Bookie’s Bookstore - Chicago
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This is the Bluesky Account for Bookie’s Bookstore on the far South Side of Chicago in the beautiful Beverly neighborhood!
If you're on the south side today or if you're willing to come check it out, 20% of sales at the Original Rainbow Cone will be donated to FAIR Fund Chicago if you show this flyer at checkout. FAIR Fund Chicago provides school book fair vouchers so no kid leaves empty-handed! Go get some ice cream!
Revamped the FAIR Fund Chicago website this weekend. Mostly did it to put up the quotes from staff and students from Kipling Elementary, whose school book fair was 100% funded by FAIR Fund Chicago (and your donations). Check them out: fairfundchicago.org/our-impact/
Our Impact – FAIR Fund Chicago
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Incredibly proud! Today was the second day of a school book fair at Kipling Elementary in Chicago! This fair was literally FREE for all the kids! They all got $25 vouchers to pick the books they wanted thanks to FAIR Fund Chicago and its generous donors! Thank you for making this possible!!!
Incredibly proud! Today was the second day of a school book fair at Kipling Elementary in Chicago! This fair was literally FREE for all the kids! They all got $25 vouchers to pick the books they wanted thanks to FAIR Fund Chicago and its generous donors! Thank you for making this possible!!!
Indie bookstores are waiting for you!
Keith Lewis@kemilew.bsky.social · 5mo agoPeople are figuring out that amazon and Barnes and Noble are absolute shit companies. Independent bookstores have been literally dying trying to tell you this for years. It's time to shift and support the Indies. Good work if you already do.
ANNOUNCING A FUNDRAISING ICE CREAM SOCIAL! On March 24th between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Jeni's West loop location at 908 West Randolph Street in Chicago! 25% of your purchase between those hours will be donated to FAIR fund Chicago! Please share!
A nice article about the work we're doing! It's only two months until the Kipling Elementary book fair! Is there a philanthropists of bluesky feed? #literacy #equity #kids #booksky blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/21/h...
How A Beverly Bookstore Is Empowering South Side Kids To Build Their Home Libraries
FAIR Fund Chicago, a nonprofit started by Bookie's owner Keith Lewis, is making it possible for every student at school book fairs to buy books.
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So close to the goal!
FAIR Fund Chicago@fairfundchicago.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe are working to fully fund the book fair at Kipling Elementary, a public school in Chicago! They have 240 students, and 88% of them have free/reduced lunch status. If we meet our goal, every student will get a voucher with which they can choose and take home books for free! www.fairfundchicago.org
www.timeout.com/chicago/shop... #30? We'll take it! Though the order is a mystery. There are some great stores on this list. Chicago is a lucky town. Support your local indie bookstore!!!
The best bookstores in Chicago
Discover a new novel to get lost in.
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"Yet once you've come to be part of this particular patch, you'll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real." Nelson Algren, Chicago: City on the Make #chicago #literature #chicagowriters #brokennosebooks
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: A new Chicago imprint seeking submissions for stories, art, poetry, nonfiction, photography for an anthology-- Hurl Words into this Darkness: Echoes in Gash or Gold. See brokennosebooks.com for more information. #art #poetry #photography #artists #writers #chicago #stories
FAIR Fund Chicago has chosen a CPS school with 88% low income families: Rudyard Kipling Elementary for their first book fair to support IN FULL. The book fair will be March 24-26. Please help fund the vouchers for this book fair: secure.givelively.org/donate/fair-...
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FAIR Fund Chicago@fairfundchicago.bsky.social · 9mo agoPlease follow @fairfundchicago.bsky.social! Share this post with anyone you think might help fully fund this school book fair. Imagine if you'd been able to go to the school book fair and choose books at no cost to you or your family. secure.givelively.org/donate/fair-...
As the year ends we've increased the footprint of indie presses from around the country. As times change it's important to support these smaller publishers who are putting out fascinating books. It's not surprising that so many indie pubs are putting out award winners. #smallpress #indiepublishers
We have made the difficult decision NOT to donate to Trump's White House ballroom. Unlike PiranhaCo, we have morals. I wonder how much money made selling books in the time it took to write this post. Shop local. It's always worth it.
A massive loss to Chicago. Truly a one-of-a-kind artist. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/t...
Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, has died at 66
He had recently published a new book, “The Sun at the End of the Road,” filled with his distinctive art, poetry and prose. Some consider it a memoir.
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FAIR Fund Chicago is a registered 501(c)(3) dedicated to ensuring that ALL kids can walk away from their school book fair with books! No one leaves emptyhanded. #books #booksky #literacy #nonprofit #indiebookstores #bookfair #schoolbookfair #dogoodthings www.beverlyreview.net/news/top_sto...
Bookies starts FAIR Fund
As owner of Bookie’s New and Used Books, Keith Lewis has seen firsthand the disappointment of children when they walk away from their school’s book fair empty-handed.
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FAIR Fund Chicago@fairfundchicago.bsky.social · 11mo agoFAIR Fund Chicago provides book vouchers so every student attending school book fairs—hosted by @bookieschicago.bsky.social can choose books freely, confidently, and without exception.We remove cost as a barrier to literacy, ensuring every student walks away with stories they’ve chosen themselves.
It’s open again! Today through Sunday.
So psyched to once again sponsor and bring a fantastic selection of books to the Beverly/Morgan Park #juneteenth family festival! It’s more important than ever this year.
We held a bookmark contest, and these were the four winners. I had them printed locally. They came out wonderful with the store information on the back and credit to the artists. They also won Bookie’s gift cards!
Congratulations, Meg, on finding the Libro.fm Golden Ticket!! She has won an entire year of audiobooks, courtesy of our digital audiobook partner, libro.fm! #librofmgoldenticket
Thanks Trump. The school at which we are CURRENTLY running a book fair just lost the Title I funding to put books into the hands of kids literally in the middle of the book fair. The school lost money. The store lost money. But hey. Rich people got richer.
We’re having a bookmark contest! Any #artists want to enter? #contest #art #artist #indiebookstore #books #booksky 📚💙💙📚 bookiesbookstores.com/events/25402...
Bookie's Bookmark Contest
Bookie's has been selling books on the South Side since 1989, it is a treasure trove of books from out-of-print titles to the newest bestsellers.
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This is the late Tuskegee Airman John (Jack) Lyle, a friend to the store for many years. He was a humble man who resisted the term “hero” and loved sailing, which he did into his late 90s. He signed books at one of our most successful events. He won’t be erased. #tuskegeeairmen #dei #blackhistory
With these racists deleting everything about black people from history, I suppose we’ll have to duodecuple down and declare every month as black history month. These people have lost their minds. We will always carry books by and about people of color. Diversity to the end, whenever that will be.
