Annie's Book Stop of Worcester

The little bookstore that's bigger on the inside

After a wonderful time at the New England Independent Booksellers Association trade show last week, ABSW is back to posting about new titles we’ve got in the store that we’re extra excited about! Here are two from our Kids and Teens selection. Beneath the Streets of Boston by Joe McKendry is a gorgeous book that …

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Happy Banned Books Week! This week bookstores and libraries are celebrating books that have been challenged and banned over the years. Not familiar with Banned Books Week? Here’s how the American Library Association describes it, “Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, …

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Happy Official Autumn as of this week, friends! We love autumn for a lot of reasons at the store – not the least of which being Halloween! We’ve put together a lovely display up front of some of our favorite fall reads. Some may even be a surprise to you, so check them out! Thank …

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After our two events this weekend, Pet Rock at Becker College in Leicester and Pride on Worcester Common, we have some especially cool titles in our kids and teens sections! First of all, we’ve got volume one of the Steven Universe comic – based on the insanely popular, hit Cartoon Network show loved by all …

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Welcome to September! We’re having a lovely beginning of fall already. Just this past weekend, we had a great Saturday at Pride on Worcester Common, where we sold books from our growing LGBTQIA, as well the titles as for our Rainbow Readers and Rainbow Readers Youth book club discussions. We also had a chance to …

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Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our spotlight on local author Janet Lawler, a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators and one of our guests for the Pet Rock Festival this Sunday. ABSW will have a booth at Becker College in Leicester from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, …

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Happy Labor Day! We hope all our friends are having an excellent holiday weekend and staying safe. Do you know what we are celebrating today? According to the Department of Labor: Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of …

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