The LOCAL's Bookshop, a vegan-themed pop-up bookstore, is in its third season of bringing books about and related to veganism to farmer's markets and festivals in Pennsylvania., New Jersey, Vermont, and New York.
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| LOCAL's Bookshop co-owner Suzanne Pyrch at a farmers market in Stroudsburg, Pa. | |
Owners and married couple Deborah Emin and Suzanne Pyrch carry all new titles, spanning cookbooks, children's books, poetry, memoirs, photography books, animal rescue stories, advocacy books, and more. Every book pertains to a topic that is of interest to vegans or to people considering becoming vegan, with Emin saying she and her wife make "it our business to find the books needed for whatever way a vegan chooses to work in this world."
Emin noted that the pop-up appears most frequently at VegFest events, and the bookstore is affiliated with the American Vegan Society, PETA, and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. She described the goals of veganism as "protecting human health, protecting the animals, [and] saving the planet."
Asked whether she and Pyrch ever plan on opening a bricks-and-mortar storefront, Emin said they're hoping to do some indoor pop-ups over the winter, but "cannot foresee becoming tied to a storefront."
The shop's most recent appearance was at the Easton Eco-Extravaganza in Easton, Pa., on August 18; following that, Emin and Pyrch will sell books at the Mercy Vegan Pop-up in Bethlehem, Pa., on September 15. Their final appearance of the season is scheduled for October 12 at the Lehigh Valley VegStock in Tatamy, Pa.