Congratulations to Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, Asheville, N.C., which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week. The bookstore posted on Facebook: "Forty years ago today, Emoke [B'Racz] opened Malaprop's with the goal of being the best little bookstore in the land. Today we celebrate those four decades and thank all of you, the many of you, who helped make this dream come true. We celebrate with the return of our birthday sale--25% off everything in the store--something we have had the means to do over the past couple years. Come say hi, come buy some books. We couldn't have done it without y'all."
In 2019, veteran staff member Gretchen Horn became the majority owner of Renaissance Bookfarm Inc., which runs Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe and Downtown Books & News, with B'Racz remaining as minority owner.
B'Racz opened Malaprop's with partner Pickett Huffines in 1982 at 61 Haywood St. The shop was later moved to its current location at 55 Haywood St. She opened Downtown Books & News in 1988 at 67 N. Lexington Ave.