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In April, Laurie Gillman is opening East City Bookshop on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Capitol Hill Corner reported. The 3,200-square-foot store will hold its grand opening May Day weekend, which coincides with the Literary Hill Bookfest at nearby Eastern Market.
East City Bookshop aims to become "a gathering place for book lovers of all ages, a place to talk about books, ideas, to learn something new or revisit something you once knew well," the store says on its website. "We plan to provide top-notch customer service, author events, books clubs, and more. We want to connect you with the books you want and need. And some that maybe you didn't even know you wanted and needed." The store will also offer toys, gifts and "bookish items."
Gillman told Capitol Hill Corner that the roots for her decision to open the store go back about a year, when "I realized that I was annoyed by the fact that I had to leave the neighborhood to go to a bookstore.... Then I became a little obsessed by the idea of an indie bookstore in my neighborhood. I couldn't let it go."
Area bookstores include used bookstores Capitol Hill Books and Riverby Books as well as children's bookstore the Fairy Godmother.
East City Bookshop will be located at 645 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Suite 100, Washington, D.C. 20003; 202-669-7748.