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What screams #selfcaresunday more than churros? We have yet to find out 🤷‍♀️ treat yourself and your favorite Libra to some fresh churros and dipping chocolate before they’re all gone 😅

It’s the first week of Fall- leaves are falling, the temperature is dropping, and spooky season is finally approaching 🍂🎃 It’s time to brush up on your creatures and classic features in preparation for October festivities✨

What’s on your spooky fall #tbr list?

Heads up y’all- the book industry is facing some supply chain delays this year, so it’s best to start stocking up for the holidays now! 🎁

Check out this quick summary of what’s going on to understand a little better how pretty much every part of the book-making process is currently out of sorts 🌳🚚🚢👷📚 Hope this helps and thank you in advance for your patience as we do our best to get your bookish goods to you ASAP!

#thirstythursday💦 is just Friday Jr. therefore, it must be the weekend… Right? Good news for our 21+ weekend warriors- we still have Dingo Dog’s Mango Apple Cider, Lucky Dog IPA, and Beer De Garde on tap to get your fun on ✨ Stop and sip for a while, you deserve it!

🌧 Rainy days were made for sipping a foamy latte at a cute bookstore or staying home nestled under the covers with a really great book. Enjoy today’s stormy weather your way with our #curbsidepickup🚗🚙 and #delivery options, in case you couldn’t make it out of your pjs (it happens!) 📚☕️

Just give us a call or place an order on our website and we’ll take care of the rest!

Aren’t you glad it’s #newreleasetuesday again?! We have some incredible titles for you (as always) so lets dive right in. Here’s what you need to know about this inspiring batch:

🌀Bewilderment is a tantalizing account of the love between a father and his son after the death of their beloved wife and mother through a cosmic lens.
🧩The Right To Sex is a sharp and thought provoking book to explore the complexities of sex and how we speak about it (or don’t).
🪖Yellow Rain is a collection of poems reopening the transgressions against Hmong refugees during the Vietnam war after decades of denial.
🎟The Price of the Ticket is a comprehensive collection of James Baldwin’s powerful nonfiction work edited by Baldwin himself.
🦁My Darling From the Lions is a collection of poetry about growing up, girlhood, and falling in love with less than great men.

Good news! We’re back with our beautiful #currentlyreading selfies to cut through the Monday mayhem 😁

We proudly present to you a variety witchy tales, powerful Latina poetry, a southern gothic story of finding your identity, a novel of powerful friendships in unlikely places, and tips on how to be a better writer 😍

We’re celebrating the iconic queen of Tejano music this #SelenaSunday 😍 Comment your favorite #selenaquintanilla song to jam out to! (We know, not an easy question 😉) 🎼🌹

Gooooood morning Carolina, it’s a great day to be a Tar Heel as we get ready to face off against UVA 🤩🐐

Pregame by grabbing a blue matcha to match your head-to-toe Carolina blue game day fit before heading out to cheer our team on 🥶

Hey there chocolate lovers, we’re looking at you 😉 it’s the end of the week and you deserve an extra special sweet treat- so why not come on down and fall into a nice, cozy chocolate coma? 🍫

Our Videri infused recipes are bound to satisfy any sweettooth, anytime. From fluffy chocolate conchas and thick dipping chocolate to chocolate chunk cookies, chocolate milkshakes, mochas, drinking chocolates and more, we’ve got you covered 🤩

Horchata and chill anyone? Get your #thirsdaythursday fix with a delicious glass of horchata and cinnamon, and check out one of our incredible books from the Latinx authors display! 🌺

Happy Latinx Heritage Month 🥳💃🏽 As a Latinx-owned bookstore, September and October has a special place in our heart as we celebrate what brings us together and sets us apart in our communities.

Comprised of a wide range of countries, races, languages, traditions, foods, and art, the term “Latinx” encompasses a multitude of complex identities coexisting beneath the Texan border and in the beautiful islands of the Caribbean. Today, and every day we celebrate all the stories our people have shared as means of salvation, self-expression, activism, and empowerment. We are honored to be a hub to house a range of voices that tell us what it means to be Latinx, in all of its glorious forms 🤍🤎🖤

Happy Latinx Heritage Month 🥳💃🏽 As a Latinx-owned bookstore, September and October has a special place in our heart as we celebrate what brings us together and sets us apart in our local community.

