Word After Word Bookshop is opening this weekend in Truckee, Calif., about 20 miles north of Lake Tahoe, the Sierra Sun reported. The store is in a space a little under 1,000 square feet in Commercial Row in Truckee's downtown. Co-owner Andie Keith told the paper that the store's focus will be "local history, local outdoors, local nature, environment, bestsellers... and some quirky stuff that we just think is really fun," along with children's and young adult books. The inventory will be all new books, and for the interior Keith and her business partner, Nicolle Sloan, are going for an "old Paris bookstore feel."
Keith and Sloan both moved to the Truckee area a few years ago, and though Keith has no prior experience in bookselling, Sloan worked at a bookstore in Vail, Colo. Last month, Truckee lost its only bookstore when the Bookshelf closed following a long struggle to stay afloat. Keith reported that she "sat there for a good year" while the Bookshelf was struggling, hoping that someone else would come along and open another bookstore, until her husband told her, "I think you're supposed to do this."
Plans for the grand opening weekend include a storytime sessions, signings with local authors, talks by a local artist and a photographer, and a champagne celebration with live music on Saturday night.