Bridgeside Books

We got our first 1 star review in 16 years of business.
#booksky #indiebookstore #abooksellerlife #bekind

Cartoonified drag queen in pink and blue sparkly dresses holding wands. September 21 at 2pm, Emoji Nightmare & Katniss Everqueer

Yellow background with an open book and martini on top.

Two great events this month! Drag Story Hour and Book Bevvy Bingo. Check out all our events on bridgesidebooks.com/events
#booksky #bookstoreevent #indiebookstore #dragqueenstoryhour

3 shelves with historical fiction books faced out. Mona's Eyes, The Tower, Boy, The Stone Witch if Florence, Florenzer, Daughter of Verona, By Any Other Name, and Lady Macbeth.

New historical fiction display... But not WWII historical fiction!!
#booksky #historicalfiction #renaissance #shakespeare #bookdisplay

What are you doing on your phone? You've got books to read (or buy)!
#booksky #stopthescroll #readbooks #reader #booklover #indiebookstore #bookseller

Reading list for the day ✨IT HAPPENS✨
(There was fun music but it didn't download with it 😔)
#booksky #booklist #booksellers

A perspective photo of a book on a blanket on the grass with a few readers in the background in chairs looking out into a couple of trees and a meadow.

What do booksellers do on a summer Saturday evening? Go to a Silent Reading Party at the library's garden, duh.
#booksky #introverting #readingtime #silentreadingparty #saturdaynight #indiebookstore #vermont

A book display under a large window with window paint saying WTF!? Past Present Future. The books include The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates,history of Free Speech, On Civil Disobedience, and other similar commentary on the state of the USA under the trump administration.

Past, present, future: books to guide us through historical examples, where we currently are, & equip us to create a path to a different future 📚 Reading is resistance. One page at a time.
#indiebookstore #booksky #independentbookstore #shopindie #shoplocal #shopsmall #vermontbookstore

I'm so excited to announce I'll be partnering with @bridgesidebooks.bsky.social to host a reading retreat in Vermont!!! If you want to join me for cozy reading times, grab your spot today!

November 14 - 16, 2025!

@rebeccathorne.bsky.social

VT Fall Reading Retreat w author Rebecca Thorne
Nov 14-16, 2025

CALL Old Stagecoach Inn TO BOOK 802-244-5056
Welcome reception
Reading Time, Author lunch
Literary activities & goodies!
$399pp (+tax & room)
#readingretreat #rebeccathorne #booksky #vermont

Blurry background of a bookshelf with Used category heading and a person holding a large fake check made out to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England for $340.

Each year we pick a couple of nonprofits to which we donate a portion of our used book sales.
You can bring us your "recent and decent" used books any weekday, and we'll take what we can.
#usedbooks #indiebookstore #vermontbookstore #vermont #booksky #plannedparenthood #abortionishealthcare #proroe

Fall Reading Retreat w author EMILY RATH
The Grafton Inn in VT
Sept 12-14, 2025
CALL INN TO BOOK 802-843-2248 

Welcome bonfire w s’mores
Lunch w Emily Rath
VT-inspired dinner
Brunch w VT author
Book Swap
Books & bookish swag

Bundle: $499/pp
Rooms: $249-$329/nt
#readingretreat #emilyrath #booksky

Jenna holding three books (Great Big Beautiful Life, A Mother Always Knows, & Gifted & Talented) in front of the entrance to Bridgesides Books.

Who's birthday? JENNA'S! Manager, bookseller, content maven, event ideator, writer, who loves matching people with their perfect book. She's kind, smart, and Bridgeside would certainly not be the same without her. Here are some of favorites. Happy Birthday!
#booksky #indiebookstore #happybirthday

A woman in a wide brimmed hat standing holding a sign that says Make Atwood Fiction Again.

My sign for today's #nokings protest in Vermont.
#makeatwoodfictionagain
#booksky #bookseller #wethepeople #thehandmaidstale @margaretatwood.bsky.social

Your unplugged summer starts @ Bridgeside. Books, games, art kits, puzzles, search & find, wood carving, you name it! Unplugged is kind of our whole thing!
#booksky #indiebookstore #waterburyvt #vermontbookshop #vtbookstores #vtbookshop #shopindie #shopvermont #shopsmall #discoverwaterbury

3 women standing under the store sign and in front of the entrance of the bookstore Bridgeside Books between two metal planters with flowers.

