnouncement #BigNews #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 3d

And @bookshop.org get FREE SHIPPING ON ALL TITLES Wednesday & Thursday at: bookshop.org/shop/bigfoot...

Thank you for supporting independent bookstores like ours! 🙏 Your purchases really mean A LOT to us.

#AntiPrime #AntiPrimeDays #IndieBookshop #IndieBookstore #IndependentBookstore

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 3d

We have partnerships with @libro.fm for audiobooks & Bookshop for print books to offer you two AMAZING OPTIONS besides Bezos and the billionaires, and BOTH have BIG DISCOUNTS going on this week!

Check out 30% OFF audiobooks now thru Monday 10/13 at:
libro.fm/sale?booksto...

#AudioBooks

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 3d

Which book is MOST REQUESTED by incarcerated people in western North Carolina?

Learn more & DONATE books THIS WEEK through the Asheville Prison Books program: bigfootbooksnc.com/prisonbannedbooks

#BannedBooks #PrisonBannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #AVL #WNC

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 4d

“Every September, the streets in this tiny town along West Virginia's border with Ohio are taken over by Mothman, a mysterious creature that, like Bigfoot, has inspired books, movies, podcasts and devoted fans.”

Learn more at @NPR.org: www.npr.org/2025/10/01/g...

#Mothman #Cryptid

Devotees of the mysterious Mothman descend on its West Virginia hometown

It started in the 1960s, when two couples told a harrowing story about being chased by a large flying creature on a rural road. It grew from there — and now 20,000 people come to celebrate Mothman.

www.npr.org

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 4d

This is #BannedBooksWeek, and we’ve got events EVERY DAY this week starting on Wednesday 10/8 all the way through next Sunday 10/12!

Visit our website for all the details: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events/banne...

#BannedBooksWeek2025 #AVL #WNC #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 4d

We on here! Look us up on the calendar and get all the details about our events this week.

Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 7d

❗ Hosting an upcoming #BannedBooksWeek event? Make sure to submit it to the Banned Books Week Event Calendar to reach a wider audience, or find an event near you today! https://bannedbooksweek.org/events/ @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social #CensorshipIsSo1984 #UniteAgainstBookBans

Censorship is so 1984. Banned Books Week Event Calendar. Add an event or find one near you! BannedBooksWeek.org/events. Read for your rights. Banned Books Week. Oct. 5-11, 2025.

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 4d

Books will go to Asheville Prison Books Program to distribute to incarcerated folks in the region, and a small commission from your purchases will also go to support us here at Bigfoot Books & Brews 🙏

#BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #PrisonBannedBooks #AVL #WNC #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 4d

Please purchase a book now through this Bookshop wishlist:
www.bigfootbooksnc.com/prisonbanned...

(Try using discount code BBW25 at checkout and you could save 20% on your purchase also!)

#BannedBooksWeek #PrisonBannedBooks #AVL #WNC #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 4d

NOW SERVING Longsleeves #Autumn Blend from Short Sleeves Coffee in #SwannanoaNC — on drip!

We also have bags of #wholebeans available for purchase so you can make it at home, if you like.

Come see us TODAY — open until 9pm!

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 5d

“And books, they offer one hope —
that a whole universe might open up
from between the covers, and
falling into that universe,
one is saved.”
―Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

Remembering Anne Rice who would’ve been 84 years old today. RIP.

#AnneRice #Books #BookReading #WordsMakeWorlds #BlackwoodFarm

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 5d

Chelsea White-Hoglen from Rednecks Rising giving some of the history of mill workers in the late 1890s / early 1900s at our Marion Mill Massacre anniversary on Thursday 10/2.

#MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC #MarionMillMassacre #MillTown #MillVillage

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 6d

Maxwell House instant coffee is being re-branded Maxwell Apartment. Why? Because no one can afford to buy a house anymore! Literally. That’s the reason.

www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

#MaxwellHouse #MaxwellApartment #GoodToTheLastDrop #Coffee

Classic coffee brand changes name after 133 years. See why.

The classic coffee found in many American pantries is changing its name as part of a limited marketing campaign to reflect the needs of consumers.

www.usatoday.com

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 6d

NEW ARRIVALS! Thanks to Bristol Hatter for delivering these from Tennessee last night. Available for purchase now! Come and pick one up this weekend.

#Bigfoot #Hats #MountainDude #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 7d

It was such a great night! Please consider joining us again soon for one of our other upcoming book and community events: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events

EVENTS — Bigfoot Books & Brews

www.bigfootbooksnc.com

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 7d

Special thanks to Chelsea White-Hoglen from Rednecks Rising Podcast for facilitating the discussion, and Jacob Blair for sharing so beautifully and powerfully, as well.

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