Hours: 12-6 pm Weekdays & 10-4 Saturday
Phone: (662) 570-4247
Location: 423 Main Street, Columbus, MS
A new legacy meets an annual tradition
Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker Unveiling and Eighth of May Emancipation Celebration
Join us on May 8 for a special commemoration of two milestones in Columbus: the unveiling of the new Freedom Trail marker honoring Dr. Emmett J. Stringer and the annual Emancipation Celebration organized by local students from MSMS, Columbus High, Columbus Middle, and MUW. We are thrilled to welcome award-winning author Reginald Dwayne Betts as our keynote speaker this year!
Both events are free and open to the public.
Free Book Giveaway!
You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take
We were honored to host Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, one of the nation’s leading anti-poverty organizers, in the Friendly City recently. Her new book with Noam Sandweiss-Back explores the history of poor people’s movements in the United States and traces her own journey through some of the most significant anti-poverty struggles of the past thirty years.
This book giveaway is sponsored by the Friendly City Books Community Connection, a special project of the CREATE Foundation.
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New Releases on Audio
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Mississippi Authors
Listen to audiobooks by Jesmyn Ward, Michael Farris Smith, and more.
FCB Fave: Bless Your Heart
All of us are obsessed with Landon Bryant’s hilarious explanations of Southern culture to unenlightened Yankees on his @landontalks social media channels and the Friendly City Books podcast, and we are so excited to have signed copies of his very first book Bless Your Heart: A Field Guide to All Things Southern.
Book Events
Introducing the
Friendly City Books Community Connection
Learn more about our new nonprofit arm and earn a choose your own sale day at the bookstore when you donate to support our efforts.
Our Own Publications
Our newest book!
SAVOR: Poems for the Tongue
Edited by Brennan Breeland & Stan Galloway
We’re so excited to share with you our newest book from Friendly City Books! SAVOR: Poems for the Tongue is our much anticipated anthology of food poetry.
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