We've gathered together some of your very favorite craftspeople for a two day Holiday Craft Pop-Up. You're welcome!

We accept that you can't gift every person you love a book for every holiday, every single year (we work at a bookstore, believe us, we've tried). Switch it up with a macabre mug or a delightfully nerdy bauble made of dice!

Each day of the pop-up includes a unique group of artisans with a wide variety of mediums, styles, and flavors. The event is a Palestine solidarity fundraiser, with a portion of proceeds going towards the Gaza Soup Kitchen.

Join us on Saturday, December 13th to delight in the wares of Cardamom Bakery, Savim, & Friends, Earth to Hands, Fig Crochets , Miles Madonna, Ruckus Ceramics, The Crows' Teeth, The Dicey Dungeon, and WNC Mask Bloc, and Woodberry Designs.

Then on Sunday peruse treasures from Al's Stained Glass, Finn and the Whale, GasStationVampire, HK Hotteok, Lucin Zac, Luzida.Art, Matilda's Menagerie, Polycreative Collective, Shop.Tamango, Turned Worm Studios, and VII Ceramics.

We'll see you there! 🎨🧶🫖💎🍪🧣

#QueerBookstore #CoopsNotCops #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-Esmé)

‼️ We're extending our Indies First sale through today! ‼️

You can come by today to snag 15% off all non-discounted inventory — this includes books, stickers, shirts, prints, and more! And when you're a Firestorm sustainer that stacks to a whole 25% off. If you were shopping for say, a major gift giving holiday... to name a random example... that 25% really goes a long way 😉

If you're not interested in braving the cold today you can always shop online with the promo code INDIESFIRST. We'll even throw in some free goodies like a sticker and a zine with your order 🫶

#OnHaywoodRd #FeministBookstore #IndiesFirst #SmallBusinessSaturday #FirestormCoop

Friends, comrades, book lovers, this Saturday our co-op is joining the retail pandemonium to offer you discounts on books! That's right, books made of paper, filled with delightful stories and subversive ideas. Skip the mall, skip the big box store, and DEFINITELY skip the Am🤮zon Surveillance Mega Corp, because our team is out here slinging 15-25% discounts on almost everything we stock! How do you get the biggest discounts? We're offering 25% off to members of our sustainers program! Sign up before you shop using the link in our bio.

Have a family member who doesn't love to read? Even flawed people deserve gifts! Give them stickers, t-shirts, board games, art prints, or other unique items from our catalog. If you're shopping in person, our collective is happy to provide bespoke recommendations to help you find exactly what you're looking for. We know that braving the crowds can be exhausting, so hot beverages are on the house!

Indies First savings aren't just for the geographically privileged. Shop online with the promo code INDIESFIRST for the same great deal (minus the hot beverage, sorry). We love it when people choose to support us over corporate shit-peddlers and we'll show you our appreciation with free stickers, postcards, or radical literature in every package. Plus shipping is always free on orders of $50 or more! 💓

#OnHaywoodRd #FeministBookstore #IndiesFirst #SmallBusinessSaturday #AnticapitalistCapitalism #FirestormCoop

Ditch the cranberry sauce and get ready for gore! In dishonor of the Thanksgiving holiday, we're hosting a horror movie double feature fundraiser. All proceeds will support Indigenous anarchist political prisoner Oso Blanco, currently serving 55 years related to bank expropriations in support of the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico in the late 90s.

Suggested donation $5-20. Learn more about Oso Blanco at https://freeosoblanco.org.

#AntiColonialFilm #FeministBookstore #OsoBlanco #NoThanksNoGiving #FirestormCoop (- L)

Black Friday, hold the capitalism! 🙅

This year we're bringing back our Black Friday Book Swap, a chill, community-based alternative to the consumer chaos of retail's busiest weekend. Bring books you loved but are willing to part with, and take home something new! There's no limit on the number of books you can bring or take, just be considerate. You're also welcome to hang out and read, but dress warmly since the swap will be taking place on our patio!

