This week's interview is with Tory Hall, Owner & Operator of @sowerbooksne.bsky.social in Lincoln, Nebraska.
If you're interested in what it's like to run a truly inclusive business, this one's a must listen. 💛
Listen or watch early here: www.patreon.com/posts/tory-h...
Shout out to all three people who got our costume (🎵 we really do love our fans, yes both of you🎵)
#30rock #tracyjordan
TODAY!!! Join author Alison Pearce Stevens to hear about her new book, "Detective Dogs," and meet special guest sniffer dogs, who will be showcasing their skills at tracking down invasive species!
Sower Books, Lincoln NE -- October 18th @ 10 am. Free & open to all! #lincolnne #nebraska
Nazi. Punching. Horror. 🙋🏻
And it’s free! 💙📚
Went for a run with an audiobook playing quietly through my speaker. No prob until I'm passing others and suddenly realize it sounds like I'm listening to a full-on incel rant??!!! NO I PROMISE IT'S FICTIONAL
@jasonkpargin.bsky.social "I'm Starting to Worry About this Black Box of Doom" 🤦♀️
Kailee Pedersen (author of SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS) November 14th at 7pm Central Sower Books 914 N 70th Street Lincoln, NE 68505
Sower Books @sowerbooksne.bsky.social
November 14th at 7pm Central
Positively euphoria-inducing: an art vending machine in our bookstore!
A drink in a koozie reading "i closed my book to be here" sits next to an advance copy of "crafting for sinners," a queer horror novel by Jenny Kiefer. In the background is plenty of water, a dock, and a boat.
"I closed my book to be here" (I didn't)
@jennykiefer.com @quirkbooks.bsky.social
Small decorative jars full of tiny origami stars in all colors (many in Pride flag colorways: bi, trans, nonbinary, and pan are shown) are placed around a copy of "Healing Notes" by Beth Hope. They are all arranged on top of a piano keyboard.
Have you seen the decorative jars full of origami stars scattered around the store? On Bookstore Romance Day (Aug 9) you can build your very own!
For $15-25 depending on size, pick your own colorway and fill a provided jar with pre-made stars. 💜
RSVP requested: sowerbooksne.com/events/32595...
A jelly jar repurposed as a glass full of mimosa and a copy of Margaret Killjoy's "Escape from Incel Island" sit on a brown leather surface
Saturday night girl dinner:
(p.s. don't worry I also had Cheez-Its)
@margaret.bsky.social @tangledwilderness.bsky.social
A screenshot of Sower's Bluesky profile with 69 followers circled
heh heh nice
Three stacks of queer kids' books in front of a progressive pride flag
All these books are headed to @outnebraska.bsky.social for distribution at @heartlandpride.bsky.social 's Youth Pride this weekend! THANK YOU to folks near & far who donated!
Incl books by...
@dirtbagqueer.rocks @margaret.bsky.social @junodawson.bsky.social @alexlcombs.bsky.social
You're an incredible human -- thank you SO much!!!!!!
the US revolution was not a revolt against colonization but instead the (seemingly) permanent cementing of the colonial project. It's not like India or Ireland breaking free from the UK, it's like if the British colonists in India broke free from the UK's control.
The audiobook of Raw Dog is also great; @jamieloftus.bsky.social narrates it herself and it's my summertime comfort listen!
America's Top Last Athlete, got it 👍
A hand holds "Flight of the Puffin," a middle-grades novel by Ann Braden, in front of an ivy-covered wall
I'm not ugly crying, YOU'RE ugly crying
@annbraden.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social
NO ONE TOLD ME THE NEW RUNNING MAN ADAPTATION IS DIRECTED BY EDGAR WRIGHT??!!!??????!??!?!!???!?????!??!????????!!!!!???!!!!!
#indiebookstore #constantreader
A stack of books on a bookstore check-out counter featuring "escape from incel Island" by Margaret killjoy; "raw dog" by Jamie Loftus; and "after the revolution" by Robert Evans
Tell me you listen to Behind the Bastards without telling me you listen to Behind the Bastards.
Spotted this stack at check-out this weekend @iwriteok.bsky.social @jamieloftus.bsky.social @margaret.bsky.social @coolzonemedia.bsky.social @akpress.org
We've had 2 people in the last few days come into the store bc they heard about us via @dirtbagqueer.rocks + her/our queer kids' book drive & we're so freakin humbled/honored to be able to help our queer community in this dumpster fire existence [still taking donations! tinyurl.com/0702250926 ]
Have I invited you to our Stephen King sunrise release party for NEVER FLINCH? Tuesday May 27, 8 a.m., with breakfast treats and coffee. Snag your copy of NEVER FLINCH on your way to work so you can start reading on your lunch break!
Thrilled to be hosting Nico Lang, creator of Queer News Daily, at Sower on May 31st! Free and open to the public: www.sowerbooksne.com/events/27074...
@tjalexandernyc.bsky.social thank you for rting -- just ordered for our shelves!
This is insane... If you ask them tough questions, if you hold them accountable, in a town hall, they will have private security assault you and remove you.
We need to make sure midterm voter turnout is so deafeningly lopsided that the Nazi scum that is the Republican party never recovers.
Text-based social media? Interesting concept but I'm not sure people will like it.
-the owner of a bookstore (2025)
We're here now! 🫶
JEN AHHHHHHH 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Bookstore display on a table with a sign that reads “This display is in honor of JD Vance.” Behind the sign on the left is the children’s book “The Truth About the Couch.” In the middle is an iron-on patch with a cartoon cat perched above a red heart that reads “Shut up.” On the right is the book “Pressure Point” by the author Dick Couch.
We celebrate #IndependentBookStoreDay in this house, as it is the holiest of holidays and indie booksellers are the actual best. Displays like this one at Sower Books in Lincoln, NE are a reminder that Amazon could never.
