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  • Location:
    716 Commerical, Emporia, KS
    620.343.9649

  • Regular Hours:
    Monday-Friday

    9AM-8PM

    Saturday
    9AM-6PM

    Sunday
    10AM-2PM

   
 
     
     
  Welcome to Town Crier Bookstore  
 
 

Town Crier Bookstore, located at 716 Commercial in Emporia, KS, is an independent bookseller. Independent bookstores for independent minds.

 
 
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Our Upcoming Events calendar is filling up. Be sure to check it out and mark your calendar for exciting events sponsored by Town Crier Bookstore.

 
     
Business of the Year!
 
   

Emporia Main Street has named Town Crier Bookstore their Business of the Year!

"The business was given the award for its outstanding customer service, volunteerism and community involvement, [Director Kayla] Oney said. The award was accepted by manager Becky Smith and assistant manager Marla McClellan." (Emporia Gazette)

 

Becky in Publisher's Weekly
   
 

Publisher's Wekly interviewed our own Becky about the new Young Adult series by Ally Carter. Titles so far include I'd Tell You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You and Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy.

“My daughter is 12 ½ and the perfect age for these books,” says Becky Smith, manager of Town Crier Bookstore in Emporia, Kans. “She likes that Cammie is a strong, smart girl still interested in boys, but not ga-ga over them. She’s a kind of 007 for girls.” (read more...)

 
     
  Staff Picks  
   

Becky:
Holmes on the Range by Steven Hockensmith
Dead Sexy by Tate Halloway
Changeling by Yasmine Galenorn

Marla:
Tantalize by Cynthia Smith
My Heart May Be Broken But My Hair Still Looks Great by Dixie Cash
Real Vampires Live Large by Gerry Bartlett

Ryann:
The Golden Compass Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Morrell by Suzanna Clark
Collapse by Jared Diamond
Assassin's Gate by George Packer

Jess:
Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Williams
The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance by Katherine Ryan Hyde
Edward Abbey by David Peterson
The Cat Who series by Lillian Jackson Braun

Melissa:
Twilight
by Tracy Chevalier
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
Flower Shop mystery series by Kate Collins

Ann:
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
From Emporia by Bev Buller

 

   
   
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