Can I join if I don't have any books to bring?
Yes! No worries if you don't have any books you want to bring this time. Firestorm staff will also contribute from our collective's personal beloved book stacks.

Where is the book swap happening?
Come to Firestorm's patio where there will be cute tents and also ✨ free ✨ hot apple cider! Beware, books inside the bookstore are NOT part of the swap and sadly still subject to Commerce. But the point is, you DON'T have to spend money at the book swap!

#QueerBookstore #CoopsNotCops #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- Esmé)

One week from today Firestorm will be hosting @MsKellyMHayes in conversation with organizer Ash Williams to discuss the launch of "Read this When Things Fall Apart," a new publication of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times.

“If you need an antidote to despair, this book is for you. It’s a repository of fortifying collective wisdom, a tonic for our troubled times. The letters Kelly Hayes has collected offer vital insights amid the darkness, shrewd strategic advice for aspiring change-makers, and a reminder none of us are in the fight alone.”—Astra Taylor, co-author of "Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea"

Register for this online event, and find your copy of "Read This When Things Fall Apart," at https://firestorm.coop/events/3487-read-this-when-things-fall-apart.html

#Activism #MovementMemos #KellyHayes #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

On Saturday the 15th, Firestorm will be hosting a virtual book launch with activist Yavor Tarinski, whose new primer "Horizons of Direct Democracy" is out this month from On Our Own Authority! Yavor will appear alongside notable social-ecologist contributors Eleanor Finley and Modibo Kadalie for this panel facilitated by fellow author and frequent Firestorm collaborator Andrew Zonneveld. Don't miss it! 🌱🏴

"Horizons of Direct Democracy" is a short and accessible volume surveying the political thought of philosophers like Cornelius Castoriadis and CLR James while also dissecting real-world examples of direct democracy in action from the Baltic, to Latin America, Western Asia, and beyond.

Register for free and find your copy of "Horizons" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3491-horizons-of-direct-democracy-book-launch.html. Not able to make the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the event recording to soak up at your leisure!

#DirectDemocracy #Anarchism #SocialEcology #HorizonsOfDirectDemocracy #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday, in collaboration with friends at Asheville for Justice, we're hosting an event on mutual aid and women's liberation! Come learn about Rojava, the revolutionary autonomous zone in Northern Syria. We'll be screening "Berxwedan Jiyaneand / Resistance is Life" and "I Am the Revolution," two films about Rojava, alongside a virtual Q&A with Ruken and Sultan of The Foundation of Free Women in Syria (Weqfa Jina Azad a Sûrî) and Savushka of Kongra Star.

We'll learn as we listen to stories of organized resistance, mutual aid, and solidarity without borders!

#RojavaRevolution #KongraStar #RiseupForRojava #BijiYPJ #WomenOfRojava #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Where do cops come from and why does the capitalist state need them? ❓🚓

On Tuesday the 28th, organizer and author brian bean will share reflections at Firestorm Books on the connection between policing and capitalism. Drawing from their new book "Their End Is Our Beginning," brian will trace the roots and development of policing through colonial rule, racist enslavement, and class oppression, concluding with an analysis of how police power can be challenged and, ultimately, abolished to build a thriving community-organized society!

Learn more and find your copy of brian's book at https://firestorm.coop/events/3462-their-end-is-our-beginning.html 🚫🚓

#AbolishThePolice #AbolishICE #Abolitionism #ACAB #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Tuesday Firestorm will be hosting photographer Jim Saah for a live presentation of slides from the salad days of punk rock, featured in his recent book "In My Eyes, Photographs 1982-1997." Jim, a native of Washington, DC whose work received wide attention in Rolling Stone and on the cover of Fugazi’s seminal album, "Repeater," will discuss the personal and cultural importance of photos from the DC scene! We hope you'll join us 📸

Learn more at https://firestorm.coop/events/3421-punk-rock-photography-with-jim-saah.html

#DCPunk #ConcertPhotography #PunkArt #JimSaah #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Wednesday, we'll be hosting anarchist writer @rechelon who has recently published a new book on the conflict between postmodernists and scientists in the the late 20th century. William will be joined in conversation by mathematical physicist @mmarcolli who has described the book as "a lucid and detailed analysis" of how left-leaning postmodernists gave birth to a fascist resurgence that's ensnared millions in an "alternative reality."

