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Find our store partners, on land or online
From April 21 - May 5, you can shop the in-store displays for books to donate to BtP during our matching book drive at these local...
Apr 231 min read


Buy two books for readers in prison for the price of one
If you want to experience a win-win-win situation this spring, consider buying a book for someone in prison during BTP’s Independent...
Apr 161 min read


Q & A about the Queen Anne Book Company
We've been working with the Queen Anne Book Company (QABC) to get books on specific topics and titles to prisoners for five years. We put...
Nov 29, 20242 min read
Q & A with a 10-year volunteer at Left Bank Books
Books to Prisoners began as a project of the Left Bank Books Collective. Now Left Bank Books is one of our store partners for the Prison...
Sep 2, 20243 min read


Prison Banned Books Week Bookstore Gift Match, October 21-28
In 1982, Banned Books Week was launched during the first week of October to protest the sharp rise in the number of challenges to books...
Oct 22, 20231 min read


April 28 – May 8 Independent Bookstore Days are here
Shop local in Seattle and support Books to Prisoners starting tomorrow! Phinney Books, 7405 Greenwood Ave N Left Bank Books, 92 Pike St...
Apr 27, 20231 min read
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