BookBar in Denver, Colo., will open BookBed, a book-themed bed and breakfast that "will serve as stylish and comfortable lodging for book lovers, authors and writers" visiting the area, Bookselling This Week reported. The one-bedroom, 750-square-foot apartment will be available for rent via Airbnb or through BookBar's management. Plans call for the space to be "mostly completed" in time for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's Fall Discovery Show this month, with a formal open house scheduled for November 6.
"BookBed will complement BookBar by giving our out-of-town authors a place to stay, while hopefully at the same time luring in authors who might not otherwise know of us," said owner Nicole Sullivan. "It will also be available to writers- or authors-in-residence and book lovers, as well as those who need lodging on our street, which is a cultural district full of vibrant, independently owned shops, restaurants, and bars, but where there are virtually no lodging opportunities."
Tonight, BookBar is hosting its Grand Expand Party to celebrate the new children's, middle grade, and young adult rooms as well as a new reading room and garden patio space.