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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · 7d

The 2025 CHIRBy Shortlists from @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social are out! What a great collection of Chicago books and writing.

Time to get to reading (if you haven't already) these great nominees! The winners are announced December 11.

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Announcing the 2025 Chicago Review of Books Awards Shortlist - Chicago Review of Books

The Chicago Review of Books is proud to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Chicago Review of Books (CHIRBy) Awards! This year we’re celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the awards! For a decade, th...

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · 23d

Get your spooky season vibes right! Our next Fiction book club pick is local author @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social’s VANISHING DAUGHTERS — a book that’s a bit horror but with the soul of a crime thriller.

Stop in and grab a copy and join us for the meeting — October 7 at 7:30 pm. All are welcome!

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Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · 26d

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's website is now updated with our 9/28/25 readers' bios. They'll be reading @roscoebooks.bsky.social & feature @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, MichaelMcColly, Ben Tanzer, @janicemdeal.bsky.social & Carlos Cumpián. Pls join us. Visit sundaysalon-chicago.com & join our email list. ❤️

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're now just six days away from our Keira D'Amato event. Tickets are going quickly -- grab yours before they're gone!

RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

EXCITING EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 10 at 6:30 pm, we are absolutely thrilled to host world-class runner Keira D'Amato for the release event of her new book, DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK.

Tickets: www.roscoebooks.com/event/keira-...

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Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · Aug 31

TONIGHT 8/31/25 @7pm > Sunday Salon Chicago hosts THE OVERTURNING ANTHOLOGY book launch at Roscoe Village's finest bookstore: @roscoebooks.bsky.social. Doors open at 6:30. Free parking on Roscoe St. Event co-editors & co-hosts: @vabellwriter, @rice_christine & myself. Hope to see you, Chicago! 🌺🌈 💝

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

EXCITING EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 10 at 6:30 pm, we are absolutely thrilled to host world-class runner Keira D'Amato for the release event of her new book, DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK.

Tickets: www.roscoebooks.com/event/keira-...

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is now TWO WEEKS from today. Tickets are going quickly. Get yours now, #chicago!

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

EXCITING EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 10 at 6:30 pm, we are absolutely thrilled to host world-class runner Keira D'Amato for the release event of her new book, DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK.

Tickets: www.roscoebooks.com/event/keira-...

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Genevieve DeGuzman 🐸🐤🕺🏻🪩 @gendeguzman.bsky.social · Aug 27

The #StoryBoardFest25 Fellows Reading at the packed @roscoebooks.bsky.social earlier this month was such a lovely event. I had a blast sharing, as you can tell. To my fellow Fellows, I'm in awe to be in your company. (Thank you to @anandalima.bsky.social for the photos.) ✨🙏🏼❤️

Group photo of the 2025 StoryBoard Fellows at Roscoe Books in Chicago IL. Writers stand in an alcove with the a painted sign above that reads: Get Lost in a Book! The fellows are: Kat Tang, Beth Uznis Johnson, Lisa Low, Dionne Ford, Genevieve DeGuzman, Ashley Honeysett, and Lisa Williamson Rosenberg.

Photo of the audience at the 2025 StoryBoard Fellows reading at Roscoe Books.

Genevieve DeGuzman (me!) standing and speaking at the mic at Roscoe Books. She read poems from Karaoke at the End of the World, out March 2026.

Close up of Genevieve DeGuzman at the mic during her reading at Roscoe Books. She's over the moon to be there.

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Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · Aug 27

THIS SUNDAY! Sunday Salon Chicago launches THE OVERTURNING ANTHOLOGY on 8/31 at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village ❤️🔥🌈 Hope to see you, Chicago!

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

EXCITING EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 10 at 6:30 pm, we are absolutely thrilled to host world-class runner Keira D'Amato for the release event of her new book, DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK.

Tickets: www.roscoebooks.com/event/keira-...

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Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · Aug 21

First time at @roscoebooks.bsky.social, picked up the new one by @tvayyyy.bsky.social and finally got one by @bside-editions.bsky.social - enjoying the patio at Soul & Smoke (I swear this isn’t a paid ad)

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · Aug 14

Tonight at @roscoebooks.bsky.social -- join us for our special StoryBoard Fellows reading!