Comprised of a wide range of countries, races, languages, traditions, foods, and art, the term “Latinx” encompasses a multitude of complex identities coexisting beneath the Texan border and in the beautiful islands of the Caribbean. Today, and every day we celebrate all the stories our people have shared as means of salvation, self-expression, activism, and empowerment. We are honored to be a hub to house a range of voices that tell us what it means to be Latinx, in all of its glorious forms 🤍🤎🖤

Our favorite part of the week is sharing our #currentlyreading selfies for your discovering pleasure 🤗 oh, and did you notice any new faces? 😍

Here’s a question for y’all- are you curious to get to know our phenomenal bookworms and bar chefs a little better? Let us know if we should do staff bios 🤩

We’re loving the titles from this week’s #NewRelease Tuesday 😍 Here’s what you need to know about these wonderful projects:

🌹Tarana Burke, founder of the revolutionary #MeToo movement, debuts a powerful memoir on her own journey to empowerment.
💥Colton Whitehead is back with a dazzling novel about heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in 1960s Harlem.
🌔Set In Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a haunting fictional novel about magic, mystery, demons, and witches.
🪴Harrow tells the story of an environmental apocalypse where only the man-made has value, but some still wish to salvage the authentic.
👑Antonio Michael Downing presents an enthralling and deeply personal account of a young immigrants search for belonging and black identity amidst the effects of cultural dislocation.

Spend your #selfcaresunday getting in touch with your inner self with the help of a beautiful Oracle deck. Let the cards guide you in your meditations and reflection 🔮✨

As the new week begins, find peace and serenity to propel you through all your endevours 🤍

The only thing better than a stellar collection of poetry is if the cover is just as beautiful as the words inside 📖💐

Cookies and Agua Fresca + new #poetry= the start of a great weekend ✨

TGI(A)F! Start your weekend off with a special live performance by singer-songwriter Laura tomorrow from 6-8pm! Grab some friends and make your way over for some drinks and sweets- you know Fridays are better with churros ✨

P.S. we still have Dingo Dog beer and cider on tap in case you didn’t make our last Tap Takeover 🍻

TGI(A)F! Start your weekend off with a special live performance by singer-songwriter Laura tomorrow from 6-8pm! Grab some friends and make your way over for some drinks and sweets- you know Fridays are better with churros ✨

P.S. we still have Dingo Dog beer and cider on tap in case you didn’t make our last Tap Takeover 🍻

The second book in everyone’s favorite lesbian necromancy series is back with a vengeance on paperback. Pre-order your copy now and receive an enamel pin with your book!

Featuring more ghosts, explosions, and girl boss energy than its predecessor, Harrow the Ninth picks up with Harrow’s journey to reconcile with her haunted past- and that’s about all we can say to save you the spoilers 😉

This week’s #newrelease Tuesday is absolutely bursting with fresh titles and new finds from authors that you already know and love plus a few new names bound to make waves this September. Dive into a new story or flex your brain with this riveting round of novels, essays, and memoirs 📚😍

Here’s some Literary Labor Day inspiration in the form if our #currentlyreading selfies of the week!

Spring into September with tales of glittery crime, dazzling autobiographies, witchy women, 80s slashers, and everything in between!

Come on over and enjoy a nice brew and a book with us! Open 8-9 today. #chapelhill #carrboro #chapelboro #laborday

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Colson Whitehead is back with an enchantingly captivating novel of heists, shakedowns, and ripoffs set in 1960s Harlem.

Pre-order this dazzling tale of action, suspense, crime, and drama and get a complimentary sticker pack designed by Whitehead himself!

Football season is finally upon us again, and we couldn’t be more thrilled 🤩 Make sure you grab a Carolina blue matcha latte to go with your head to toe game day fit on your way to watch us beat VT on the big screen 🏈💎

Fall is on its way to paint the trees different shades of yellow, orange, and brown just in time for September’s “Arborist” themed #STEAM subscription box. 🍂 Have your kiddos learn about plants while they play in the leaves with these fun-packed, autumn themed goodies! 🌳

Based on the award-winning special issue of The New York Times, the extended hardcover version of “The 1619 Project” will now be available for pre-order at Epilogue.
Orchestrated by NYT editors and edited by the unforgettable Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, “The 1619 Project” tells a new origin story of the United Stated, placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the narrative we tell ourselves about who we are as a country.
This greatly expanded volume includes an additional 112 of literature from its authors, with extended pieces and additional insight.

We have already sold out of our signed copies, but not to fret as we still have unsigned copies available for pre-order on our website!

Based on the award-winning special issue of The New York Times, the extended hardcover version of “The 1619 Project” will now be available for pre-order at Epilogue.
Orchestrated by NYT editors and edited by the unforgettable Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, “The 1619 Project” tells a new origin story of the United Stated, placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the narrative we tell ourselves about who we are as a country.
This greatly expanded volume includes an additional 112 of literature from its authors, with extended pieces and additional insight. Additionally, a limited number signed copies are available for pre-order on our website while they last!

