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Good Morning, Bookman Readers,

It's August -- Happy Coast Guard!!

We have several book events this month, so we hope you will check out our website Events Calendar OR our Used Book Room Window Calendar as you dine and shop in Centertown! And, please know YOU ARE ALWAYS INVITED to join our Poetry...

July 2017 Blog

Good Morning, Bookman Readers,

Quick Notes

• First, you are invited to the bookstore this Saturday, July 8th any time between 10:30 am and 12:30pm. It is a "Mystery Writer's Morning." Three Michigan writers, Maris Soule, Diane Burton, and Jacquelyn Vincente will be greeting customers...

Good Morning, Bookman Readers!

We invite you to the store to see some of our changes. First, we are pleased with the new fresh paint and white trim on our building!! Second, our RED FRONT DOOR is now open!!

New rules are coming for the parking lots in Grand Haven, so along with our side...

Good Morning Bookman Readers:

Thank you for your support for our events in April! Our third Independent Bookstore Day was a fun celebration with the band Catfish and the Man plus Mark outside in front of our newly painted building!

We also enjoyed all of the children and their energy – so...

Last week, The Bookman was thrilled to host (along with C3: West Michigan's Spiritual Connection, Loutit District Library, and Spring Lake District Library) our visiting Detroit poets.

Nandi Comer, Sonya Marie Pouncy, and Willie Williams, when they weren't thrilling library patrons, took some time...

Good Morning Bookman Readers:

APRIL IS POETRY MONTH!! Each year the Bookman marks the season with a special poetry event. In past years, we have turned the bookstore into a small theater for readings by our local poets. This year we are broadening our event. Partnering with Loutit and Spring Lake...

February 28, 2017

Hello Bookman Readers,

I am writing this on the eve of our second anniversary of owning the store, March 1, 2015, and in recognizing this milestone, we are grateful for so many things. Most importantly are the talents and skills of our inherited staff members: Joan and Diane...

Dear Readers,

As we are reminded daily that we are living in unprecedented times, we want to share our thinking about the role of The Bookman LLC in our community.

When Dick, Sharon and Alexa and I bought the bookstore in March of 2015, at the top of our agenda was to create a Mission Statement...

Good Day!

Today, we are looking back at our first full year of stewardship of The Bookman. It began in the early morning winter days of January with Dick climbing ladders and pulling wires for our new computer system. With his expertise, everything was running in record time. We are grateful for a...

Good Morning!

Welcome to the Bookman Bookstore Blog. Our new Website is up and running well, and our “ship-to-home” feature is now a working option to make it easier for you to order from your home. We decided it is time to initiate our Bookman Blog with some of the titles we are reading.

As you...

The Bookman is happy to support the SS Milwaukee Clipper Preservation, Inc (MCPI).  

The beautifully illustrated history by Steven S. DeMos, M.D. and Marylouise Plant is now on our shelves, and all proceeds go directly to the ship’s preservation.  

The cost is $50.00, cash or check.  Please visit...

DIA INSIDE | OUT

This program brings reproductions of great treasures from the Detroit Institute of Arts into your community.  Discover them all around town this summer in Grand Haven.  Here is a map (click image to print) that shows where all the artwork is located.

Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven has won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award!

The UK’s most prestigious prize for science fiction was announced on May 6 at Foyles Bookshop by Tom Hunter, Director of the Clarke Award.

Station Eleven, set in the lower peninsula of Michigan, imagines a post...

A bookstore that has been part of the local scene for more than four decades is opening a new chapter.

Marie Havenga
Grand Haven Tribune
Mar 2, 2015

Owners John and Judy Waanders sold The Bookman, 715 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven’s Centertown, on Friday and are stepping into retirement.

The new...