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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Bookends & Beginnings celebrates Independent Bookstore Day

April 29, 2018

On Saturday, Bookends & Beginnings celebrated Independent Bookstore Day. Owner Nina Barrett said she hopes to provide customers with an experience unique from chain bookstores.

Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. Owner Nina Barrett said the store will host many events Saturday to celebrate bookstore pride on Independent Bookstore Day.

Local bookstore to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day

April 27, 2018

Bookends & Beginnings owner Nina Barrett said she hopes to remind book consumers to “vote with your dollar” in support of independent bookstores on Saturday, national Independent Bookstore Day. “Every...

The storefront of Bookends & Beginnings. The proposed theater development would have displaced the bookstore.

City officials, business owners react to Northlight Theatre developers canceling plans

March 4, 2018

After developers stepped back from a proposed Northlight Theatre high rise, city officials and business owners expressed relief that the building will not endanger local businesses but maintained their...

Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. The bookstore’s owner, Nina Barrett, said independent bookstores are on the rise again.

Bookends & Beginnings owner expresses excitement for indie bookstore revival

February 1, 2018

Despite the decline of independent bookstores in the past decade, the country has recently undergone an “indie bookstore renaissance,” said Nina Barrett, owner of Bookends & Beginnings. Barrett...

Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. The Evanston book store collaborated with Chicago Books to Women in Prison, a nonprofit, to provide books to women inmates.

Evanston bookstore partners with nonprofit to provide books to women in prison

October 3, 2017

A local bookstore and nonprofit teamed up to educate and support prisoners through books, with the goal of preventing recidivism among women who are in prison. Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave.,...

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