Word Up Community Bookshop/ Librería Comunitaria
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A community bookshop serving the Washington Heights and Inwood community. Shop online at our site.
Washington Heights/Inwood, NYC
Joined June 2011
Uptown Kid Lit—Word Up’s book festival for kids—is back on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at Pat’s Lawn at Inwood Hill Park!. Register at
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Word Up is CLOSED this week for inventory! Recirculation will continue to be open during regular hours.
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📚You're invited to Uptown Kid Lit! Edwidge Danticat, Rio Cortez, Ibi Zoboi, ¡y mas! -
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📚You're invited to Uptown Kid Lit! Edwidge Danticat, Rio Cortez, Ibi Zoboi, ¡y mas! -
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Preorder Janney Marin Rivera/CHIQUIS debut children's THE GIRL WHO SINGS TO BEES at by 7/13/25 to receive a signed copy by the bestselling author and Latin Grammy Award-winner!
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If you need to order books online to ship, please do so with @bookshop_org /shop/WordUpBooks (we get a part of the commission when you choose our shop before checkout) ❤️
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We’re taking things a bit easy in July and slowing things down. Our monthly programs will continue (except Uptown Out, which is taking a break for the summer). We’ll be closed at both shops on 7/4 and closed at Word Up from 7/16-21.
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BIRTHDAY CAKE SATURDAY 6/28 AT 4:30PM AT WORD UP 🎂 Word Up’s turning fourteen!!! It’s been a busy month for us so we’re having a small celebration with cake and friends at the shop. We’ll also have a big sale going on, too, so you can do some shopping to help our nonprofit :)
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THIS WEEKEND, we have all our kids books (and comics) and used books on sale for 30% off!! That's picture books, chapter books, young adults, workbooks, niños, jovenes, graphic novels, and manga. Plus the used books we have in all our sections.
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🎟️ WEDNESDAY: Rob Franklin & Roxane Gay @ Harlem School of the Arts -
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🎟️ WEDNESDAY: Rob Franklin & Roxane Gay @ Harlem School of the Arts -
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Summer reading challenge AND a sale?? Yes!!! This summer we’re kicking off the season with a 30% off sale on kids, YA, and comics/manga until July 3rd! . And all of this is in lead up to #UptownKidLit on Sunday, September 7th — SAVE THE DATE! .
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Tomorrow’s Uptown Pride Picnic is postponed cause it’s too hot 🥵 New date in July TBD.
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📚 Word Up's 14th Birthday, Summer Reading Challenge, 30% off kids books, Caribbean Heritage Month, ¡y mas! -
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📚 Word Up's 14th Birthday, Summer Reading Challenge, 30% off kids books, Caribbean Heritage Month, ¡y mas! -
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Don’t miss THE event with THE books of the summer next Wed. at @HSAnyc with #RobFranklin and #RoxaneGay ! Check out #GreatBlackHope which @VanityFair is calling “the Novel You’ll See by Every Hamptons Lounger This Summer.” RSVP:
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Buy a book in Spanish for people who are incarcerated at Rikers Island (represented by Brooklun Defenders)! Books provide an important outlet and vital education for those who are incarcerated. And books in Spanish are hard to come by! .
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EVENTS THIS WEEK include lots of arts events for all ages! Musical story times, collage making, screenings, and more :)
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📚 June at Word Up: Pride Month, yoga classes, ¡y mas!
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We’re so hyped to be hosting an event for this AMAZING, inspiring, and much needed book. @caroderobertis hit it out of the park once again! . RSVP at
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