How Bookstores Build Community with Terresa from Black Garnet Books

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 244 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah sit down with Terresa from the indie bookstore Black Garnet Books. In this episode, we step inside an indie bookstore, exploring the role independent bookstores play in shaping local reading communities, what it means to be a bookstore owner and book-seller, and more! If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Libby’s Coming Soon Tag (T) Book Riot Insiders New Release Index Indie Next Publishers Marketplace Women’s Prize for Fiction (H) Latest Read Cleopatra | Saara El-Arifi (T) The Notebook : A History of Thinking on Paper | Roland Allen (H) Ways to support Black Garnet Books and Terresa Blackbird Podcast Blackgarnetbooks.com Instagram , TikTok Book Titles Mentioned Parable of the Sower | Octavia Butler Can’t Get Enough | Kennedy Ryan The Serviceberry | Robin Wall Kimmerer Shelf Additions: I Know the Ants | Lang Leav (T) The Quarter Queen | Kayla Hardy (H) Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG @Itsbooktalk

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How Bookstores Build Community with Terresa from Black Garnet Books is an episode from Book Talk, etc. by Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks.

This episode is 57:13 long.

This episode was published on Mar 24, 2026.

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