Liberation Library partners with local, independent bookstores for all book purchases - no Amazon shopping for us! We believe these are vital community spaces and are so happy to support them at the same time that we support our readers.

We'll be sharing more about our bookstore partners in this thread - help us to purchase more books by contributing here: https://liblibeoyfundraiser.eventbrite.com 

Women and Children First ( @wcfbook) is located in Andersonville - we love working with them and couldn't agree more with their belief that "books are tools for liberation." Visit them at 5233 N. Clark St! https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/ 

Semicolon ( @SemicolonChi) is Chicago's only Black woman-owned bookstore - we're inspired by their support of the community through campaigns such as #cleartheshelves, which provides free books to CPS students.

https://www.semicolonchi.com/ 

Open Books ( @OpenBooks) is a nonprofit with storefronts in Pilsen and West Loop. They provide literacy programming and book grants to help encourage a love of reading for tens of thousands of people each year. https://www.open-books.org/ 

Pilsen Community Books ( @PilsenCommBooks) is Chicago's only worker-owned and operated bookstore. We love them for their extensive social justice catalog, as well as their in-store ladder that lets us live out our Belle dreams https://www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/ 

We are so excited to introduce our newest partner- Bucket O Blood Books & Records ( @Bucketoblood), located in Avondale! They are celebrating their 10th year of operations and with your support, we hope they'll be open for many decades to come.

These stores don't just give access to books - they are vital community spaces that help make our neighborhoods more resilient. Support our mission and our incredible partners by donating to our campaign to get books to incarcerated young people! https://liblibeoyfundraiser.eventbrite.com