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Boneshaker Books
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volunteer-run radical bookstore in mpls

boneshakerbooks.com
bookshop.org/shop/boneshaker

open Mon/Tues/Weds. 2–8pm, Thurs 2–7pm, and Fri/Sat/Sun 11am–5pm
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We are open regular hours this week except closed on Thursday November 27th.
A purple sign that says 11-27 Thanksgiving Day closed. Open for Business 11-28 and 11-29. Support your local volunteer run bookstore!
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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We're officially OPEN at our new location! Stop by today (Halloween) until 7ish for candy, or later in the week for our regular hours!! 🎃💀708 W. 26th St!
A chalkboard sign in front of the new Boneshaker location reading "Open now!" with a cute little skeleton Shelves filled with books and a bulletin board
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Thank you all so much—we've successfully raised the $15k needed to fund our move! We're raising our goal to $20k to look to saving for some longer-term improvements to the new space.
Also, our last day at the old storefront will be 10/24, with our new location opening 10/31! 🎃
bit.ly/boneshakermove
THANK YOU! Wow!! Just two weeks after announcing Boneshaker’s plans to move, we are so thrilled and grateful that we’ve already reached our initial fundraising goal of $15,000! To anyone who has donated, shared our story and campaign, or stopped by the store: THANK YOU!! You are directly responsible for making this move a reality. With the move itself now fully funded, we’re increasing our goal to $20,000 so we can start working towards longer-term projects and goals in the new space. This additional $5,000 will support the ongoing stability of Boneshaker and help us save for larger-scale improvements to the space, including improving the accessibility of the bathroom and making the meeting and print spaces the best they can be. We’re keeping our fundraising page live until November 30 (which also means you have plenty of time to snag some cool limited-edition perks!) In the meantime, we’ll be busy packing up the store and getting to moving! Our last day in our Seward location will be October 24 with plans to reopen at 708 W. 26th St. on October 31! Thank you all for supporting Boneshaker! bit.ly/boneshakermove boneshakerbooks.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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The rumors are true: Boneshaker is headed to a new location! We need your help to dig up our bones and move on over to 26th and Lyndale. We're hoping to raise $15,000 total, $6k of that by 10/17. Learn more at bit.ly/boneshakermove and thank you for helping Boneshaker thrive!
Boneshaker Books is moving! Why move? While we love a lot about our current location, we’ve struggled with dwindling foot traffic, low sales, and expensive maintenance issues. We believe our new space will offer resources that will allow us to exist more sustainably as a community organization for the long haul. How can I help? Our goal is to raise $15,000 total to fund the move, make some improvements to the new space, and build out our inventory. Ultimately, we need at least $6,000 by October 17th so we can reopen in our new space at 708 W 26th St. by around November 1st. Donate and find out more about the move (and the cool perks you can get for donating!) via the QR code or URL below. Thank you for helping Boneshaker thrive! bit.ly/boneshakermove
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Coming up this Sunday (7/13) 3-5pm:
Root Beer & Resistance is a community space providing poems, conversation, resources, and free root beer! Stop by to hear performers, read or make some zines, and connect with other folks in the community.
Masks required while not actively drinking root beer 🍺❤︎‬
Root Beer and Resistance at Boneshaker Books Sunday July 13th 3-5pm Join us in this free community space for some poetry and possibility. Boneshaker Books, 2002 23rd ave s., Minneapolis, MN 55408 This event is for you if - you are feeling frustrated, burnt out, or angry at the things that are happening politically right now -you want to make change but don't know where to start -you do know where to start, but it's hard so you don't end up doing the stuff you want to do -you'd like to watch some poems for free - you would like a free root beer - you happen to be in the neighborhood Root Beer & Resistance is a free community-focused space designed to provide connection, resources, and exploration for the current pollical moment. We'll kick off the event with some poetry, followed by a quick talkback, and then the space will open up for folks to talk to one another, grab some resources, and check out some zines (or make one of your own!) Come as you are--no "activist" experience required! Featured performers: Farah Habad, Chavah Gabrielle, Kanoro Day, Ollie Schminkey, Kyle Tran Myhre
July 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Reading with longtime Southside Pride columnist Elaine Klaasen on June 10th at 6 pm!
Flyer for event
June 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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May 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Our annual Indie Bookstore Day riso print is here! Stop by on Saturday 4/26 to get one for free with any purchase. Our extended hours (11–8) continue today and Saturday as well! Design + printing by @mothdude.bsky.social 📚
A three-color risograph print in blue, sunflower, and bright red ink on white paper of an isometric view of the inside of Boneshaker Books, a small bookstore with zines and paper lanterns. Text reads Boneshaker Books Independent Bookstore Day 2025.