We live for #newrelease Tuesdays! Start September off with a bang- be the first in your bookworm circle to explore these new titles! 📚🐛

Here’s a quick peak of our new goodies:
⚡️A graphic novel reimagining the real chaos of Klan violence through the lens of a fictional protagonist
⚡️A hilarious and absurd work-from-home novel told entirely through clever slack messages
⚡️A collection of critically acclaimed stories that raise ordinary people and the mundane to new heights
⚡️A genre bending novel superposing the terror of colonial legacy with modern day horror culture
⚡️A highly anticipated novel set in pre-civil war NYC exploring neighborhood life through the eyes of a young orphan living between their grandparent’s Black and Irish households

Did you miss our beautiful #currentlyreading selfies yesterday? You didn’t think we would skip out on sharing our new favorite picks with you, did you?

This week, the crew of Epilogue brings to you sports come-up stories, Argentine werewolves, indigenous horror movie realness, monster slaying baddies, escapism, and more. 📚

-XOXO, Epilogue Gxrl

Starting off the week with the fabulous @tressiemcphd stopping in to sign more copies of THICK and Lower Ed 😍

If you’ve been waiting to snag a signed copy of either of Dr. McMillan Cottom’s incredible books, now is the perfect time! ☕️📚

Mark your calendars, folks! We’re thrilled to announce that the talented Andy Little will be performing in front of Epilogue this Saturday, September 4th from 6pm- 8pm 🎶

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Andy Little is a freelance musician who played in the Charlotte area for six years before moving to Chapel Hill to study English at UNC. Their favorite venues are coffee shops given their immense love of coffee, and their favorite music to play is soft and alternative pop and indie- everything you want to listen to with a hot cup of coffee in hand! ☕️

Pre-order NYT bestselling author and horror mastermind Stephen Graham Jones’ new novel “My Heart is a Chainsaw” before it comes out on August 31 to receive a complimentary post card set, key chain, and signed book plate with your copy!

In this genre bending novel, the surface story of a small town murder is merely the tip of the iceberg for Graham’s biting critique of American colonialism, indigenous displacement, and gentrification. Dive into the story of a young broken girl who uses horror movies to cope with the terror or her real life.

Let’s say you had ice cream at home, which of our #housemade syrups would you use to top it? 🍨 (And yes, we do sell bottles of syrup AND if you return the empty bottles, you get a discount on your café purchase 🤗)

Hey y’all! We’re doing our first ever #TapTakeover featuring #LocalFavorite @dingodogbrewing 🍺🐕 We’ll have their Bee de Garde Farmhouse Ale, Blood Orange IPA, and Mango Apple Cider on tap until they run out, so get there early! 🤗

What’s better than a night of incredible music and drinks? TWO! Listen up music lovers, beer connoisseurs, book fans, coffee aficionados, and everyone in between- we have a fabulous line up of local musicians for you to come listen to this weekend! 🎶🎶🎶🎶

Stop by in Friday and meet Andrew Kasab- a Modern Folk singer-songwriter, American fingerstyle guitarist, harp guitarist, and baritone guitarist. Andrew is known for combining traditional and contemporary techniques, as well as his energetic performances. 🎸

Come back on Saturday to join Richard Yuan, the young singer-songwriter looking to share his music with his beloved Chapel Hill community before heading off to college. 🎓 Cheer Richard and his acoustic guitar on as he explored indie, pop, and folk music, amongst other genres!

What’s better than a night of incredible music and drinks? TWO! Listen up music lovers, beer connoisseurs, book fans, coffee aficionados, and everyone in between- we have a fabulous line up of local musicians for you to come listen to this weekend! 🎶🎶🎶🎶

Stop by in Friday and meet Andrew Kasab- a Modern Folk singer-songwriters, American fingerstyle guitarist, harp guitarist, and baritone guitarist. Andrew is known for combining traditional and contemporary techniques, as well as his energetic performances. 🎸

Come back on Saturday to join Richard Yuan, the young singer-songwriter looking to share his music with his beloved Chapel Hill community before heading off to college. 🎓 Cheer Richard and his acoustic guitar on as he explored indie, pop, and folk music, amongst other genres!

This #NewReleaseTuesday has us positively delighted 🤩 From poetry and novels to current events in the arts, we’ve got you covered 📚

Curious about what’s on the booksellers’ minds this week? Take a look at their #currentlyreading selections and that should say it all!

If you’re interested in thoughtful essays and meditations on gender, or magical retellings of classic lit and mysterious graphic novels, stop by and chat with the staff! 📚

Beat the Sunday scaries with a great book, fresh coffee, and handmade churros ☕️ Get ready to start the week with your best foot forward by finding your next big literary adventure ✨

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