@violetfoxbookshop.bsky.social
Independent, pop-up bookstore based in Virginia Beach, focused on supporting the freedom to read #booksky #readbannedbooks https://linktr.ee/thevioletfoxbookshop
💜📚 happy reading and thank you for supporting our little indie bookstore!
06.06.2025 01:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🫶💜📚 Hope you enjoy!
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📚✨ Book lovers, mark your calendars!
Join us for the Back Alley Book Sale - May 3rd 11AM–4PM at Union Overall as part of the Hampton Roads Indie Bookstore Crawl! Come get your #hrindiebookstoredrawl passport stamped, explore Union Overall, & support your local indie scene!
Books, booze, and live music at The Ghent’s POP-UP Book Fair
Welcome to Get Lit(erary) on the Rooftop! Join us for an evening of literary fun under the stars. Get ready to mingle with fellow book lovers, sip on your favorite drinks, and enjoy the beautiful rooftop view.
The book Wildfire Days by Kelly Ramsey
Just finished Wildfire Days by Kelly Ramsey (coming in June) and wow! Real review coming soon, but suffice to say I burned through this book quick, learned so much, and it was so much deeper than expected. Highly recommend adding this to your #tbrlist
04.03.2025 18:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Resources to learn about and fight banned books and challenged books
Just launched a new page on our website highlighting book lists, resources, and information on book bans and challenges: thevioletfoxbookshop.square.site/book-ban-res...
#bannedbooks #booksky
Nothing to see here. Just casually dropping a comprehensive list of banned books
docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/...
Banned Romance: Ahead of #ValentinesDay, PEN America has released a list of the most commonly banned romance novels in public schools. pen.org/press-releas...
13.02.2025 15:25 — 👍 33 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 2If you do one thing today, please contact your representatives. The federal government is now banning books from schools on a national level to try and erase trans stories and history - view.e.bookriot.com?qs=d6105d4a5...
#booksky #bannedbooks
Resources are linked in our bio.
Eek, typo in the post but not on the graphic - challenge ends 2/14, not 2/15! ❤️
06.02.2025 23:07 — 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is why Trump's move to frame book bans as a "hoax" is so alarming.
28.01.2025 15:24 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Ebooks are now available through Bookshop.org!
This is very exciting news because it means you can read ebooks and still support your local indie bookstore. THIS is the alternative to Amazon that we've all been waiting for 💜📚 Check out our shop at
bookshop.org/shop/theviol...
#booksky #shopindie
Maybe virtual dates would work? I think a lot of art museums have virtual tours online, or at least let you view the work online. Google earth is perhaps not best for a walk in the park, but you could get creative here. Get lost in a library book about famous gardens! Don't let yourself be limited 💜
27.01.2025 22:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Always Bookshop.org 🙌
23.01.2025 19:27 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm cackling 🤣🤣🤣🤣
22.01.2025 12:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yessss 🙌
22.01.2025 01:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I also love The Starless Sea! I would also say The Princess Bride, The Night Circus, and The Secret Garden are favorites. More recently, I've loved The Serpent and The Wolf and can't wait for the sequel! The Fireman, The Nature of Witches, and Psalm for the Wildbuilt are also high up there :)
20.01.2025 22:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Resources & info on book bans and challenges are at the bottom of our linktree: linktr.ee/thevioletfox...
#booksky #fightbookbans
We're just gonna leave this right here #readbannedbooks
bookshop.org/lists/banned...
An Open Letter to Our Publishers
![With the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5jnockxrg63tj4sh24j2y6br/bafkreifuobvu6qojz5fectj7ptbwrzp4t3mpvojwwcnapxprdhn7oc6c5a@jpeg)
With the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025)
For authors who are not citizens, this could also result in deportation. This promises to be a pro-censorship, pro-book-banning administration, and the successful implementation of its policies will require willing compliance of America's institutions, including its corporations. The freedom to write is as important as the freedom to read. We have been heartened by many publishers' willingness to engage in legal and legislative pathways to fight book banning and want to be sure that you will double-down on your fight during this consequential time.
This past week AABB help open forums with authors from all genres and age levels to better understand author concerns and needs. While this may not be a complete list due to the rapid turnaround, we know we have a short time before January to prepare for what is to come and we want to this start this conversation sooner rather than later.
An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4
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Release day for The Princess is finally here! You can get the ebook here: buy.bookfunnel.com/ntnf9y22wk
(Paperbacks releasing on January 31st and can be pre-ordered using the link above)
But also... a story about a nation rewriting history, censoring news, and banning books is a pretty relevant topic!
14.01.2025 17:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Nothing basic about enjoying a good book! Reading does not always need to be productive or educational. Reading for pure enjoyment is just as valid 💜
14.01.2025 16:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our first snow in 3 years here in Virginia Beach! Hope you're all soaking in the wintery vibes with a good book and staying safe & warm 💜📚
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