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🎃It was a spooktacular event at the maplespringsofpalmer tonight! 🔮I was the resident fortune teller and candy distributor!🍬

I was able to participate at this event because of the amazing friends I have in the community who requested it and bookstore friends to cover the space for me.

In Alaska, where overdose deaths are rising again, Narcan and community are a lifeline Overdoses have been declining nationally since August 2023, but Alaska is far behind in that progress

👏Thank you, Hannah Green, for traveling all the way to Wasilla from Chicago to write this article. This is a deeply human piece — it captures both the desperation and resilience within Alaska’s overlapping crises of addiction, homelessness, and community care.

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🏳️‍🌈☕️What a FANTASTIC Queer Adult Coffee event! It was a full house, lots of food, a few of my favorite community clergy came, and everyone was an absolute delight. Thanks for your love and support of our community!

🖤I’m proud to host all community events by request. - Taylor

See you this Friday from 3pm-7pm for a FREE banned book! Read it, share it, repeat. 🇺🇸Read like your freedom depends on it.🇺🇸

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✈️Last week my dear friend Chloé babysat the bookstore for me so I could attend the Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Pittsburgh, PA. 👉Over 1,000 people attended to hear 200 guest speakers and learn at more then 60 breakout sessions and presentations.

I will soon be traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a conference. (More to come)
👉Where should I go?
👉Where should I eat?
👉Do you have friends that also need to be my friends?

👉It’s time to vote for the Best Of The Valley! Thanks for trusting us to be your Wasilla bookstore!😊🖤Share, share, share!
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🍦 WooHoo Ice Cream is back at the Café! Vanilla, Silky Chocolate, and Cookies & Cream pair perfectly with an espresso pour over. 4oz cups are $5.
🤌Low Lactose - No Egg - Sweetened With Honey🤌

📍Find WooHoo in Anchorage, Alaska! 5881 Arctic Boulevard 907-351-3087

🎣 Saturday I was closed so I could go fishing for the first time since I was ten! Thank you to my Coastie buddy, Gabe for taking my husband, Max and I out on an adventure. 🌊🛥️ Dinner at The Highliner Seward was the perfect recharge before heading 170 miles back to Wasilla. ✨See you at the bookstore!✨

🥼🌎It’s always inspiring to see Bookstore Family when attending events! Last month I saw Neil Degrasse Tyson and last night it was Bill Nye The Science Guy! I brought a friend for the fantastic talk then had a late dinner at Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse. I saw 8 other people of the bookstore. 👨‍🔬🔭

👉 👉ANNOUNCEMENT 🙌🍾We made the list for the Best Of Alaska Business Award! We love our #1 winning friends, Title Wave Books and are so grateful to be held together in the same category as the TOP TWO independent bookstores in the state!🥳Thank you for trusting me with caring for our amazing community!

📚Meet your new favorite item: The Anti-Anxiety Bookshelf Fidget! This artful $15 box has tiny books for you to stock over and over. 🧘
We also have ballpoint feather pens, quill sets, edge painted memo notebooks, a fresh resupply of morale stickers and a TON of locally made items. Books… and stuff. 🤌

**FREE Concert, Donations Appreciated**
Tuesday, August 26th | 5:30pm
Hemlock and Chaepter are cruising in from Louisiana and Chicago, ready to share their musical magic! Armed with a guitar, a cello, and a treasure chest of merch, they're set to serenade the folks of the North!

Located in Wasilla, Alaska.

Here’s our month at a glance! See you here!

🏕️We have the site spaces for camping Saturday! See the pictures below. 🟡The yellow dots are the three spaces.🟡 (Info 👇)

South Rolly Lake at Nancy Lake State Recreational Area!
Sat Aug 2nd overnight from noon

FREE - All Ages - SOBER
Please Bring:
Tent, Sleeping equipment, food, chair, firewood

✨My, what fantastic swag thou has! ✨
No adventure is complete without your Bookstore tumbler, tote, and stainless steel water bottle!
👕We still have our inventory sale on our $10 tee shirts!

🏡We’re excited to host this informational event for being a Host Home for queer youth! Bring your family, ask questions, and see if opening your hearts to a queer child or youth is something you can do. 💝

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My parents just sent me this video of our family farm in Iowa. I’m so proud to pass this along! 😍 These are my parents, Kim and Jon, and my dad is narrating. They just had their 50th wedding anniversary and retired in January!

I just finished “Never flinch” by Stephen King. Whatcha readin’?

🏳️‍🌈 Underground Pride with The Queen's Guard was a delight! The DJ, performers, food trucks, vendors, non-profits, churches, security, volunteers…. All 10 for 10!
💝Thank you for making me smile so much that my face still hurts. 🥹 Love and kindness was the name of the game for this event. 🎉

See you tomorrow for Pride!🏳️‍🌈
My America is for everyone.🇺🇸

☕️🥯Coffee with a Veteran is being sponsored by Cold Snap Coffee LLC! They are the new owners at the bakery on P-W Hwy.

👉👉Side note: If you’re hungry, we will feed you if we can. Our America feeds the hungry.🇺🇸

Donate to Support for Baby Joel's Farewell Fund, organized by Taylor Jordan We are fundraising for the final expenses of eight month old Baby Joel Hutcheson. … Taylor Jordan needs your support for Support for Baby Joel's Farewell Fund

Please support this Bookstore Family after their tragic loss last night.

🇺🇸We will be open on the Fourth of July until 5pm.
👉Some people can’t do parades and picnics because of accessibility or surroundings. We’ve got you! Pop by for some coffee and hang out.🇺🇸 My American is ALL of us.

🖤Thanks to everyone who came to Mick’s Memorial Open Mic last night. We had over 60 people!🖤
Mick was the MC for our Open Mic’s for almost 7 years, did the sound and equipment for Drag Storytime for 3 years, and came to the bookstore weekly.
✨The world lost a little magic when it lost Mick.✨

Donate to Support Ivy Santiago After Robert's Tragic Loss, organized by Valerie Powell We are working to raise money for Robert Brown's family as he has passe… Valerie Powell needs your support for Support Ivy Santiago After Robert's Tragic Loss

🇺🇸Please donate to support this veteran’s family.
This is the fifth death within the Bookstore Family this year. 🖤

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🏳️‍🌈It was a FULL HOUSE! We had 40 individuals and families attend our 3rd Annual Drag Storytime! We are so honored to have been trusted to host!

✨Thank you Penny, DandyLyin and Lovebug for being our readers and a special thank you to our two ASL interpreters for helping keep the event accessible.