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Welcome back to Bookstore Pix, where we showcase and celebrate independent bookstores from around the world, sharing their booksellers’ best picks, and reminding you to shop independent.
Today, we’re visiting a Pennsylvania bookstore run by mother-daughter duo Deema and Nadia, who have curated a beautiful shop that showcases diverse books for a diverse world.
Francesca McDonnell Capossela
The Shelf Talker
Current 📚: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurt
A Mother-Daughter Duo & A Love of Books
Photo provided by Mavey Books
Mavey Books is a BIPOC and women-owned independent bookstore in the heart of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Mother and daughter Nadia and Deema are big believers in community and in sharing stories that reflect this great, big, diverse world. Their small but mighty purple bookstore opened on Independent Bookstore Day in 2024.
Nadia and Deema love stories, and think everyone should be able to find themselves reflected in one––every single title in their bookshop is handpicked to reflect exactly that.
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Mavey Bookseller Picks
Helm
by Sarah Hall
“A tall-tale told by wind and the Victorian steam engineer trying to save wind from extinction. Witty! Fun! Doesn't give itself too many airs!”
Living Nations, Living Worlds
by Joy Harjo
“An anthology of native poetry by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo on place & displacement, resistance, and acknowledgment. ‘Heritage is a living thing!’”
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Mavey Bookseller Picks
We Are Green and Trembling
by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
“Nun on the run becomes a cabin boy, mule driver, shopkeeper, and conquistador! Based on a real story! A ride of a read! What a tale!”
The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“How the stories we tell (and the ones we don’t) shape our political realities. Set against Coates’ travels to Dakar, Senegal, South Carolina, and Palestine!”
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About your recommenders:
Deema is a big sci-fi and fantasy fan, a reader of all things political, and the head of all things creative at Mavey. Deema’s favorite books include: anything by S.A. Chakraborty, Jeff VanderMeer, or V.E. Schwab.
The head of curation, Nadia loves Scandinavian noir (a real subgenre, by the way!), fiction with teeth, and a good mystery. Nadia’s favorite books include: anything by Sara Blaedel and Tove Dittlesen, fiery memoirs with grit, and the occasional hard-to-place fiction.
Until next time!
We’ll see you soon to explore a mobile bookstore in Tennessee, a bookstore-bar opened by high school sweethearts in upstate New York, and a beautifully curated bookstore for those seeking solace in Maine.
Until then, thank you for supporting indie bookstores!
See you then,
Francesca
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