Federal Street Books

Happy Halloween! For today, we will be matching sales up to $250 with a donation to the Center for Self-Reliance Food Pantry.

Covered a 4-hour shift at @federalstbooks.bsky.social today. In my modestly sized town, we sold out of the Constitution, sold 2 copies of Common Sense, and I lent some packing tape to a guy who needed to repair his inflatable dinosaur.

I think what disappoints me about Banned Books Week is that it's a campaign of bottled awareness that disappears the other 51 weeks of the year. We are supposed to react with shock and dismay when we learn books are banned. What we need are anger and refusal.

Plastic skeleton on shelf holding sign that reads THE HORROR

Plastic skeleton posed seated on top of a bookcase holding a Pride flag

Plastic skeleton sitting on shelf holding sign reading SPOOKY BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK

Plastic skeleton balanced on top of ceiling sign reading SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

It may be Halloween season, but the skeletons are put to work all year round.

Closed for vacation. See you again regular hours beginning 9/24!

Schedule updates! Open 1:30pm Thurs, regular hours Fri/Sat, CLOSED 9/7 - 9/23. Any special/web orders will be processed beginning 9/24. Used book buys and donations paused until 10/1. Thanks for your support! We’ll be back at it regular hours and of course some holiday hours through year-end.

Great to see you! Happy #indiebookstoreday!

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

Federal Street Books Bookshop Federal Street Books is a used and new bookstore located in downtown Greenfield, MA. Co-owners Hillary Hoffman and Neil Serven purchased the store in 2019. Our in-store selection includes broad fictio...

Here’s where you’ll find our storefront: bookshop.org/shop/federal...

Starting today, get your ebooks from @bookshop-org.bsky.social and support indies! We desperately need to update our Bookshop storefront, but you can search and buy anything there, and those dollars make a big difference for us.

Closed 1/5 - 1/31! You can order while we’re closed via our website for shipping or free Greenfield delivery (no pickups during this period) or shop via @bookshop-org.bsky.social Thanks, and see you Feb 1!

I (Neil) am here until 2 and we’ve got a few copies of THE SERVICEBERRY remaining. Holiday jazz playing in the store. It’s lightly snowing.

We’re here until 4pm today (Sunday) with some great gift ideas! And, open 10-2 on 12/24. We’ll be closed 12/25 and 12/26, open regular/expanded hours Friday - Sunday, closed 12/31 and 1/1.

A small plastic skeleton sitting on a black bookcase wearing a Santa Claus hat. It has a sign reading THE HORROR! displayed on its lap and there is a label reading HORROR on the face of the shelf below its legs.

Best wishes of the season.

Sure, Amazon may be "convenient", but have you ever spent a rainy day perusing a quaint bookstore?

black tabletop Christmas tree with a plastic skeleton resting on top, stocked bookshelves in the background

Open until 7pm today (Friday) — free sticker with purchase. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY our Prize Bin opens up, you choose with a purchase over $30. Sunday 12-4. Please shop downtown when you can!

Well hey! You can find us there : bookshop.org/shop/federal...

Cover of CHER: THE MEMOIR PART ONE by Cher

Cher if you agree.

Very much a fan of books that fit in a hoodie pocket.

Book stack, top-bottom: ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder; WHAT THE CHICKEN KNOWS by Sy Montgomery; TOTO by A. J. Hackwith; AN IMAGE OF MY NAME ENTERS AMERICA by Lucy Ives; WE SHALL BE MONSTERS by Alyssa Wees; SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS by Ed Park; THE TAINTED CUUP by Robert Jackson Bennett; SERVANT OF EARTH by Sarah Hawley; THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES by Julie Leong; THE HURRICANE WARS by Thea Gaunzon; MASQUERADE by Mike Fu; WITCHCRAFT: A GRAPHIC HISTORY by Lindsay Squire; THE COURTING OF BRISTOL KEATS by Mary E. Pearson; DIDION & BABITZ by Lili Anolik.

New arrivals this week!

Scary Books for Scaredy-Cats Looking to dip your toe into horror this Halloween season? Entry-level thrills by Shirley Jackson, Victor LaValle and T. Kingfisher are a good place to start.

for the NYTBR, I got to recommend a list of horror books for ween— uh, scaredy-cats. gift link! www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/b...

We are underway!

We're celebrating our 5-year anniversary with a sale 10/11-10/13. Save 25% storewide on new and used books, art supplies, cards, gifts, wrapping paper, and more! We'll also have free stickers, Spooky Blind Date with a Book, and other treats.

Book stack, top-bottom: HORROR FOR WEENIES by Emily Hughes; THE NIGHT GUEST by Hildur Knutsdottir; UNDER THE EYE OF BIG BIRD by Hiromi Kawakami; CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner; FRIGHTFUL FOLKLORE OF NORTH AMERICA by Mike Bass; COLORED TELEVISION by Danzy Senna

New releases! I (Neil) really liked @hildur.bsky.social's THE NIGHT GUEST and CREATION LAKE. Intrigued by @emilyhughes.bsky.social's HORROR FOR WEENIES and Danzy Senna's COLORED TELEVISION!

Facade of a street-level red storefront with "Federal Street Books" on a black sign over the entrance and "BOOKS" spelled vertically on a corner pillar at the left. There's a cart and sandwich board in front of the window and a tree growing in front of the store.

Thanks for a great month, everyone! We’ll be back regular hours on July 9.

Happy Pride! We have a few blue shirts left, along with last year’s shirts and we have some hats! Have an amazing day downtown in #greenfieldma!

Spend enough time in the shop and you begin to see patterns.

Sandwich board decorated with red, yellow, and blue balloons reading HAPPY INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY STOP IN AND SPIN THE WHEEL

Basket of prizes decorated with red, yellow, and blue balloons reads CHOOSE A FREE GIFT WITH PURCHASE OVER $25

Two plastic skeletons holding a red balloon and a small sign reading THE HORROR! and a book section labeled CLASSICS in the background

Three plastic skeletons on a bookshelf, one wearing a winter hat and black t-shirt, another suspended upside down and holding a blue balloon

Happy Indie Bookstore Day!

#indiebookstoreday is a week away! find your local participating bookstore using this searchable map: www.indiebound.org/independent-...