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Fun fact! Booksweet’s shop name in Anishinaabemowin is Mazina’igan Wiishkobad. Learn how to pronounce Mazina’igan Wiishkobad in this post—and learn other ways to celebrate indigenous values and language in our community.

On Saturday, December 2 from 10 am-9 pm, 20% of your total purchase will support the school library at Clague Middle School, part of Ann Arbor Public Schools.

On Saturday, October 28 from 10 am-9 pm, 20% of your total in-store purchase will support the school library at A2 STEAM @ Northside, a public K-8 school located less than a mile away from Booksweet.

Consider Booksweet for your school author visits! In the 2023-2024 academic year, we’re happy to cover the cost of author visits for Title 1 schools in Washtenaw County with any 100 book order, offer a 20% bulk discount to all schools, and work with your school community to ensure equity is at the heart of author visits.

Meet Booksweet’s ARC Team! You’ll see their recs in-shop (shelf talkers) and on social media.

In May 2023, Booksweet partnered with Michigan Medicine and the Joseph and Karen Krantz Family Charitable Foundation for a Mental Health fundraiser. Our goal: to resource the hospital’s adult and pediatric psychiatric inpatient unit libraries with books and mental health resources. Learn more about the outcomes of that campaign and our heartfelt gratitude to all who participated.

We support UPS workers and recognize that strikes are meant to be disruptive. Here’s what to expect at Booksweet if there’s a UPS strike.

Booksweet bookseller Aricka has been doing a great job tending to our new Romance section. Check out some of her Romance picks, both new and old, for you all this summer!