Bubbles and Books

We're heading back to our time in New York, and bringing you an episode of Poppin' Off with New York City bookseller, Dog Pack subscriber, friend of Rachel, the incredible Pedro Ramirez. Pedro brings wonderful insight to the book world of New York and offers fantastic reading recommendations. Bubbles were popped, and laughs were had. Thank you to Pedro and Lindsay for joining us on this special Bubbles & Books episode. 

In this episode, Pedro mentions a poem called "Sporting Life" from Adrian Matejka's poetry collection, "The Big Smoke". You can find the poem online here.  Check out what Pedro had to say about this book as one of his staff picks at McNally Jackson here.

You can find Pedro on Instagram at @prettymuchbooks 

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Ellyn, Amanda and Rachel recently visited 13 bookstores in New York. This episode is all about the experiences, bookstores they visited, cocktails and more. One of the best things is when indie support indies, and that's what this New York Trip was all about. Tell us what region we should go explore bookstores next!

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In honor of Banned Books Week 2023 we're coming to you with an episode of Poppin' Off with Joyce McIntosh of the Freedom to Read Foundation. We are also joined by Dog-Eared's Tanvi Rastogi, a former youth librarian, who faced book banning challenges during her career. The episode focuses on the fight against book banning, what that means in our community and the problematic and dangerous nature of book banning. 

The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is a non-profit legal and educational organization affiliated with the American Library Association.  FTRF protects and defends the First Amendment to the Constitution and supports the right of libraries to collect - and individuals to access - information.

https://www.ftrf.org/? (the Freedom to Read Foundation)

https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif (the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and challenge support)

merrittfund.org (a fund supporting librarians who are facing discrimination in the workplace or whose job is being threatened due to their defense of intellectual freedom)

It's been an exciting past week since we added another shelving unit on the floor, expanded some much loved sections, AND added new sections for customers to browse! Hear all about the new shelf changes happening and from Bookseller Bailey and Event Coordinator Emily on why they're excited for these changes. 

Order a copy of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and help us try and bring her to Dog-Eared Books! email rachel@dogearedbooksames.com to place and order.

Please make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends.

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This episode is inspired by Emily and her fresh new bangs. Ellyn and Amanda discuss everything that is currently bangin'. From books (duh), to movies and they even share what's not bangin'. *cough* book banning *cough*. With this chaotic episode we also get our event coordinator Emily on the episode! It's a fun mix of all things bookish and what we're loving. 

Listeners of today's podcast will also hear about an exclusive offer Bookshop.org has given us.

Order a copy of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and help us try and bring her to Dog-Eared Books! email rachel@dogearedbooksames.com to place and order.

Please make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends.

Shop the books mentioned in today's podcast with Bookshop.org HERE.

Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast

Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames

Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE.

Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

This past weekend, we had one of the great rivalries happen, Iowa State vs. Iowa football game. So in honor of the CyHawk game Ellyn brought bookseller Mariah onto today's episode to discuss some of the great bookish rivalries. Let us know if we missed any!

Listeners of today's podcast will also hear about an exclusive offer Bookshop has given us.

Order a copy of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and help us try and bring her to Dog-Eared Books! email rachel@dogearedbooksames.com to place and order.

Please make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends.

Shop the books mentioned in today's podcast with Bookshop.org HERE.

Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast

Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames

Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE.

Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

The Literature Map. A phenomenon discovered by Bookseller Amy to help guide readers towards finding the perfect book. But is this odd little website accurate for suggesting authors similar to authors you already love? Amanda & Ellyn test the system out and discuss the accurate and strange recommendations from the Literature Map.

Try the Literature Map for yourself today here!

Listeners of today's podcast will also hear about an exclusive offer Bookshop has given us.

Please make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends.

Shop the books mentioned in today's podcast with Bookshop.org HERE.

Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast

Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames

Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE.

Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

This is a really exciting episode for Bubbles & Books because we have Bookshop.org 's Senior Partnerships Manager Sarah High on as today's guest. We first met Sarah at Winter Institute and again at the Midwest Booksellers Spring Road Trip and are continually grateful for her work she does with indie bookstores. Bookshop.org is a great way to support your local indie bookstore even if you don't live near one. Many booksellers credit this company to keeping them afloat during the pandemic. Sarah is joining us to tell us about Bookshop, how it was founded and future plans the company has. 

Listeners of today's podcast will also hear about an exclusive offer Bookshop has given us and learn more about the company and how wonderful it is.

Please make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends.

Shop the books mentioned in today's podcast with Bookshop.org HERE.

Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast

Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames

Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE.

Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

Are you ready for Love Unleashed? This week we have Bookseller Katie on the podcast and she's sharing with us all about our newest subscription offering Love Unleashed. This subscription will feature spicy love stories featuring different genres, time periods, tropes, and identities delivered to its readers in a monthly paperback book. The books selected may be a much anticipated new release or an author that has been largely under-the-radar of most readers whom the staff at Dog-Eared Books thinks you might enjoy. We also chat about our love stories and what tropes they might fit into. 

Learn more about our subscription Love Unleashed HERE.

Want to map out your literature map? You can do that HERE.

Check out Good Books Young Troublemakers HERE.

Introducing the two middle-est readers, the "Jans" if you will, the glue that holds the sandwich together, the middle children of Dog-Eared Book's co-owners, Flora and Atticus. 

These two bring not only hilarity to today's episode, but we are blessed with the musical stylings of Atticus, Flora's great bookish questions, as well as a cameo from her dog Posy. They share with us some of their favorite books they remember as well as what they're currently reading.