Hours: 12-6 pm Weekdays & 10-4 Saturday
Phone: (662) 570-4247
Location: 423 Main Street, Columbus, MS
Welty Symposium
The 37th annual event will bring 12 Southern writers to Mississippi University for Women October 23-25. Learn more at muw.edu/welty.
Get one, give one: Support our third annual student book giveaway! When you purchase a copy of keynote speaker’s Ashley M. Jones’ book Lullaby for the Grieving from Friendly City Books, publisher Hub City Press will match with book donations to MUW Honors College students.
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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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