Top Local Places

Square Books

160 Courthouse Sq, Oxford, United States
Book Store

Description

ad

Shop Us Online: www.squarebooks.com
Follow Us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SquareBooks
and Instagram:
www.instagram.com/squarebooks/ Square Books is a general independent bookstore in three separate buildings (about 100 feet apart) on the historic town square of Oxford, Mississippi, home of the University of Mississippi and many great writers, including William Faulkner, Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, and, for a time, both Willie Morris and John Grisham.  The main store, Square Books, is in a two-story building with a cafe and balcony on the second floor; Off Square Books is a few doors down from the main store and has lifestyle sections such as gardening and cookbooks; and Square Books Jr, the children's bookstore, is in a building on the east side of the square.  Square Books is known for its strong selection of literary fiction, books on the American South and by Southern writers, a large inventory of reduced-price remainders, and its emphasis on books for children.  The store hosts the popular Thacker Mountain radio show and over 150 author events a year.

Off Square Books is open 9 am-8 pm, Monday-Saturday, and noon-5 pm on Sunday.

RECENT FACEBOOK POSTS

facebook.com

Timeline Photos

The clock is ticking! Just SEVEN DAYS LEFT to enter our raffle for a chance to attend our limited, ticketed event: John Grisham Returns to Square Books on Tuesday, June 20th. Pre-order at least one copy of Camino Island to be considered in the raffle drawing. Regardless of the raffle results, all customers who pre-order will receive the signed, first editions they requested. More information here: http://www.squarebooks.com/john-grisham-returns-square-books #GrishOClock #CaminoIslandTime

Timeline Photos
facebook.com

The Masks We Wear: The Millions Interviews Edan Lepucki - The Millions

We're looking forward to Edan Lepucki with Woman No. 17 here on Monday. Reserve your signed copy today: http://www.squarebooks.com/event/edan-lepucki-woman-no-17

facebook.com

Timeline Photos

Curtis Wilkie & Tom Oliphant, authors of THE ROAD TO CAMELOT, chronicling JFK's presidential campaign, are back in the green room signing stock after last night's PACKED event. Thanks guys!

Timeline Photos
facebook.com

THE SONG AND THE SILENCE by Yvette Johnson | Kirkus Reviews

Tomorrow at 5pm meet Yvette Johnson with The Song and the Silence.

facebook.com

Luncheon with Dorothea Benton Frank and SAME BEACH NEXT YEAR

Order your meal for our luncheon with Dorothea Benton Frank on May 24th.

facebook.com

Book Review: The Road To Camelot, Inside JFK’s Five-Year Campaign - HottyToddy.com

Curtis Wilkie & Tom Oliphant are here at 5pm today with THE ROAD TO CAMELOT.

facebook.com

Naked and Unafraid and Totally in Public

Read where Edan Lepucki writes about nude photo shoots and her body. She'll be here on Monday, May 15th, with her new novel WOMAN NO. 17, which Publisher's Weekly describes as an "engaging examination of modern art and family dynamics." Reserve your signed copies here: http://www.squarebooks.com/book/9781101904251

facebook.com

Opinion | JFK’s pioneering election campaign and its reverberations through the years

Happy pub day to THE ROAD TO CAMELOT by Thomas Oliphant & Curtis Wilkie. The duo will be here tomorrow at 5pm to talk about the book, which explores JFK's presidential campaign and how the campaign strategies they used continue to inform American politics today. Curtis Wilkie and Thomas Oliphant with The Road to Camelot

facebook.com

Timeline Photos

Richard Ford reading now from his moving, elegaic memoir BETWEEN THEM: Remembering My Parents. . . Signed, first editions available 🖊

Timeline Photos
facebook.com

Opinion | The Hidden Radicalism of Southern Food

Great essay from the wonderful food writer John T. Edge, who will be here on May 17th with THE POTLIKKER PAPERS: A Food History of the Modern South. Learn more about the book & reserve your signed copy here: http://www.squarebooks.com/event/john-t-edge-potlikker-papers Southern Foodways Alliance Center for the Study of Southern Culture

facebook.com

For Richard Ford, Memoir Is A Chance To 'Tell The Unthinkable'

Meet Richard Ford today at 5pm when he signs & reads from his new memoir, BETWEEN THEM. In the meantime, here is an interview he did on Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

facebook.com

Events this upcoming week: Monday - Richard Ford with Between Them Wednesday - Curtis Wilkie and Thomas Oliphant with The Road to Camelot Thursday - Yvette Johnson with The Song and the Silence - Richard Ford's new memoir BETWEEN THEM brings to life a young Richard Ford and his parents. We're excited to welcome him back to Oxford. - Curtis Wilkie and Thomas Oliphant's THE ROAD TO CAMELOT presents a fresh take on JFK's presidential race and dispels myths about Kennedy. You'll learn a lot even if you think you already know it. - Yvette Johnson's THE SONG AND THE SILENCE explores race through the story of her grandfather, Booker White, who was murdered in 1965 after a candid NBC interview after he told the realities of a black man as a waiter at a white-only restaurant.

facebook.com

Quiz