Author | Lightnews

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · 3d

👏Thank you, Hannah Green, for traveling all the way to Wasilla from Chicago to write this article. This is a deeply human piece — it captures both the desperation and resilience within Alaska’s overlapping crises of addiction, homelessness, and community care.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In Alaska, where overdose deaths are rising again, Narcan and community are a lifeline

Overdoses have been declining nationally since August 2023, but Alaska is far behind in that progress

www.theguardian.com

2 5 6

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · 7d

🏳️‍🌈☕️What a FANTASTIC Queer Adult Coffee event! It was a full house, lots of food, a few of my favorite community clergy came, and everyone was an absolute delight. Thanks for your love and support of our community!

🖤I’m proud to host all community events by request. - Taylor

2

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · 17d

See you this Friday from 3pm-7pm for a FREE banned book! Read it, share it, repeat. 🇺🇸Read like your freedom depends on it.🇺🇸

facebook.com/events/s/ban...

1 2

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · 28d

✈️Last week my dear friend Chloé babysat the bookstore for me so I could attend the Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Pittsburgh, PA. 👉Over 1,000 people attended to hear 200 guest speakers and learn at more then 60 breakout sessions and presentations.

2

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 11

2

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 9

I will soon be traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a conference. (More to come)
👉Where should I go?
👉Where should I eat?
👉Do you have friends that also need to be my friends?

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

👉It’s time to vote for the Best Of The Valley! Thanks for trusting us to be your Wasilla bookstore!😊🖤Share, share, share!
frontiersman.secondstreetapp.com/og/0e9636ca-...

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

🍦 WooHoo Ice Cream is back at the Café! Vanilla, Silky Chocolate, and Cookies & Cream pair perfectly with an espresso pour over. 4oz cups are $5.
🤌Low Lactose - No Egg - Sweetened With Honey🤌

📍Find WooHoo in Anchorage, Alaska! 5881 Arctic Boulevard 907-351-3087

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

🎣 Saturday I was closed so I could go fishing for the first time since I was ten! Thank you to my Coastie buddy, Gabe for taking my husband, Max and I out on an adventure. 🌊🛥️ Dinner at The Highliner Seward was the perfect recharge before heading 170 miles back to Wasilla. ✨See you at the bookstore!✨

2

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 22

🥼🌎It’s always inspiring to see Bookstore Family when attending events! Last month I saw Neil Degrasse Tyson and last night it was Bill Nye The Science Guy! I brought a friend for the fantastic talk then had a late dinner at Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse. I saw 8 other people of the bookstore. 👨‍🔬🔭

1 3

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

👉 👉ANNOUNCEMENT 🙌🍾We made the list for the Best Of Alaska Business Award! We love our #1 winning friends, Title Wave Books and are so grateful to be held together in the same category as the TOP TWO independent bookstores in the state!🥳Thank you for trusting me with caring for our amazing community!

3

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

📚Meet your new favorite item: The Anti-Anxiety Bookshelf Fidget! This artful $15 box has tiny books for you to stock over and over. 🧘
We also have ballpoint feather pens, quill sets, edge painted memo notebooks, a fresh resupply of morale stickers and a TON of locally made items. Books… and stuff. 🤌

3

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

**FREE Concert, Donations Appreciated**
Tuesday, August 26th | 5:30pm
Hemlock and Chaepter are cruising in from Louisiana and Chicago, ready to share their musical magic! Armed with a guitar, a cello, and a treasure chest of merch, they're set to serenade the folks of the North!

2

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

Located in Wasilla, Alaska.

1

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 6

Here’s our month at a glance! See you here!

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 1

🏕️We have the site spaces for camping Saturday! See the pictures below. 🟡The yellow dots are the three spaces.🟡 (Info 👇)

South Rolly Lake at Nancy Lake State Recreational Area!
Sat Aug 2nd overnight from noon

FREE - All Ages - SOBER
Please Bring:
Tent, Sleeping equipment, food, chair, firewood

1

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 30

✨My, what fantastic swag thou has! ✨
No adventure is complete without your Bookstore tumbler, tote, and stainless steel water bottle!
👕We still have our inventory sale on our $10 tee shirts!

1

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 30

🏡We’re excited to host this informational event for being a Host Home for queer youth! Bring your family, ask questions, and see if opening your hearts to a queer child or youth is something you can do. 💝

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 27

vimeo.com/1103008333

My parents just sent me this video of our family farm in Iowa. I’m so proud to pass this along! 😍 These are my parents, Kim and Jon, and my dad is narrating. They just had their 50th wedding anniversary and retired in January!

Jordan Acreage

This is "Jordan Acreage" by Kennedy Freund on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

vimeo.com

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 19

I just finished “Never flinch” by Stephen King. Whatcha readin’?

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 13

🏳️‍🌈 Underground Pride with The Queen's Guard was a delight! The DJ, performers, food trucks, vendors, non-profits, churches, security, volunteers…. All 10 for 10!
💝Thank you for making me smile so much that my face still hurts. 🥹 Love and kindness was the name of the game for this event. 🎉

1

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 11

See you tomorrow for Pride!🏳️‍🌈
My America is for everyone.🇺🇸

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 5

☕️🥯Coffee with a Veteran is being sponsored by Cold Snap Coffee LLC! They are the new owners at the bakery on P-W Hwy.

👉👉Side note: If you’re hungry, we will feed you if we can. Our America feeds the hungry.🇺🇸

2

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

Please support this Bookstore Family after their tragic loss last night.

Donate to Support for Baby Joel's Farewell Fund, organized by Taylor Jordan

We are fundraising for the final expenses of eight month old Baby Joel Hutcheson. … Taylor Jordan needs your support for Support for Baby Joel's Farewell Fund

www.gofundme.com

📚Black Birch Books @blackbirchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

🇺🇸We will be open on the Fourth of July until 5pm.
👉Some people can’t do parades and picnics because of accessibility or surroundings. We’ve got you! Pop by for some coffee and hang out.🇺🇸 My American is ALL of us.