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Kazoo Books · 2413 Parkview Ave. · (269) 553-6506
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Past Events

Independent Bookstore Day 2019

April 29, 2019 by KB Staff

We partnered with Paramount Charter Academy to bring local storytellers & the wonderful PJ Masks for Preschool Storytime in the morning. Things got cooking around one, when a dozen local authors showed up to mingle & sign books. Gloria’s baked brownies & peanut butter cookies 🙂 And Radio spent most of the time curled up a chair in the middle of it all.

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Pet Adoption and Health Fair

May 1, 2018 by KB Staff

Our adoption event — with Buy Local, Kalamazoo Animal Rescue and Pet Vet Family Pet Care — was a blast. Lots of people stopped in, sweet cats & dogs and star of the show Samson (the big, sweet black cat looking wicked in the photo) found his forever home 🙂 Store cat Radio welcomed the visitors with typical grace.

Kitty Adoption event doggie and kid Charlotte and child Athena

 

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Afterwords: 8th Annual Author Hop

December 12, 2017 by KB Staff

What a great holiday party! We had a record 28 authors & illustrators here. That, combined with the region’s first snow, produced a wonderfully warm & spirited event.

Call outs: Bonnie Jo Campbell was hilarious for hours; Friends of Poetry were super supportive; SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) brought the funnest books 🙂 Thanks to all who participated!

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Afterwords: The Hobbit 80th Anniversary with Douglas A. Anderson

October 24, 2017 by KB Staff

What a great crowd! No surprise that this was one of the best attended and most enthusiastic program of the year. Two hours–long by our standards–still left the crowd wanting more.

 

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Afterwords: 5th Annual Author Hop

December 11, 2014 by KB Staff

What a weekend! Our 5th Annual Author Hop not only brought in authors from all over, but attracted readers and writers from all over, too. Here are just a few pictures from our bustling Saturday. Thanks to everyone who came out, and especially the wonderful people who created these wonderful books. Ask us about our newly signed stock! (All pictures courtesy of Andrea Johnson.)

Tom Small with Using Native Plants to Restore Community
Tom Chmielewski with Lunar Dust, Martian Sands
Sandy Carlson with Logging Winter
Sally Stap with Smiling Again
Glenn Wolff and Jerry Dennis signing away.
Jerry and Glenn
Joe Heywood with his latest book, Mountains of the Misbegotten
Lois Richmond with The Missing Gargoyle
Mara Mae with Hunter’s Quest
The Mifi Writers with their latest release of Division by Zero
The Fantastic Wayne State Trio: Jack Ridl, Andy Mozina, and Lisa Lenzo
Busy authors, busy readers!
Jerry and Mara
Ellen Knuth with her book, co-written with Jane Knuth, Love Will Steer Me True
Sally Stap and E.H. VanDenBerg
Bud McDonnell and Brian C. Wilson
Mel Starr and Albert Bell, Jr.

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We're now using our back entrance and parking lot exclusively!

Turn onto Barnard Ave at Parkview, and then left at Book Alley, which runs behind the building and is marked with a street sign.

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Kazoo Books is Kalamazoo’s independent, locally-owned bookstore offering a wide selection of new and quality used books and book ordering services. We have been serving the greater Kalamazoo area since 1988.

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