April 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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It's Independent Bookstore Week! We have extended hours this week, so stop by to get your Bookstore Passport stamped, enter our raffle, and pick up some new books and zines! 📚
Indie Bookstore Week at Boneshaker Books. Extended Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 11–8. Passport Stamping: Wednesday–Sunday. Raffle: 4/21–4/28, $2 tickets, three winners. Riso Print Giveaway: Saturday, free with any purchase Boneshaker Books indie Bookstore week raffle: $2, 4/21 to 4/28 First prize–$25 gift certificate, boneshaker skeleton riso print, boneshaker bandana. second prize: $15 gift certificate, boneshaker skeleton riso print. Third prize: boneshaker bandana, boneshaker sticker.
April 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Tomorrow! Join Ahana Ganguly to learn how to design and make a simple pixel crochet pattern. Bring 2+ colors of yarn, a crochet hook, and a device to make your pattern on. Afterwards, stick around for the yarn circle and work on a project!
Sat., April 12th
1:30 pm
Boneshaker Books
Masks required
Queer Yarn Circle & Free Drop-In Workshop: Making A Pixel Crochet Pattern. 1:39 pm on sat 4/12. Boneshaker Books, 2002 23rd Ave S. Minneapolis. What do you need to bring? At least 2 different colors of yarn, a crochet hook, an electronic device to make your pattern on—just your phone will work, but you might want to bring a tablet or laptop to have a bigger screen to look at. What will we be doing? I'll walk us through the process of making a simple pattern for pixel crochet. I'll also go over switching colors. Yarn circle to follow! You can work from the pattern you made in the workshop or bring an existing work in progress. Masks required! What do you already need to know how to do? Just single crochet! If youve already made a pattern & are familiar with pixel/tapestry/intarsia crochet, that's great—i'll have fun prompts to follow! This workshop is great for both advanced or beginner crocheters. Taught by Ahana Ganguly (@what.a.blob on Instagram)
April 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Poetry reading in the store this Sunday!
Poetry Reading, April 6th 1:00–2:00 at Boneshaker Books. A celebration of Poetry Month and of Donna Isaac's new poetry book In the Tilling with poets Donna Isaac, Ted King, Suki Sun, and Dralandra Larkins.
April 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Poetry workshop and talk with Nen G Ramirez coming up this Saturday (3/22)! Register in advance here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Silence And The Unsaid: a poetry workshop with Nen G Ramirez. In this talk and workshop, Nen will discuss the role of silence in their work. They will give generative prompts on how we might weild the unsaid to reclaim agency and practice care for the reader as well as ourselves as poets. CW: Discussions of suicidal ideation, eating disorders, and psychiatric hospitalization. Saturday, 3/22 3:00–5:00 pm. Boneshaker Books. Registration required (link in bio). Nen G Ramirez is a nonbinary Chicanx writer from Adrian, Michigan. They are the author of All Women Are Born Wailing (Black Lawrence Press, 2023), which was awarded the 2022 Acentos Book Prize. They are a recipient of the 2023 Minnesota State Arts Board Creative individuals grant. Ramirez received their MFA in poetry from fhe University of Minnesota, where they currently teach. They also play keys and perform spoken word poetry in Twin Cities emo bands Virginia's Basement and Cute Intentions. Their writing has been featured in Poem-a-Day, POETRY, Electric Literature, Split Lip Magazine, and elsewhere. Logos for the Minnesota State Arts Board and Clean Water Land & Legacy Amendment
March 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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aaand we are live! Boneshaker now has a blog! On our shiny new page, we are going to expand the work we do in person and introduce you to new books related to leftism, talk about how we can improve the spaces around us, and whatever else our volunteers can come up with!
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A social preview of a blog post from Boneshaker Books on Substack titled "Your favorite radical Minneapolis bookstore is now on Substack!"
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Spring Riso 101 workshops at Boneshaker are live! Learn how to print on our risograph digitally (using a computer) or analogue (using the scanner bed) and leave with 25 copies of your very own print. Sign up via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/o/print-bone...
A flyer that looks like the menu on a risograph duplicator. It reads: Ready to print? Riso 101 at Boneshaker Books. Learn the basics and leave with 25 prints. Digital: 3/22, 12–2 and 3/25 5:30–7:30. Analogue: 3/27 5:30–7:30 and 3/29 3–5. $20–$40 sliding scale, masks required, limited space. Sign up via Eventbrite.
March 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Red Threads Mending Skillshare meets tomorrow (Thursday, 2/20) in the meeting room. Join the Signal group at bit.ly/red-threads-mpls for updates!
A red flyer with black text. Red Threads Mending Skillshare: Learn, teach, problem-solve. All skill levels, basic supplies provided. Bring any clothing or textiles you want help fixing (holes, tears, patching, buttons, darning, hems, etc.) and any supplies you want to share (we'll have needles, thread, embroidery floss, pins, buttons, patch fabric, yarn.) Every 3rd Thursday, 6–8 pm, Boneshaker Books. Join our signal chat: bit.ly/red-threads-mpls
February 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Zine Club meets tonight at Boneshaker! No supplies provided; bring a mask and a project to work on!
hand-drawn flyer for zine club by @addjovoco on Insta. Drawings of bone folders, staplers, glue, and scissors are overlaid with text reading: work on projects, collaborate, make friends, share zines, resources, ideas, events. 2nd Friday every month, 7–8:30pm @Boneshaker.
