The Irreverent Bookworm

Bring your bags and brace yourselves, y'all! It's time for our world famous* ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE & PRIDE CELEBRATION! 📚🎉

Swing by The Irreverent Bookworm Saturday June 29th & Sunday June 30th to see what all the fuss is about and get yourself a wagonload of clearance books for less than the cost of...something that costs more than a wagonload of $1.00 books.

🏳️‍🌈 Tables & bins full of books for $1.00 or less!
🏳️‍🌈 Snacks to sustain you!
🏳️‍🌈 Flag giveaway!
🏳️‍🌈 A sense of community (free)!
🏳️‍🌈 Support our bookstore!
🏳️‍🌈 So many weird & wonderful books!
🏳️‍🌈 Books!
🏳️‍🌈 CHEAP BOOKS FOR ALL AGES!
🏳️‍🌈 BOOKS 4 CHEAP!


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*Okay I might be exaggerating just a little. I don't think the entire world knows/cares about us but hey a q***r can dream.

We may be here & q***r all damn year, but who doesn't get extra excited for PRIDE MONTH??!!🏳️‍🌈 We're Kicking off the festivities this Saturday June 1st by handing out FREE PRIDE FLAGS with every purchase (while supplies last, y'all)! 🎉

So swing on by our friendly Minneapolis neighborhood LGBTQIA+ owned Bookshop this weekend and celebrate Pride with a good book or five! 📚

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It's that magical time of the year again: INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY! 📚 Stop by The Irreverent Bookworm on Saturday 4/27 from 12pm-5pm and celebrate the wonderful world of bookstores with us!

⭐ Check out the launch of our FIRST EVER Cozy Crow Vintage pop-up! Shop our colorful displays pairing affordable & fun vintage finds with new & used books to match!

⭐ Enjoy 10% off all Irreverent Bookworm logo merch!

⭐ FREE limited edition sparkly Irreverent Bookworm stickers with each purchase (while supplies last).

⭐ Grab this year's edition of the Midwest Indie Bookstore Map.

⭐ Get so excited about books that you do a weird little dance that we won't judge you for and might just join in on.

We are proud to be your friendly neighborhood Q***r & Neuromagical-owned used & new Bookshop, and are so grateful for the support of our amazingly cool community. Can't wait to see ya! 🌈📚


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Come for the used & new books, stay for the cozy nooks. 🧡

The Irreverent Bookworm is proud to be your friendly neighborhood Q***r & Neuromagical-owned Bookshop.

Whoever you are, we've got a read for you! Stop by and see why we're swiftly becoming a cult classic of the Minneapolis, MN book scene. 🌈 📚

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The Irreverent Bookworm is CLOSED today, Wednesday January 17th, due to a broken heating system. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. 🥶

In the meantime, please consider supporting our little store by shopping for books online via our website. Stay warm, y'all! 🩵

However you are ringing in your new year, all of us at The Irreverent Bookworm want to wish you a happy one, and tell you how grateful we are for your help in making the dumpster fire that was 2023 a great year for our weird little bookshop. 📚 See you in 2024! ♥️

Whether the holidays make you feel alive or... otherwise, we've got shelves of cheer for you & yours! Come browse our collection of gently used & new books, or snag a gift certificate for the bookworms in your life. 🎁

Whatever you celebrate (or don't), we're proud to be your friendly neighborhood LQBTQIA+ owned bookshop and wish you the happiest of holidays. Merry everything, y'all, and thank you for shopping small! ❄️
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The Irreverent Bookworm will be CLOSED Thursday 11/23 & Friday 11/24 to give our team time to be with family and avoid the retail apocalypse that is Black Friday. See you back at the shop Saturday 11/25 for SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY!! 🥰

Edgar & Sylvia are excited to see you at The Irreverent Bookworm for SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY! Stop by Saturday 11/25 to do some holiday shopping and support your friendly neighborhood q***r-owned bookstore!

We'll be launching our annual holiday gift certificate bundle, and also giving you the chance to win one of three gift baskets filled with $20 certificates to other amazing nearby small businesses.

34th Avenue Basket:
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Chicago Avenue Basket:
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It's the season of gratitude, and we are grateful for YOU! Can't wait to see y'all in the shop! ♥️
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🚨⚠️UPDATE: TICKETS ARE NOW OFFICIALLY 100% SOLD OUT⚠️🚨

We have worked with Mercury Stardust's ( ) team to add an additional 40 tickets to Monday's Safe & Sound signing event! Tickets go on sale at NOON TODAY 11/17/2023 and will be available on the Events page of our website.

