The Lantern: A Bryn Mawr Bookshop

Last chance! A rare open Monday at the shop today for the last day of the fall 1/2 price sale. EVERYTHING in The Lantern is half off. Come in and browse! Open 12-5 pm. See you at The Lantern!

The half-price sale continues. EVERYTHING in the shop is
50% off today, tomorrow, AND Monday. Come in and browse--maybe do some holiday gift shopping!
Saturday, 11-5
Sunday, 12-5
Monday, 12-5

Lantern Friends--Are you ready? The countdown is on--tomorrow, Friday Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. the HALF-PRICE book sale weekend begins!
Everything in the shop (except our new tote bags) is 50% off!
The Lantern will be open for the sale on
Friday 11-5
Saturday 11-5
Sunday 12-5
Monday 11-5 (yes we are open Monday Nov. 11!)

See you at The Lantern!

Happy November Lantern Friends!
Mark your calendar--one week from today The Lantern will be having a SALE WEEKEND..
Friday November 8 - Monday November 11, everything in the shop will be 50% off (except our new totes).

Happy Halloween Lantern Friends! Treat yourself to a book today--come in and browse. The shop is open 11-5 pm.

One week left to participate in the Chicken Pot Pie-Athon, hosted by Chef Jenn Crovato & 1310 Kitchen & Bar.

30% of your order will go toward supporting Georgetown Main Street.

To learn more visit: https://www.georgetownmainstreet.com/chicken

Place your order:
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A book from The Lantern is a good traveling companion. 😊
Have a happy holiday Monday Lantern Friends!

Happy promising--looking Saturday to you Lantern Friends!
There is some astronomical news on the horizon that may be worth setting down your books for a few minutes, but while the sun is outshining the comet, come on into the The Lantern for a browse.
The shop is open today 11-5 and tomorrow 12-5.

Break in the clouds will give you the chance to see Comet A3 - WTOP News The 13 consecutive days of clouds are predicted to finally start to break this weekend, giving us a chance to look for Comet A3 in the eastern predawn skies.

"...a small but sizable victory for three sisters who could not publish under their own names nearly 200 years ago, even as their novels “Jane Eyre” and “Wuthering Heights” helped change the portrayal of women’s lives in fiction."

Westminster Abbey’s Brontë Plaque Had a Typo for 85 Years. It’s Fixed Now. (Gift Article) Punctuation delayed, but not denied: A memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë at Poets’ Corner in the celebrated London church finally gets its accent marks.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month AND Banned Books Week together--love it!

2,000 banned books by Hispanic authors to be given out at Fiesta DC - WTOP News You will not only find a 20-foot pupusa at Fiesta DC this weekend but also Philadelphia’s Little Free(dom) Library, full of banned books by Hispanic and Latino authors.

Celebrate Banned Books Week--share banned books!

It's Banned Books Week! Have you checked out our new Book Ban Map? We developed the map in collaboration with ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and PEN America! littlefreelibrary.org/book-ban-map

Find the locations hit hardest by book bans AND the locations of nearby Little Free Library book-sharing boxes. Now you can easily share banned books (or books you hope are *never* banned) in Little Free Libraries!

Happy Banned Books Week!
Read dangerously Lantern Friends.

Banned Books Week | September 22-28, 2024 Filmmaker Ava DuVernay to Lead Banned Books Week as Honorary Chair Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been named honorary chair for Banned Books Week 2024, which takes place September 22 – 28. DuVernay will be joined by youth honorary chair Julia Garnett, a student activist who fought book b...

Testing! The shop is now (September & October) open one hour later on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Come in and browse!

Happy Friday the 13th! Come browse The Lantern and you may luck into a great read. 😊 If you buy 13 books, the cheapest two will be free!

What is Friday the 13th and why is it considered unlucky? Here's why some are superstitious Friday the 13th is considered by many to be an unlucky day. Here's the history behind why people are superstitious about the day.

Lantern volunteers are justifiably proud of their Alma Mater, and grateful to the good business of our customers that allows us to support scholarships at the college. Anassa Kata!

Dear Lantern Friends--We hope you are savoring these last few days of August. How about a classic quick read for county fair time? "Charlotte's Web," by E. B. White, spouse of a Bryn Mawr Alum. If you don't have a child to read it to, it is just fine to read it for yourself. 😊