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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did you know we stock a ton of consignment items by local artists? right now we have so much cute valentine's stuff in the store so come by and pick up a card and a book!
A Valentine's card with two capybaras kissing. one capybara is winking. red text reads: capy valentines day! Art by @octarinecore.bsky.social A round pink sticker with a heart surrounded by four morel mushrooms. The text reads: I would share my morel spot with you. Art by wide.eyed.outside A red card and cream envelope with a black block print of a heart with a cat's eye inside. There are two sardines at the bottom of the heart. Art by @mothdude.bsky.social Two white cards with black block printed scalloped hearts. One heart has the text "dykes" inside, while the other says "t4t"
February 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Our third annual Valentine's Gay Market is coming up this Saturday (2/8) from 11am to 4pm! Stop by to support local art, pick up something for your sweetie(s), and shake off some of those winter blues. At Boneshaker Books (2002 23rd Ave S., Minneapolis). Masks required as always!
Boneshaker Books Valentine's Gay Market Saturday, February 8th 11am to 4pm 2002 23rd Ave S. Minneapolis Masks Required A collage of art from the tablers at the Valentine's Gay Market—including a tote bag reading "terfs will never know the joy and whimsy that we experience" by boygirl.failure,, a CD-shaped zine titled "Songs for Slutty Dykes" by Soph Warrick, a zine titled "Faggot Heart Weep" by chanci, a ceramic mug with a mushroom on the handle by Bonesteeth, a tote reading "all cats are beautiful" by Caracol, a shirt reading "piss wizard" complete with sick wizard illustration by Zacharie McKee, a little knit creature with a heart for a face by Lin Ryan, strawberry jam earrings by @thebirdvioleta, a heart-shaped pink cake with strawberries on it by Quiet Cat Bakery, a zine titled "Cotyledon" by HEHYMN, a card shaped like a little white dog with a red bow by Sophie Wang, and an illustration of an anthropomorphic heart wearing headphones and shoes by GutExpulsion
February 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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reading the executive orders like
a risograph print, done in shades of blue and green, of a skeptical-looking cartoon rabbit head, surrounded by clouds, twinkles, and a checkered border, that in prominent lettering says "STOP BEING WEIRD ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE"
January 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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we have a ton of free rapid tests available in the store! come pick up a few (or a lot! we have so many!)
A stack of orange covid-19 rapid tests on a shelf. There is a paper sign reading: Mask Bloc MSP pick up/delivery, free rapid covid tests and masks. Child masks too! linktr.ee/MaskBlockMSP
January 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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did you know we're now open 7 days a week? stop by to warm up and grab a book!
A sandwich board sign with chalk writing reading: Boneshaker Books, open now 7 days! Mon–thu 2–8 (7 on thursdays), Fri-Sun 11–5 The Boneshaker Books chalkboard sign reading: Radical and Independent since approx. 2011
January 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Coming up next month is our 💖 Third Annual Valentine's Gay Market! 💘 Mark your calendars and if you make cool stuff or represent a cool organization, apply to table with us at tinyurl.com/boneshakergay. Hope to see you there!
Blue and red text on a cloudy sky background: Boneshaker Books Valentine's Gay Market. Saturday, February 8th, 11am to 4pm, 2002 23rd Ave S. Minneapolis. Masks required. Blue and red text on a cloud sky background: Boneshaker Books Valentine's Gay Market. Apply to table: tinyurl.com/boneshakergay. Event date: February 8th, 11am-4pm. Apply by: January 19th, 11:59 pm.
January 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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the annual ❄️ Boneshaker Winter Holiday Gift Guide 💀 is here!! We have picks for
everyone (and we do mean everyone) on your list 🌟
A display of books in a bookstore. Every book has a post-it note on it with a description of who to give the book to (e.g. "for a busy person" on Climate Action for Busy People) A book titled "How to Resist Amazon and Why" with a post-it note on it reading "For a prime subscriber" A book titled "Together: Towards Collaborative Living" with a post-it note reading "For your roommate" A book titled "Queer History of the United States for young people" with a post-it reading "for a baby queer"
December 12, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Visit Boneshaker (mobile edition) at the Walker Community Church Holiday Art Fair! 10–4 today (Saturday, Nov. 23rd) and 12–4 tomorrow (Sunday, Nov. 24th) at 3104 16th Ave. S., Minneapolis. Lots of books, Boneshaker merch, and more for your gifting (or personal) needs, so be sure to come through! 💀🎁
November 23, 2024 at 5:29 PM