With the aroma of old books floating toward rustic wood paneled ceilings at Bookends & Beginnings, authors Pia Justesen and Mary Rosenberg emphasized on Saturday the need for greater awareness about...

Evanston author Vojislav Pejović spoke about his new novel, “American Sfumato,” — a collection of nine independent stories from a single character’s memory — at Bookends and Beginnings on...

Two children walk into the Alley Gallery, charts in hand, eager to find the four-inch tall “Where’s Waldo?” figure. One boy peeks behind paintings stacked against the wall as his sibling and mom...

Since she moved to Evanston in the ’80s, Nina Barrett (Medill M.S. ‘87) felt the city needed an independent bookstore. Following her gut, she opened her own. Five years later, her store Bookends...

Nina Barrett (Medill ‘87) wants Northwestern students to find a literary haven in her bookstore, Bookends & Beginnings, but she knows how expensive books can be. Barrett hopes the store’s new used...