Head to www.irrevbooks.com/events for full details and to get tickets. PLEASE NOTE: we expect these to sell out fast, so don't delay! 🔮✨

💜 Already have a ticket from the first run? You are a VIP and will have priority access to entry (and will have received an email with further instructions)! 💜

Our 4th Birthday celebration is THIS SATURDAY, September 23rd from 12pm-5pm!! 🎉
We are so excited to party with our community, as y'all are the reason why we have been thriving as a small q***r-owned local bookstore since September 2019! 🏳️‍🌈 Stop by for (FREE) snacks, giveaways, special sales and MORE!! We adore you all and can't wait to see you at the shop. 🥰
For full details, see the event listing on our website at www.irrevbooks.com/events

The Irreverent Bookworm is turning FOUR, and we want to celebrate with YOU! 🎂 Stop by the shop on Saturday September 23rd from 12pm-5pm and join the q***r, magical, Hobbit-y & Autumn equinox-y fun! 🍂 Details below & on our website. Can't wait to see you there! 🏳️‍🌈🎉

🧡 Pop by our party table for sips & snacks!

🧡 Enter to win one of two tickets to the SOLD-OUT MERCURY STARDUST EVENT! Omg!

🧡Mosey into our magical mystery room for very special Natal Chart readings & recommends by the amazing !

🧡Show us your swag: Bring in 4 different colors/styles of our in-house Irreverent Bookworm logo bookmarks to receive 10% off your book purchase!

🧡 Celebrate (a day late, but who cares) Bilbo & Frodo Baggins' Birthdays by taking 10% off all Tolkien books & entering to win a VERY special edition of The Lord of the Rings!

Treat yourself to a magical Sunday today at The Irreverent Bookworm! From 1pm-4pm will be hanging out in the shop to give you the insights you didn't know you needed. Natal charts readings, curated playlists and book recommendations based on your placements? Yes, please!! 🏳️‍🌈✨

We've been busy this weekend making some big ch-ch-ch-ch-chaaaaanges (ya know, the Bowie song) to the layout of the shop including upgrades for our q***r, bookshop favorites & graphic novel sections! Absolutely can't wait for y'all to see it!!! 😍📚
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⚠️⚠️⚠️THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT!⚠️⚠️⚠️

The amazing Mercury Stardust will be gracing us with her presence for an exclusive stop on her “Safe & Sound” Book Tour for a meet, greet & signing event at The Irreverent Bookworm! Join us for an evening that won’t disappoint.

Your ticket not only grants you the chance to meet the one & only Trans Handy Ma’am herself, it will also transport you to a magical land of snacks, comradery and q***r creativity at a Maker’s Market & lounge space that will delight and distract you while you wait for your chance to see Mercury.🛸

Head to www.irrevbooks.com/events (link in insta bio) for more details and to GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! 💙

💙 Tickets for Mercury Stardust’s Safe & Sound Book Tour 2023 meet, greet & signing will go on sale Thursday 8/31 at 8:00AM(CT)!

💜 Ticket price includes the purchase of the “Safe and Sound” book. If you have already purchased a copy from us, your special PROMO CODE will give you access to the discounted $5 ticket price.

🩷 More details will be released tomorrow on our social media, in an email update and on our website when ticket sales officially launch!

Buckle up, y'all! 🛸

"SAFE AND SOUND" is finally out, y'all!

Purchase your copy from us* to receive an exclusive $5 event ticket price (general admission will be $10) for when herself visits our shop to sign books & greet her adoring fans on Monday 11/20 from 6-8pm! 💙 This will be her ONLY Minnesota stop on her tour, so get excited!

Tickets will be available to purchase soon, so keep an eye on our social and/or sign up for our very chill email updates to be notified when said tickets go on sale.

As the event date gets closer, we will be revealing more details about all the fun you can have on this very special Monday night! 💚

*Already pre-ordered "Safe and Sound" from us? Your exclusive code will be tucked into your book when you pick it up/it arrives in the mail! Yay!

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Miss out on our big ol' clearance sale? Don't fret! We've decided to leave up a table with some choice bargain books for all ages to snag!!! 📚 Best bit? It's a BAG SALE! Fill up a paper grocery bag (we encourage you to bring your own) with bargain books for ONLY $5.00! 🛍️😮
Our bargain table will stay up through this coming weekend (7/2), so stop by and see what treasures await! 🎉 Seriously, there is still some real good stuff left, y'all.

