The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ~ Saint Augustine~ We couldn't let the year end without one more...

It wouldn't be right to highlight books as gifts without offering a selection of coffee-table books. We have so many beautiful, giftable...

Each year since 2012 PoetryLife, a project of Bookstore1Sarasota, has been bringing the best of the world’s poets to Sarasota. PoetryLife...

It's our biggest book list of the year! We moved the store this year, which was a very big deal, but we all still found time for reading....

I like to call it nighttime brain: the way your mind seems to function on a different frequency than it does during daylight hours -...

Teens can be difficult to buy for, but we know there's a book for everyone! Here are 12 recent young adult works that we recommend for...

There are some great books coming out this winter. Here is a selection that we are excited about, including Jane Smiley, Salman Rushdie,...

Children's Book Week is back! This year's second dedicated week of celebration takes place November 7-13 with the theme, "How do you...

It’s the time of year when those of us who set annual reading goals start to get nervous. It’s also the time of year when holiday...

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice...

It’s time for literary prizes and awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded and the Booker Prize, Kirkus Prize and National...

After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies. ~Cynthia Ozick Some great biographies and memoirs have been published...

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. ~Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak It's Banned Books Week, a time to champion our...

Not only do we love our local authors, but we know you'll love them, too. Let us introduce you! On Saturday, October 15 and Saturday,...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.” —Oscar Wilde / The Picture of Dorian Gray...

Summertime is still in full effect in Sarasota and what could be a better distraction from the heat than a chilling thriller? These seven...

Today is Bookstore Romance Day, a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books,...

There are some great books coming out this autumn. Here is a selection that we are excited about, including Stephen King, Michelle Obama,...

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~Marcel Proust~ Air travel is hard right...

Since we are in the dog days of summer, here are some bark-worthy books to put on your radar. These 12 books are all about dogs: fiction,...