Skunk Cabbage Books
@skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social
An indie bookstore and community workshop space in Chicago focused on building our connections to the natural world.
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November 29th - December 5th is Read Palestine Week, organized by Publishers for Palestine. 🇵🇸
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
November 29th - December 5th is Read Palestine Week, organized by Publishers for Palestine. 🇵🇸
We'll be closed on November 27th and 28th. See ya Saturday!
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We'll be closed on November 27th and 28th. See ya Saturday!
We'll be vending at this year's Get Lit Holiday Book Fair at the American Writers Museum!
Join us on December 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30. Tickets are $10 when you use the code SKUNK10. We'll have a selection of our year's best sellers, staff faves, and picks from our annual gift guide.
Join us on December 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30. Tickets are $10 when you use the code SKUNK10. We'll have a selection of our year's best sellers, staff faves, and picks from our annual gift guide.
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We'll be vending at this year's Get Lit Holiday Book Fair at the American Writers Museum!
Join us on December 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30. Tickets are $10 when you use the code SKUNK10. We'll have a selection of our year's best sellers, staff faves, and picks from our annual gift guide.
Join us on December 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30. Tickets are $10 when you use the code SKUNK10. We'll have a selection of our year's best sellers, staff faves, and picks from our annual gift guide.
Our With Feathers book club takes the month off in December (we're all too over-scheduled at the end of the year tbh) which means we have extra time to dig into a longer book. In January, we'll be discussing The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our With Feathers book club takes the month off in December (we're all too over-scheduled at the end of the year tbh) which means we have extra time to dig into a longer book. In January, we'll be discussing The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.
I'm gonna be honest with you, this started out as a curation of Frankenstein riffs, but it went a little off the rails. Here are some reading lists for you on creatures, shipwrecks, and bogs. 🛥️ 👹 🌿
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm gonna be honest with you, this started out as a curation of Frankenstein riffs, but it went a little off the rails. Here are some reading lists for you on creatures, shipwrecks, and bogs. 🛥️ 👹 🌿
Foraging Friends is back in November. Foraging Friends is a monthly meet up for anyone who likes growing their own food, foraging for wild snacks, and generally looking for little treasures in the natural world.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Foraging Friends is back in November. Foraging Friends is a monthly meet up for anyone who likes growing their own food, foraging for wild snacks, and generally looking for little treasures in the natural world.
Prepping for our final events and subscription boxes of 2025 and the line up is so good. 📚
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November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Prepping for our final events and subscription boxes of 2025 and the line up is so good. 📚
@thenewpress.bsky.social
@amandagoldblatt.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
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@amandagoldblatt.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
Airplane Mode, our subscription club for books in translation, is back in November. 🌍
More information on how to join available at skunkcabbagebooks.com.
More information on how to join available at skunkcabbagebooks.com.
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Airplane Mode, our subscription club for books in translation, is back in November. 🌍
More information on how to join available at skunkcabbagebooks.com.
More information on how to join available at skunkcabbagebooks.com.
We're excited to welcome Miranda Mellis in conversation with Amanda Goldblatt to discuss her new novel, Crocosmia, a speculative fable that begins at the end of climate catastrophe and charts a future after The Great Turning when people begin to rebuild a new, more alive world together.
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We're excited to welcome Miranda Mellis in conversation with Amanda Goldblatt to discuss her new novel, Crocosmia, a speculative fable that begins at the end of climate catastrophe and charts a future after The Great Turning when people begin to rebuild a new, more alive world together.
Join us November 9th for a reading to celebrate the release of Girldad Press's new anthology, Sex Change and the City with editor Tuck Woodstock (Gender Reveal podcast) and author Vera Blossom (How to Fuck Like A Girl).
Space is limited, RSVP via the link in our bio.
Space is limited, RSVP via the link in our bio.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us November 9th for a reading to celebrate the release of Girldad Press's new anthology, Sex Change and the City with editor Tuck Woodstock (Gender Reveal podcast) and author Vera Blossom (How to Fuck Like A Girl).
Space is limited, RSVP via the link in our bio.
Space is limited, RSVP via the link in our bio.
Join us for our With Feathers book club in November to discuss The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger.
We'll meet at 6 on November 19th. No RSVP required.
We'll meet at 6 on November 19th. No RSVP required.
October 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Join us for our With Feathers book club in November to discuss The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger.
We'll meet at 6 on November 19th. No RSVP required.
We'll meet at 6 on November 19th. No RSVP required.
Join us for our last Ask A Scientist night of the year! Dr. Liz Kozik from the Chicago Botanic Garden will be here on November 12th at 6:30 to tell us all about prairie restoration ecology and art as science communication. 🌿 🌼
Tickets go on sale via the link in our bio at noon on 11/4!
Tickets go on sale via the link in our bio at noon on 11/4!
