Spotty Dog Books & Ale

Sorry, guys! But, to be fair, we *never* do this to you. One day, one hour only. Consider yourselves warned!!

This is a great opportunity to help out & touch all the books prior to the sale (or you could just attend the sale & buy things - that helps the library, too)

📚 Volunteer Opportunity! 🍰

The Friends of the Hudson Area Library are gearing up for our upcoming Book & Bake Sale, and we need your help! We're looking for enthusiastic volunteers to assist with sorting books.

🗓️ Volunteer Dates:

Thursday, August 29: 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Tuesday, September 3: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Saturday, September 7: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
📍 Where: Hudson Area Library

Whether you’re a book lover, community supporter, or just want to lend a helping hand, we'd love to have you join us. Reach out to us at [email protected] to get involved!

Let’s make this event a success together! 💪📖

Why, yes - Spotty Dog *DOES* have autographed copies.

Creative Exposure: Portraits of Hudson, New York In Creative Exposure photographer Chad Weckler has captured an evocative and powerful expression of Hudson's current moment.

Hey guys!! We are the coolest 😎 Thanks, LitHub! Please go visit the other cool bookstore/bars on this list - there are some real gems here.

The coolest bookstore bars in America. The bookstore bar aspires to combine two beloved things: wine and stacks. Though people have been pairing vittles and pages as long as either have existed, the retail trend has taken off in recent …

RIP Francine Pascal, mastermind of the long-running, best-selling, and much-beloved Sweet Valley High series of young-adult books, who died Sunday in Manhattan at the age of 92.
Speaking with EW about the longevity of the SVH franchise, Pascal said, "The saying 'The more things change, the more things stay the same' really applies to those years. There's such similarity, no matter how different today's teenager thinks she is. She's the same in here [points to her heart] and in here [points to her head] as I was — but the clothes are different."

Welcome to the final week of Waldo! Here are some good strategies to get your card filled up with 20 stamps & win some prizes! It is definitely not too late to start the hunt now, and you have plenty of time to fill up a half-completed sheet.

- This Saturday, 7/28, will be your last chance to hit the farmers market from 9:00-1:00. However, post-Waldo you have several delicious months left to visit the vendors there before the season ends.

- City Hall is open during weekday business hours only! Plan accordingly!!

- It works well to group several locations that are near each other on one day of hunting. The 700, 500, 400, 300 and 200 blocks have multiple Waldo-hosting businesses you can hit in rapid succession. And each of these blocks has at least one location where you can hydrate and/or snack, which is always a good thing.

- It works well to start or end with a location off the beaten path or on the way in/out of town. For example, the Farmers Market is a fantastic place to get an early start on Saturday. Vasilow’s is a good stop if you are driving out of town, as generally parking is easy and any chocolate you acquire won’t melt in the heat while you are on the hunt.

- Places open after 5:00 on *MOST* weekdays - Spotty Dog, Little Pickles, Flowerkraut, 225 Scoops, Rev, Hudson Clothier, MOTO, Rebus, Steiner’s

- Weekend-centric places to hit as follows:
- Tanzy’s - Thursday to Sunday 8:00 until noon. Get a delicious breakfast to fuel up for the rest of the hunt.
- Red Dot - open for dinner & drinks Monday, Thursday & Friday starting at 5:00 BUT also on weekends get your brunch on from 11:00-3:00.

Locations open the final day: Vasilow’s, Rev, Flowerkraut, Little Pickles, Supernatural, City Hall, Second Show, Hudson Area Library, Hudson Clothier, MOTO, Rebus, Hudson Hall, Steiner’s, Social Type, 225 Scoops, Verdigris, Wm Farmer & Sons

Get out there & get ‘er done!

Happy PRIDE! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Make sure to catch our event tomorrow night at 7:00 (and as many events as you have time for - OutHudson throws an excellent party) ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Out Hudson NY OutHudsonNY’s mission is to elevate the dignity and visibility of LGBTQIA+ life in the Columbia County NY region. OutHudsonNY.org is a 501c3 registered non-profit organization.

Today is Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. To help honor the day, On Juneteenth and Juneteenth for Mazie are free to download on , in partnership with and . Head to the link to download your audiobook copies.
https://libro.fm/playlists/free-audiobooks?bookstore=thespottydog

OMG!

A new 'Hunger Games' book — and movie — is coming Inspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new “The Hunger Games” novel.

Hey! It's the usual spring"Come to Hudson" article. But it's a cute picture of our block 🥰

Hudson Is a Happening Place to Live in Columbia County The Columbia County destination charms with history, mouthwatering eateries, and some of the finest shopping around on Warren Street.

Author Event Saturday, June 8th at 7:00pm featuring Rachel Jameson Webster, Daniel Brock Johnson and Mary Lou Buschi.

Mary Lou Buschi (She/Her) is the author of 3 chapbooks and 3 full length poetry collections. Her 3rd book of poetry, BLUE PHYSICS was published in February.

Rachel Jamison Webster is a professor of creative writing at Northwestern University and the author of Benjamin Banneker and Us, which was chosen as a Best Book of 2023 by The New Yorker. Publisher’s Weekly hailed the book as “a stunning meditation on race, identity, and achievement."

Daniel Brock Johnson is the author of Shadow Act: an Elegy for Journalist James Foley, published by McSweeney’s. For nearly a decade, Johnson served as the founding executive director of 826 Boston. Currently, he works as the executive director of Mass Poetry.

This is a free event. Books will be available for purchase & signing.

Excellent review of Jennifer Kabat's new book, Eighth Moon. Come see her & Adrian Shirk on Saturday (5/18) at 7:00.

Past and Present Are Interconnected in “The Eighth Moon” Jennifer Kabat’s memoir, “The Eighth Moon,” seeks to make sense of family, politics, and land today through the lens of the past.

Is the committed to big corporate sponsors or to helping small businesses? Letting Amazon sponsor National Small Business Week – especially when Amazon is under investigation for anticompetitive practices that have harmed small businesses – certainly raises that question. And if they don’t dump Amazon from the event, I think we know the answer.

Don't forget, folks! Saturday at 7:00 we have Accidental Icon Lyn Slater in the house discussing her brand-new book How to Be Old. Here is some warm-up advice to get you ready for the main event:

Fashion Influencer Lyn Slater, 70, Knows ‘How to Be Old’ Her new book encourages later-in-life reinvention and embracing aging with style and joy

We have an event you don't want to miss rapidly approaching! Come see Lyn Slater, the Accidental Icon, on April 13th at 7:00. She will be signing copies of her memoir, How to be Old - preview it here:

Why I refuse to let my age define me as I approach 70 Nothing about your age should deter you from living the life you want to, says Lyn Slater

Keep National Small Business Week small!
Small businesses need support from sponsors who have their best interests at heart. With the FTC investigating Amazon for
anti-competitive practices that have hurt small business, Amazon's co-sponsorship of the National Small Business Week is a bad look for SBA.

We can't wait! Read the wonderful epic book in preparation for the movie!!

THE WILD ROBOT | Official Trailer The Wild Robot - In Theaters September 20From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 N...

For those of you interested in a writing life, fav local author Chloe Caldwell and some excellent guest lecturers have a class to hook you up:

How to Build a Non-Traditional Literary Life — Off Assignment This four-session online course will help you break into the publishing industry.

Join us at Claverack Free Library tomorrow for an art exhibit and discussion of the thing we all love - graphic novels!!

Why yes - we ARE open!

Happy holidays, everyone! Thanks so much for your support of our little shop during the holiday season & all year through ❤️