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A kid with a green flannel shirt and white tee shirt flips through a book.

Are your kids working through a summer reading list?

by Carley Lanich May 13, 2026May 13, 2026

They could win prizes for their efforts at two local Indy bookstores.

Anna Hall (left), 48, and her daughter, Bre Lander, 28, arrange books in the bookstore they opened last year, Garden of Readin' Book Closet, on April 22, 2024, in Indianapolis.

What’s new at the 2026 Indy Indie Book Crawl

by Gwen Ragno March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

This year’s event March 19-22 features pop-up shops at The Stutz and an influencer party.

What were arts and culture like in Indianapolis 40 years ago?

by Mesgana Waiss March 9, 2026March 11, 2026

Learn about a foreign film festival in Castleton Square in the 1980s and IndyGo’s Poetry on the Bus in the library’s new digital collection.

Meet Lawrence’s new used bookstore

by Darian Benson September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

Red Dog Books is a nonprofit and used bookstore on 46th Street.

Three events to attend before Dream Palace closes on July 26

by Rebecca Berfanger July 22, 2025July 24, 2025

Dream Palace Books & Coffee owner Taylor Lewandowski also shares book recommendations as he bids farewell to his bookstore.

Adam Henze and Siren Hand pose together for a photo in an under-construction space. Adam is holding up a key, and they're both smiling.

Two poets to open a typewriter and book shop in Garfield Park

by Sophie Young March 12, 2025March 12, 2025

Indy Type Shop will also have a small theater and serve tea.

Books are on display on a shelf in the center of a local bookstore, with more shelves (plus some plants) visible in the background.

27 bookstores to visit for the 2025 Indy Indie Book Crawl

by Sophie Young March 5, 2025July 22, 2025

Plan your route with this guide to every stop.

Books at Paul Laurence Dunbar Library during a reopening ceremony May 7, 2024, in Martindale Brightwood. The library was originally opened inside John Hope School No. 26 as the city’s first library specifically for Black residents. The library has been reopened in the same space for students of the Oaks Academy Middle School.

Grown-Up Book Fair lets you feel like a kid again

by Tyler Fenwick February 26, 2025March 3, 2025

The family-friendly event recreates the book fairs of your childhood.

Sara Gelston Somers, who co-owns Golden Hour Books with her husband, Max Somers, places books on a shelf at the store on Nov. 15, 2023. (Photo/Tyler Fenwick)

‘Life After Incarceration’ event will feature community storytellers

by Mary Claire Molloy January 31, 2025February 7, 2025

People will share their stories about life after release at a Golden Hour Books event.

Julia Breakey, who co-owns Tomorrow Bookstore with her husband, Jake Budler, places books on the shelves at the store on Nov. 9, 2023.

The Indy Indie Book Crawl returns March 20

by Sophie Young January 28, 2025March 10, 2025

This year’s crawl will include 29 bookstores in Central Indiana.

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