Women & Children First

Your local feminist bookstore since 1979

[Alex Koppel @arsduo]

Chicago friends! Happy to see Dayspring is available at @wcfbook, @PilsenCommBooks, @UnabridgedBooks, and @madstreetbooks--just looking among my old favorites where I've dragged @meakoopa on visits 📚

[Third Coast Translators Collective @TCTC_Chicago]

We had a blast last night chatting poetry, languages, what translation creates & the pitfalls of the platform formerly known as Twitter @SusannaLang16 @SusanHarrisWWB Alta Price @kristenmill @wcfbook

[Jessamine Chan @jessaminechan]

Can't wait to celebrate my beloved genius friend @hilsaphina and her new novel TERRACE STORY @wcfbook! Join us on 8/31 on zoom!

[Women & Children First @wcfbook]

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[Women & Children First @wcfbook]

Did you know about 40% of women in prison didn't finish high school? This back-to-school season, help @ChicagoBWP get educational books in the hands of learners behind bars. Buy a book or gift card on the CBWP wishlist or from the in-store display.

[North Carolina Green Party @NorthCarolinaGP]

Read banned books and defend Black Studies!

Get your FREE ebook of @Kaepernick7's OUR HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTRABAND: IN DEFENSE OF BLACK STUDIES coedited by @CaseyGrants Freedom Scholars @KeeangaYamahtta & Robin D. G. Kelley.

Free download ➡️ https://t.co/z3JrkDce4R.

[Julian Lucas @jcljules]

I profiled Samuel R. Delany—sci-fi pioneer, gay radical, literary genius—for @NewYorker’s fiction issue https://t.co/iKEpW14mwv

[@roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social @RoomofOnesOwn]

😍😍😍😍😍

[sarah rose etter @sarahroseetter]

more book tour updates! i'll be doing a virtual event with the ICON SAMANTHA IRBY thanks to the babes @wcfbook on JULY 25 so get READY!

[McCormack Writing Center @mccormack_wc]

⚡ TONIGHT!⚡

Join @mfernandespoet author of ⚡ I Do Everything I'm Told @wcfbook!

with CM Burroughs, @lhiton + @RichieHof

Tues 6/27 = 7pm CT

More info + register (but it's free to attend!): https://t.co/dYdRPb1yjA

[Women & Children First @wcfbook]

We are SO excited about @EsmeSymesSmith upcoming releases Sir Callie & the Champions of Helston (paperback) and Sir Callie & the Dragon's Roost!! Pre-order to get a signed bookplate and bookmark 😍 https://t.co/cocryxoYil

[Women & Children First @wcfbook]

Attention Chicago!! Announcing our newest book group: Women & Children’s Banned Book Group will be reading banned books every month. Our first meeting is Monday July 10th at 7 pm, and we’re reading ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE by @IamGMJohnson. Come through & bring a friend!

[Women & Children First @wcfbook]

This Tuesday evening, join us in celebrating @lindzamer on the publication of their crucial new book RAINBOW PARENTING: YOUR GUIDE TO RAISING QUEER KIDS AND THEIR ALLIES.

Register for this wonderful (& free!) event here: https://t.co/QuKcKwFDpk

[Women & Children First @wcfbook]

Hello Chicago!! Don’t miss your chance to hear @CleyvisNatera read from her new novel NERUDA ON THE PARK in conversation with the always wonderful @jessaminechan. Register for this free event here: https://t.co/Q12khqfSlw

[Jessamine Chan @jessaminechan]

CHICAGO! This Friday, May 26, I’ll be moderating @CleyvisNatera’s paperback launch for NERUDA ON THE PARK @wcfbook! Join us!

https://t.co/RhFEVOjBGX

[Rebellious Magazine @RebelliousMag]

Calendar / #FeministAgenda (CT):

7pm @wcfbook In-Store: BIANCA by Eugenia Leigh with Jameka Williams & C. Russell Price https://t.co/O2MOPeQEIp

https://t.co/0wQf93DoKU

[Women & Children First @wcfbook]

Attention Chicago!! There are still tickets left to hear the incredible @caseyplett speak about her book A SAFE GIRL TO LOVE in conversation with Hazel Jane Plante. Register for this free (!!) event here: https://t.co/TLJ4vOPhH3