"Did The Science Wars Take Place?" returns to an infamous conflict across radical subcultural spaces and academia to examine its lingering influence on the Left and the Right today, with an eye towards what anarchists and activists can take away. Simultaneously a gossipy account of historical drama among radicals and a studious engagement within contemporary philosophy of science, it provides a discursive autopsy and political analysis that will surprise most readers.

You can register for this free event, and find your copy of "Did the Science Wars Take Place?", at https://firestorm.coop/events/3479-the-political-ethical-stakes-of-radical-realism.html. Not able to make the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the recording to consume at your leisure!

#ScienceWars #Antifascist #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Wednesday, we'll be hosting anarchist writer @rechelon who has recently published a new book on the conflict between postmodernists and scientists in the the late 20th century. William will be joined in conversation by mathematical physicist @mmarcolli who has described the book as "a lucid and detailed analysis" of how left-leaning postmodernists gave birth to a fascist resurgence that's ensnared millions in an "alternative reality."

"Did The Science Wars Take Place?" returns to an infamous conflict across radical subcultural spaces and academia to examine its lingering influence on the Left and the Right today, with an eye towards what anarchists and activists can take away. Simultaneously a gossipy account of historical drama among radicals and a studious engagement within contemporary philosophy of science, it provides a discursive autopsy and political analysis that will surprise most readers.

You can register for this free event, and find your copy of "Did the Science Wars Take Place?", at https://firestorm.coop/events/3479-the-political-ethical-stakes-of-radical-realism.html. Not able to make the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the recording to consume at your leisure!

#ScienceWars #Antifascist #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Monday, Firestorm is teaming up with scholar Zane McNeill for a conversation on the terrifying new wave of anti-transgender rhetoric and political persecution. Speaking with activists Eric King and Josh Davidson, co-editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners," we'll put this federal attack on trans rights in historical perspective—connecting it to repression during the Red Scare, the Lavender Scare, Black Liberation and Gay Rights Movements, the Green Scare, and solidarity with Palestine.

We'll also explore what we can learn from past struggles—how organizers not only survived but built movements under constant FBI surveillance—highlighting harm and risk reduction strategies that remain relevant today.

Find more and register to join this free event at https://firestorm.coop/events/3478-gender-terrorism-surviving-magas-war-on-trans-people.html. The recorded conversation will also be shared via our YouTube channel for folks who cannot join live!

#TransLiberation #TransRights #LavenderScare #NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA #WeKeepUsSafe #QueerSouth #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Monday, Firestorm is teaming up with scholar Zane McNeill for a conversation on the terrifying new wave of anti-transgender rhetoric and political persecution. Speaking with activists Eric King and Josh Davidson, co-editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners," we'll put this federal attack on trans rights in historical perspective—connecting it to repression during the Red Scare, the Lavender Scare, Black Liberation and Gay Rights Movements, the Green Scare, and solidarity with Palestine.

We'll also explore what we can learn from past struggles—how organizers not only survived but built movements under constant FBI surveillance—highlighting harm and risk reduction strategies that remain relevant today.

Find more and register to join this free event at https://firestorm.coop/events/3478-gender-terrorism-surviving-magas-war-on-trans-people.html. The recorded conversation will also be shared via our YouTube channel for folks who cannot join live!

#TransLiberation #TransRights #LavenderScare #NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA #WeKeepUsSafe #QueerSouth #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

After Hurricane Helene, we promised ourselves that we wouldn't go through another disaster without a battery backup for our rooftop solar. Thanks to the folks at Footprint Project, we're on track to install 20kWh of battery capacity for our building this month!