The fun starts at 6:30 pm.

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

Oof 😅😂

The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 13

George R.R. Martin Finally Finishes Writing Sequel To ‘Erin Brockovich’ theonion.com/george-...

RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

Chicago friends! This is tomorrow -- and you're invited. Come hear these seven brilliant writers read, live at our store.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · Jul 24

ANOTHER NEW EVENT ALERT 😀: On Thursday, August 14 at 6:30 pm CT, please join us at @roscoebooks.bsky.social (2142 W. Roscoe St.) at 6:30 pm CT for our StoryBoard Fellows Reading. Hear each of our esteemed StoryBoard Fellows read work. This is a free event and no need to register.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · Aug 13

You may have heard the AP is no longer assigning book review coverage. Sad times, but we have happy news too: Our sister pub @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social offers book reviews, criticism, interviews, essays, and more -- and there's NEVER a paywall.

Read here: chireviewofbooks.com

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Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · Aug 12

Sunday Salon Chicago hosts 2 August Pop-Up reading events: one at Evanston's Fountain Square LIT FEST on Sat. 8/23 at 5 pm; as well, a book launch for THE OVERTURNING ANTHOLOGY @roscoebooks.bsky.social on Sun. 8/31 at 7 pm. Hope to see you. Bios are up at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Aug 7

We’re famous!!!

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Chicago Writers Podcast @chicagowriterspod.bsky.social · Aug 6

We're trying something new with a *gasp* video-based episode! youtu.be/cLOQDDyrPIo?...

Chicago Writers Podcast - The Roscoe Books Scavenger Hunt

YouTube video by Chicago Review of Books

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

Has the AI boom got you down? Us too!

@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has a great list of five #books to help you reckon with big tech:

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Read Your Resistance: 5 Books to Reckon with Big Tech - Chicago Review of Books

In tech discourse today, dread predominates, and for good reason. Unlike other pressing topics, like global warming—unambiguously bad—and unfettered capitalism—nice in theory, but minus the fetters, r...

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Wes Blake @wesblake.bsky.social · Jul 27

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO HAPPENS TONIGHT 7/27 in-person at @roscoebooks.bsky.social at 7 pm CT, featuring Rita Woods, Cynthia Pelayo, @meganstielstra.bsky.social , Westley Heine, & me! Hosted by the @ignatius2u.bsky.social sundaysalon-chicago.com for more info. Hope to see you in Chicago.

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Jul 27

Come hang #Chicago!

Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · Jul 27

If you’re in Chicago, I’ll be reading at Sunday Salon tonight at Roscoe Books.

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Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · Jul 25

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens in-person @roscoebooks.bsky.social in just 3 days on 7/27 at 7 pm CT, featuring Rita Woods, Cynthia Pelayo, @meganstielstra.bsky.social, Westley Heine, & @wesblake.bsky.social 🔥 sundaysalon-chicago.com for more. Hope to see you, Chicago 👋🌈

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racheal @rrated87.bsky.social · Jul 25

got mine @roscoebooks.bsky.social can’t wait to read to bb

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · Jul 24

ANOTHER NEW EVENT ALERT 😀: On Thursday, August 14 at 6:30 pm CT, please join us at @roscoebooks.bsky.social (2142 W. Roscoe St.) at 6:30 pm CT for our StoryBoard Fellows Reading. Hear each of our esteemed StoryBoard Fellows read work. This is a free event and no need to register.

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Jul 23

We just had a long conversation with a customer about Percival Everett....so we'd have to say it was a good day.

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · Jul 23

"The bookstore isn’t just a place to buy books, although that’s of course part of it. It’s also a place to meet others, foster conversation, and strengthen neighborhood ties."

Thank you, @literaryhub.bsky.social!!!!

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A Refuge From Censorship: Why Independent Bookstores Will Save Us

I was six hundred miles into a two-thousand-mile road trip, doing jumping jacks at a rest stop in Ohio to wake myself up, when my phone buzzed with the update I’d been dreading. The U.S. Court of A…

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