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Celebrate Juneteenth

Jun 19, 2021

June 19, 2021 marks the first time Juneteeth will be officially recognized as a federal holiday in the United States, 155 years after its first celebration.

We're honoring this milestone by supporting Black-owned bookstores, authors, and activists across the country, and invite you to do the same. Continue reading

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Black Voices, What We're Reading

Decolonizing Our Bookshelves

Jan 16, 2021

As we learned last year, Black voices have dismal representation in literature, and the numbers haven't changed in the past four years. As readers, we can do our part to support Black writers by doing what we already do so well: reading, rating, and sharing the books we love far and wide. To help you discover new authors and books to explore, we've created a Black Voices book shelf on the Silent Book Club Bookshop. Continue reading

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Black Voices, We will not be silent

Amplify Black Voices

Jun 18, 2020

This week, readers across the country are responding to the call to #BlackoutBestsellerLists to amplify Black voices in publishing. The goal of the campaign is to "highlight the buying power of African American book consumers as well as the behind-the-scenes efforts of Black publishing professionals working to deliver these books to the public." Here's how you can help. Continue reading

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Celebrate Black humanity & do the work of antiracism

Jun 16, 2020

In this remarkable and difficult time, people are turning to books to make sense of the world around us. As The New York Times put it, “People Are Marching Against Racism. They’re Also Reading About It.” The work of antiracism is vital and overdue. Continue reading