Hours: 12-6 pm Weekdays & 10-4 Saturday
Phone: (662) 570-4247
Location: 423 Main Street, Columbus, MS
Possumtown Book Fest 2025
The Friendly City Books festival returns!
Join us on August 16, 2025 for interesting and engaging panels, a Local Authors Showcase, a Book Fair for kids AND adults, and much more to be announced! You won’t want to miss Possumtown Book Fest.
VIRTUAL EVENT: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Join us for a Virtual Event reading with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois, as she discusses her new essay collection Misbehaving at the Crossroads.
Book Events
Introducing the
Friendly City Books Community Connection
Learn more about our nonprofit arm bringing authors and books to libraries and schools in our area and 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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