Celebrate the wonders of independent bookstores all day long during this national event. Local independent stores including, but not limited to, Brookline Booksmith, Harvard Book Store, Porter Square Books, Belmont Books, and Papercuts will offer Independent Bookstore Day exclusive books and gift items like literary tea towels and “Bad Citizen” graffiti stencils.
Find your local indie and show them some love!
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.