My hs math teacher & her daughter visited me @ the bookshop. The 5th teacher of mine to see the direct result of their amazing education. I don't remember calculus, but I use algebra & geometry regularly!
Thank you to all of MY teachers & ALL teachers everywhere.
#booksky #teachersareheroes

Blurry background with text overlay: Free silent Reading party, von trapp family lodge & resort, Wed June 18 5:30pm

The next silent reading party is @ the von Trapp Family Lodge w/ Waterbury & Stowe libraries & Bear Pond Books Stowe. A big book lovefest in the Concert Meadow. BYO chair/blanket & book. Park @ Outdoor Center Lot. RAIN DATE: 6/25
#silentreadingparty #Waterburyvt #stowevt #booksky #indiebookstore

Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here...🤷‍♀️ #booksky #indiebookstore #bookseller #womanownedbusiness #smallbusinessowner

Fall reading retreat at the Grafton Inn in Vermont! 50 readers, two best-selling authors, literary activities and goodies! Mark your calendar for June 30th, the big reveal and booking launch.
#booksky #readingretreat #vermont #graftoninn

A table with a display of books and a sign that says "fiction?". These are all dystopian books including Animal Farm, It Can Happen Here, Parable of the Sower, 1984, The Handmaid's Tale, Fahrenheit 451, Mania, Julia, The Dispossessed, The Book Censor's Librarian, Brave New World, and I Who Have Never Known Men.

I'll just leave this here.
#booksky #fiction #dystopianbooks #Georgrorwell #aldoushuxley #raybradbury #octaviabutler #ursukakleguin #sinclairlewjs @margaretatwood.bsky.social #bothaynaalessa #lionelshriver #sandranewman #jacquelineharpman

Omg how apropos! I can't make it Sunday, but what a fun discussion

Feet with slippers on the foreground with a TV and in the background playing a scene from the movie You've Got Mail with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks

I haven't watched You've Got Mail since before I owned a bookstore. It certainly hits differently now!
#booksky #youvegotmail #bookseller #indiebookstore

Poppin IN. Missed a word 🤣

Sign in front of Bridgeside Books that says Books, the original handheld device

Picture of a window in bookstore with a “feelings flow chart”

Cover of THE BOARD by Katy Farber. A women running up steps toward a school at twilight in the fall.

Stopped by @bridgesidebooks.bsky.social today and was delighted by the collection (fierce), signage, and conversation. Dropped off an ARC of my new thriller, THE BOARD, out this fall 🍁

Thanks for popping! So nice to meet in person!

A tan and white corgi site waiting for a treat with books in the background

Bara the Corgi was very happy for a bookstore treat!
#booksky #corgi #bookstoredog #indiebookstore

Exterior of Bridgeside Booms with string lights and a wooden bench in front.

Good night register & good night phone, now I leave you all alone.

Good night stuffies asleep in your nooks.

Good night, Bookstore.

Good night, books.

#booksky #indiebookstore #poetry #rhyming

Group holding books on the porch of historic in with sign reading The Old Stagecoach Inn

A fantastic lunch and talk with authors @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social and Katherine Arden at our Bookworms B&B Reading Retreat!
#booksky #readingretreat #fantasyauthors #katherinearden #thespellshop #winternightseries

Wahoo! I got on the local news!
#booksky @americanbookseller.bsky.social #indiebookstoreday #indiebookstore #shoplocal
@wcaxtv.bsky.social @wcax.bsky.social

Background if bookshelves with a circle logo in upper left corner that says Independent Bookstore Day and a text box in cardboard that says Indies don't send celebrities to space, but we do support our local economy"

Background if bookshelves with a circle logo in upper left corner that says Independent Bookstore Day and a text box in cardboard that says algorithms don't throw parties. Indies do. Indie bookstore day, April 26

Love bookstores? Love browsing new ones while traveling? Love having one near home? if so, you need to shop at them, or they won't be there to love. Indies offer way more value than just buying a book - expert curation, personal book recs, events, donations, a safe space, fun social media! #booksky