International Book Project

Honestly, we’ve got no shelf control 😉

See something you like? Our bookstore on 1440 Delaware Ave is open Monday-Friday, 9-5! Oh, and did we mention all the books are $6 or less?📚🌟

If you’re not in Lexington and have FOMO, don’t worry: You can support us by shopping for audiobooks on Libro.fm and selecting International Book Project as your bookstore to benefit!

You can also shop a more limited selection of textbooks, signed editions, etc., on our storefronts on Biblio, AbeBooks, Alibris, and eBay, which are linked in our bio.📖

We wanted to share just a few more pictures from A Novel Evening last weekend! We're thrilled to announce that we surpassed our fundraising goal of $24,000 thanks to our lovely supporters, attendees, auction donors, sponsors, and, of course, our incredible staff, volunteers, and board.✨💙

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International Book Project is proud to be a Bronze member of the Green Check program. Congratulations to all new and re-certified members, and thank you for allowing us to host!✅

Congrats to our new & recertifying partners! They have shown their commitment to sustainability by reducing waste, saving energy, improving water quality & caring for Lexington's environment - one business, nonprofit & park at a time.

✅ Our new partners: Lexington, KY Parks & Recreation Douglass Aquatic Center & Dunbar Community Center, Everburn Manufacturing, Bluegrass Youth Ballet, Greater Kentucky Credit Union, International Book Project

✅ Our recertifying partners: Big Ass Fans, Bullhorn, FoodChain, Lexington, KY Parks & Recreation McConnell Springs Park & Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, Mediocre Creative, RossTarrant Architects, Bluegrass United Church of Christ, Visit LEX, GRW Engineering, Lex Center for Creative ReUse, Lucia's World Emporium, West Sixth Brewing, Lexington Pavement Sweep

Thanks for everything you do for Lexington & the planet!

Many of you know that we have been working to fulfill a request from a volunteer in Tonga for the better part of a year. We're extremely excited to announce that it has been completed and, as of last Friday, has begun its long journey across the United States and then the Pacific Ocean!

These books (all 34,471 of them) are bound for the Kingdom of Tonga, an island chain nation with a population of just over 100,000 people. Tonga did not have any public libraries at all until 2019. 45 of Tonga's islands are inhabited, and currently only one of them in serviced by a public library. Sarah, a volunteer from New Zealand, reached out to International Book Project with a dream of changing that.

For the past year, Sarah has been working to build libraries on several Tongan islands, staff them, and connect them to the internet (and therefore each other) to create the country's first library system. She secured funding from the New Zealand government to train locals to work in the libraries and to connect them to the internet, and the Tongan navy has agreed to ferry requested books to different islands.

All she needed were the books.

That's where International Book Project - and you - stepped in. We are incredibly proud of and excited for this shipment, and it would not have been possible without our incredible volunteers, donors, grantors, and supporters. Thank you for helping stock Tonga's first-ever library system. We can't wait for the books to arrive!

Our bookstore hours are changing slightly! Make sure to always check our social media for the most up-to-date hours and for unexpected closures.

Thank you for supporting International Book Project!💙

✨It's that time again - join us TONIGHT for Book BINGO! at ! Every round has a winner!

Bingo starts at 7, but come by early to grab a table and shop at our pop-up bookstore where everything is $6 or less!

As always, Book BINGO! is pay-what-you-will, with a suggested donation of $10 per player - that's just $1 per round! Stop by this evening for good drinks and great company at Wise Bird Cider.📖🌟

Not a bingo fan? No worries! You can support IBP without even picking up a dauber. Wise Bird is generously donating 10% of all drink sales from 6-9pm to support IBP's mission of promoting literacy worldwide!

We had SUCH a good time at A Novel Evening on Saturday night! More photos to come, but we just couldn't wait to show off a few of our favorite shots! Many thanks to Tracie Dillon at TOPS in Lex for the lovely photos.✨

Thank you so much to all of our sponsors, supporters, donors, and attendees for supporting International Book Project's work. Because of you, we are able to continue to send more than 100,000 books to people in need worldwide every year. Thank you for celebrating 60 years with us!

📢TICKET GIVEAWAY‼️

We’re excited to announce that we’re giving away TWO TICKETS to A Novel Evening to one lucky commenter!

Details:
Winner will receive two general admission tickets to A Novel Evening, which will take place at ArtsPlace on 121 N Mill St in Lexington Kentucky on September 19 from 6:30-9:30pm. MUST BE 21+ TO ATTEND.

How to enter:
- Comment on this post
- Share this post (you must have a public profile so we can see that you shared it)
- Be following International Book Project

The entries will be accepted until 12pm tomorrow. The winner will be contacted by 12:30pm.

Good luck!

International Book Project will be closed Friday, September 18 to allow staff time to prepare for A Novel Evening. We apologize for any inconvenience.