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Join us for our last Ask A Scientist night of the year! Dr. Liz Kozik from the Chicago Botanic Garden will be here on November 12th at 6:30 to tell us all about prairie restoration ecology and art as science communication. 🌿 🌼
Tickets go on sale via the link in our bio at noon on 11/4!
Tickets go on sale via the link in our bio at noon on 11/4!
Come and get em
October 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Come and get em
Some of what our staff have been reading lately. 📚
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Some of what our staff have been reading lately. 📚
October 5th - 11th is Banned Books Week. We're partnering with @midwestbooks2p to help get more books to incarcerated readers inside while also helping Midwest Books To Prisoners unlock matching grant funds from the Hull Foundation to support their ongoing operations.
October 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
October 5th - 11th is Banned Books Week. We're partnering with @midwestbooks2p to help get more books to incarcerated readers inside while also helping Midwest Books To Prisoners unlock matching grant funds from the Hull Foundation to support their ongoing operations.
Join us for a teach in and volunteer night with @Chicagoabortionfund on Sunday, October 26th at 5pm. We'll be packing 200+ kits with pads, pain relief, comfort items, and notes of affirmation for people getting care in Illinois clinics.
Space is limited - register via the link on the event page.
Space is limited - register via the link on the event page.
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Join us for a teach in and volunteer night with @Chicagoabortionfund on Sunday, October 26th at 5pm. We'll be packing 200+ kits with pads, pain relief, comfort items, and notes of affirmation for people getting care in Illinois clinics.
Space is limited - register via the link on the event page.
Space is limited - register via the link on the event page.
C'mon out Wednesday October 8th for a night of comics with @daryafarah and @ruby.comix at 6 pm. They'll be reading from their latest work!
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
C'mon out Wednesday October 8th for a night of comics with @daryafarah and @ruby.comix at 6 pm. They'll be reading from their latest work!
Here's a lil sample of what's on the staff picks shelf this week. C'mon in and check 'em out. 👁️ 👁️
September 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Here's a lil sample of what's on the staff picks shelf this week. C'mon in and check 'em out. 👁️ 👁️
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September 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
here's a good meme someone emailed me this morning.
In October, our With Feathers book club will be dipping into horror comics for the spooky season. We'll be discussing The Low, Low Woods, written by Carmen Maria Machado and illustrated by Dani.
We'll meet October 15th at 6. No RSVP required - feel free to drop in!
We'll meet October 15th at 6. No RSVP required - feel free to drop in!
September 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In October, our With Feathers book club will be dipping into horror comics for the spooky season. We'll be discussing The Low, Low Woods, written by Carmen Maria Machado and illustrated by Dani.
We'll meet October 15th at 6. No RSVP required - feel free to drop in!
We'll meet October 15th at 6. No RSVP required - feel free to drop in!
This book lives up to its hype
September 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This book lives up to its hype
Join us Friday, October 3rd at 6:30 for Naomi Washer discussing her new book, Marginalia, with Deborah Shapiro.
Bookseller Mrittika says, "At once poetic and psychoanalytical, Washer's fragmented curation of side notes keeps us hooked on the dialogue unfolding between past versions of herself".
Bookseller Mrittika says, "At once poetic and psychoanalytical, Washer's fragmented curation of side notes keeps us hooked on the dialogue unfolding between past versions of herself".
September 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Join us Friday, October 3rd at 6:30 for Naomi Washer discussing her new book, Marginalia, with Deborah Shapiro.
Bookseller Mrittika says, "At once poetic and psychoanalytical, Washer's fragmented curation of side notes keeps us hooked on the dialogue unfolding between past versions of herself".
Bookseller Mrittika says, "At once poetic and psychoanalytical, Washer's fragmented curation of side notes keeps us hooked on the dialogue unfolding between past versions of herself".
Airplane Mode, our bi-monthly subscription for books in translation, is back in September. This month, we're visiting Kuwait and India. More info on how to sign up on our website!
September 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Airplane Mode, our bi-monthly subscription for books in translation, is back in September. This month, we're visiting Kuwait and India. More info on how to sign up on our website!
Rosemary Mosco, author of perennial Skunk Cabbage Books best sellers A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching and The Birding Dictionary, is this year's keynote speaker at @urbanbirdfest. Will we see you there? 🐦 👁️
Registration for the Urban Birding Festival is required!
Registration for the Urban Birding Festival is required!
August 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Rosemary Mosco, author of perennial Skunk Cabbage Books best sellers A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching and The Birding Dictionary, is this year's keynote speaker at @urbanbirdfest. Will we see you there? 🐦 👁️
Registration for the Urban Birding Festival is required!
Registration for the Urban Birding Festival is required!
August is Women in Translation Month. Check out our latest recs for works in translation. 🌏
August 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
August is Women in Translation Month. Check out our latest recs for works in translation. 🌏