So now want to pay it forward. On Thursday, October 9th, we'll be donating net proceeds from all sales in-store and online to the Feral Crust Infoshop in Davao, Philippines. This longstanding eco-anarchist project is a living experiment based on principles of mutual aid, cooperation and ecology. So buy a book (or two) and the donated sale will help to fund upgrades to Feral Crust's off-grid electrical infrastructure and rainwater harvesting systems!

https://firestorm.coop/catalog/new.html

#HurricaneHelene #MutualAidDisasterRelief #FeministBookstore #EcoAnarchism #Infoshop #FirestormCoop (- L)

After Hurricane Helene, we promised ourselves that we wouldn't go through another disaster without a battery backup for our rooftop solar. Thanks to the folks at Footprint Project, we're on track to install 20kWh of battery capacity for our building this month!

So now want to pay it forward. On Thursday, October 9th, we'll be donating net proceeds from all sales in-store and online to the Feral Crust Infoshop in Davao, Philippines. This longstanding eco-anarchist project is a living experiment based on principles of mutual aid, cooperation and ecology. So buy a book (or two) and the donated sale will help to fund upgrades to Feral Crust's off-grid electrical infrastructure and rainwater harvesting systems!

https://firestorm.coop/catalog/new.html

#HurricaneHelene #MutualAidDisasterRelief #FeministBookstore #EcoAnarchism #Infoshop #FirestormCoop (- L)

For #BannedBooksWeek we're doing a limited run of shirts with one of our favorite designs of all time! The "Trash Fascism, Not Books" possum was created by artist Des Revol for our 2023/24 campaign to send thousands of banned books back to Florida kids. Since then, we've had so many people reach out asking for the image on stickers and apparel.

We hope that these shirts will also help to raise awareness for Des, who is facing years in prison and possible deportation over allegedly transporting "subversive" literature in his car. The fact that zines exactly like those you can can find at Firestorm (and countless other radical bookstores) are being used as evidence of criminality is a reminder that fascism isn't just coming for your TBR pile—it's coming for us all, unless we trash it! http://freedes.net

We're only taking shirt orders through Bonfire until Saturday, October 18th, so check out the full details at https://www.bonfire.com/store/firestorm 🔥

#TrashFascismNotBooks #ZinesAreNotACrime #FreeDesRevol #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

On Wednesday of next week, we're hosting a virtual conversation on the history of rebellion explored in the new book "Anarchy in the Big Easy." Author Max Cafard and illustrator Vulpes will be joined by artists Liz Lessner and Mat Keel to share their graphic account of the quest for freedom in radical and revolutionary New Orleans!

From maroon communities and labor militancy to jazz music and armed community defense, "Anarchy in the Big Easy" pairs the storytelling of a lifelong New Orleanian with the striking images of a comix artist based in the Gulf South.

Register for this free event and find your copy of "Anarchy in the Big Easy" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3460-revolutionary-new-orleans-a-conversation-with-max-cafard-and-vulpes.html. Not able to make the 7pm ET conversation? Sign up anyway and we'll send you a recording to enjoy at your leisure!

#GraphicHistory #NewOrleansHistory #NewOrleansBooks #AnarchistHistory #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Tuesday, our collective will be hosting local forager and ethnobotanist Rebecca Beyer for the launch of her newest book, "The Complete Folk Herbal." Rebecca, who has been a longtime friend and collaborator of Firestorm, will offer a presentation on how plants can be used for medicine and the unique histories of these herbs!

"The Complete Folk Herbal" is a comprehensive guide to Western folk herbalism designed to help you work with the natural medicinal and healing powers of wild plants. With easy-to-implement practices that are grounded in sustainability, Rebecca demonstrates how to work with plants to soothe everyday pains, including headaches, burns, backaches, menstrual pain, itching, insomnia, fatigue, and dozens of other minor ailments and maladies.

No registration is required for this free event, which can be joined in-person or online via our YouTube channel. Copies of the book can be purchased at https://firestorm.coop/products/23219-the-complete-folk-herbal.html.

#FolkHerbalism #WildPlants #MedicinalForaging #AppalachianFolkMedicine #FeministBookstore #RebeccaBeyer #FirestormCoop (- L)