Hello folks! There is a high likelihood that you found yourself here via a link showcased in the most recent Books to Prisoners weekly sign-up email. On behalf of our newly assembled web team, let me say: “tad premature!” We’re currently optimizing and refreshing the site to make it easier to navigate, fix some dead links and update some resources. Our vision is to make this a vibrant destination for both people looking for more information about Books to Prisoners and prison

Books to Prisoners is part of a nationwide movement supporting incarcerated people's right to read. At least 60 prison book programs operate around the US and Canada. Kudos to Midwest Books to Prisoners in Chicago. Prison Banned Books Week Awards Inaugural Martin Sostre Memorial Fund to Midwest Books to Prisoners for their Anti-Censorship Work (New York)—Prison Banned Books Week announces the winner of the first, annual Martin Sostre Memorial Prison Books Fund to Midwest Book

and their hosts at WotCon for raising funds for us at the Wheel of Time fan convention in Columbus OH this weekend. As a gift to anyone who donates $50 or more to Books to Prisoners by default, or any other prison book program you specify, Kate and Michael will record a one-minute greeting with your choice of words, suitable for your phone. If you couldn't make it to Columbus this weekend, but you want a voice recording anyway, go to https://www.katereadingaudiobooks.com/book

Year-round, you can donate books from the comfort of your own home by ordering from the online wishlists each of these stores maintains for us: Charlie's Queer Books Wishlist Outsider Comics & Geek Boutique Wishlist Phinney Books Wishlist Queen Anne Book Company Wishlist Third Place Books Wishlist Or visit them in person: Couth Buzzard - year-round wish-table - 8310 Greenwood Ave N Left Bank Books - year-round wish-shelves - 92 Pike St. Charlie's Queer Books - 465 N 36th St O

For the month of September, the evening volunteer shifts return to 4 - 8 pm, Tues/Wed/Thurs. Various keyholders will open and close. New volunteer orientation will be offered on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm. Masks are still required on Wednesday evenings. Thank you for hanging in there with us during this season of change. The results will be worth it.

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 Banned Books Week (PBBW) matched new book drive, September 15 - 28. Adrian shares what makes the store so special that they work there for free. How did you get involved with LBB? — I got involved with Left Bank Books as a volunteer for a three-hour shift on Saturdays while I was working full-time at my former job. I wasn’t sure if I would e

Tuesday evening, Kelsey Fein is taking over for Curran Connelly. She's a returning member of the keyholders' collective. For the month of August, she has graciously agreed to host the evening shifts. We're adjusting our evening volunteer schedule while she's here. Tomorrow night, Tuesday August 6, we'll open at 5:30 and close at 9:30 pm. That will be our evening schedule, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, through Thursday, August 29. Orientations are scheduled for 6:00 pm, Tu