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The happenings in and around Cliffside Village Books

Wonderful (and Maybe a Little Sad) News!

My beloved customers and friends! After much consideration (and waffling), I have decided the time has come to begin the process of closing the bookstore. I have been so lucky to have spent the past 10+ years sharing my love of books with you all. As many of you...

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New Store Hours

After much pondering and dithering and a little more pondering, I have decided to change up the store hours. What got me on this ponderous pondering path, you ask? Well, there really just isn’t enough time in the day for all the things my story-gremlin heart wants to do....

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A Sometimey Blogging Update

At the end of 2022, I published my first book (more on this in a moment), and a little while later news of it was shared through a bunch of community pages. First, if you haven’t noticed, we have an amazing community going on here in the Bluffs. Second,...

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Odd Hours In March

Some of you may already know that my brother has a totally awesome show called Gut Job. Well, over the next couple of weeks the shop will have some odd hours as I accommodate him and his reno and film crews taking over my store to give it a...

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We’re Open! Come Say Hi to the Books

The shop is open so I guess we can finally get started with 2021. Come on by and say hello to all the stories waiting to entertain you. Here are the shop rules designed to protect us all: Only two customers will be allowed in the shop at any...

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Closed, Again

Well here we are again, closed because of COVID-19. There’s nothing to be done for it except to follow the guidelines and hope the lockdown doesn’t drag on. I have had an influx of emails asking about curbside pickup. Unfortunately, we are not offering curbside pickup. I know a...

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Maker’s Market 2020

My dream of running a bunch of workshops this year may not have panned out but I am pretty good at dreaming so I dreamed up something new. On October 18th, I held the first ever Maker’s Market right here in the shop. With Covid-19 wreaking havoc on large...

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We Are Open

After being closed for two and a half months, I’ve made the decision to re-open the shop. The decision to re-open was much harder than the one to close temporarily but, after dithering for longer than I’d like to admit, it has been made. These are the measures I...

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Not Quite What I Expected

I can say with confidence that 2020 has not being going how any of us anticipated. Personally, I had imagined full writers groups, regular store hours, workshops every month or two, and lots of in person events. The year started out strong with all of those things happening to...

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What to Expect from 2020

2020 has already brought some exciting changes to the shop. The first change is the new shelving configuration. This new layout includes a display shelf for art pieces and other handmade goodies. It has also allowed me to create a little crafting corner in the back where I can...

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