1977 Books

01/22/2024

The bookstore is open this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Thanks to volunteers AJ and Nell for holding it down!

🌸 M 2-5pm; W 2-5pm; F 10am-5pm 🌸

11/06/2023

We are meeting on Monday, November 27 from 6pm-8pm to discuss our reading of, “The Hundred Year War on Palestine.” We will meet in person at 1977 Books and on zoom for those who want to join remotely. You can purchase the books on our website. The link is in our bio. If you are unable to purchase a copy of the book for financial reasons, please DM us so we can ensure you get a copy. Please holler if you have any other questions or suggestions for our meeting. 🍉 From the river to the sea. Palestine will be free.

10/01/2023

This summer our incredible intern, Ciera, redesigned our bookstore website. Thanks to y’all can purchase books online to be shipped OR picked up. And as always, if we don’t have what you want, you can make a request on our website. 1977books.com

09/18/2023

1977 Books can’t wait to get this new book in your hands and on your kids’ shelves! Join us on Saturday, September 23, at 12 pm, to celebrate the release of Where There’s Smoke… There’s Fire! Bring your kids, bring the family, but maybe leave your cats at home.

Author Elizabeth Shannon and Illustrator Angelica Lyublinskaya will be at 1977 Books to meet fans and sign copies of their book. We can’t wait to see you on Saturday!

07/14/2023

NEW TIME! 🌼 1pm-3pm 🌼 Our authors had a bit of travel trouble so we had to push back our event to 1pm. See y’all tomorrow for this lovely reading with and 🌼

07/10/2023

We are so excited to welcome Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Jamila Minnicks, two award-winning authors, this Saturday from 10 am - 12 pm for a conversation at 1977 Books. Light refreshments will be provided and we’ll have books for sale to be signed by the authors. Please join us!

Bookstore, library and community space. For the people, by the people.

06/13/2023

We have big news! With the generous support of , we are thrilled to welcome Ciera Rogers into the 1977 Books fam as our Edelweiss Legacy PAID intern for the summer!

Ciera is an Alabama native who is an INCREDIBLE artist and we can’t wait to see how she helps our bookstore and community space grow. She’ll be slinging books on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10 am - 4 pm, so stop in and say hi!

For those of you unfamiliar with , their mission is to transform the ecosystem of the book industry into one where people from diverse communities can flourish. They envision a society where everyone’s stories are valued, making life more fulfilling for us all. Sound a little like our “we keep us safe” values? We thought so too. ❤️

06/13/2023

☀️ Summer Hours ☀️

06/08/2023

Please join us on Saturday from 12-2 pm!

06/06/2023

Open hours for the week 📚

06/05/2023

Join us this Saturday from 12pm-2pm at 1977 Books for the Teach Truth Day of Action! We will be discussing the fight against classroom censorship in our state. Free banned books and lunch will be provided. Register at the link in the bio.