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So excited to announce our PRIDE WEEKEND GIVEAWAYS! 🏳️‍🌈 This year, at our annual giant clearance sale & Pride celebration, we will be giving away TWO $25 gift certificates to each of the following amazing neighborhood businesses:

🧡 Hot Plate
💚 Sift Gluten Free Bakery
💙 Nokomis Beach Coffee

Stop by this weekend Saturday 6/24 & Sunday 6/25 to load up on books, enter to win cool stuff, and celebrate being weird and q***r and WONDERFUL with us! We can't wait to see you!

Mark your calendars and join us June 24th & 25th for our annual giant clearance sale! Thousands of books for $1.00 or less, and all proceeds go to supporting your local LGBTQIA+ owned bookshop. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!🏳‍🌈 Not only are we having a clearance sale, we're going all out to celebrate PRIDE weekend! Keep an eye on our social media as we announce special merch, awesome giveaways and details on gift certificates for groovy local businesses that you (yes, YOU) can sign up to win! 🥳

Indie Bookstore Day isn’t just about coming together to celebrate the written word and the joy of reading, it’s about celebrating the spaces in which we find our next favorite read. It’s about the bookish havens we find ourselves returning to again and again. It’s celebrating the relationship between the Bookstore and the community that surrounds and supports it.

We are so grateful that y’all are a part of our lives. We wouldn’t be the shop we are today without you. So stop by on 4/29 to not only support The Irreverent Bookworm, but to celebrate yourselves, because YOU are the reason why we are still here!

❤ Bring your Irreverent Bookworm tote bag, or buy one at checkout to receive 10% off your entire purchase!

💛Grab a beverage & a bag of chips at a very special snack stand! All proceeds go to support young q***r entrepreneurs.

💚 Enter to win one of our brand new GREEN mugs (cue wonder and excitement)!

💙 Enter to win a $50.00 gift certificate!

💜 Just sit down in one of our chairs and enjoy people watching!

💗 Silently scream into the void while making awkward accidental eye contact with one of your bookish comrades.

Whatever you decide to come here for, we'll just be glad you stopped by. 🖤

Be your OWN Easter Bunny! We've got plenty of lovely new & used reads to help fill your basket. 🧺📚🌱

The storm has passed, the plows are running, the sun is shining and we are OPEN ALL DAY TODAY! See you in the shop! 💛

The snow is coming down, and we're making the call to be cozy at home with our our cats, dogs, kids & partners. ❄ This means the shop space will be CLOSED ALL DAY TODAY (Thursday 2/23). We hope to reopen for full hours again tomorrow, and we'll keep you updated via our social media. In the meantime, you can shop with us from the comfort of your own home at www.irrevbooks.com !
Stay safe & warm, dear ones!💙

Due to current weather forecasts, we will be closing the shop space at 3PM today, Wednesday 2/22 to ensure the safety of our staff.

We aren't sure what tomorrow (Thurs) will look like, but we'll keep you posted via social! ❄💙 Stay safe & warm!

⚠️ UPDATE: THIS POSITION HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN FILLED! Thank you to all the amazing humans who applied. We hope you'll hit us up again next time we are looking for a new team member! 💙

Tired of wasting your Sundays on relaxation and...other things you do on Sundays? JOIN OUR TEAM! We are on the hunt for a Sunday Funday bookseller at The Irreverent Bookworm!

Head to www.irrevbooks.com/jobs for all the details.💚

Our team has talked it over, and have decided we are very much comfortable with opening up for our FULL REGULAR HOURS TODAY (Fri 12/23)! YAY!

Thanks for hanging in there with us as we navigate this wild winter weather together.

REMINDER: We will be OPEN from 10AM-2PM
TOMORROW Sat 12/24 (Christmas Eve for those who celebrate) for last minute shopping & order pickups.
We have plenty of great books in stock, so come on by and grab some goodies for someone special (including yourself)!

❄Happy Holidays, y'all! ❄

⚠️Due to extreme weather conditions, the shop will be CLOSING at 3PM TODAY, Thursday December 22nd to ensure the warmth & safety of our team. ⚠️

We hope to be open tomorrow for regular hours, but please stay tuned to our social media & email list for updates.

Stay safe out there, folx! 🥶