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1107 Pearl Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302

Email: info@boulderbookstore.com
Phone: 303-447-2074
Fax: 303-447-3946
Toll free 1-800-244-4651

Normal Hours: (Subject to change for holidays) All hours are Mountain Time (GMT -7:00)

  • Monday - Friday
    10 am - 10 pm
  • Saturday 9 am - 10 pm
  • Sunday 10 am - 8 pm

Summer and Holiday Hours (typically Memorial day to Labor day and Thanksgiving to Christmas)

  • Monday - Thursday
    10 am - 10 pm
  • Friday 10 am - 11 pm
  • Saturday 9 am - 11 pm
  • Sunday 10 am - 9 pm

Where to Park When Visiting Us
We provide meter tokens and free parking validation for city lots to our customers. The Spruce Street parking structure is located directly north of the store. There is a short-term meter lot at Broadway and Spruce. Other lots and structures are located at 1100 Walnut, 1400 Walnut (by the RTD), and 1500 Pearl. There is free street parking in local neighborhoods for two to three hours, depending on the neighborhood. On weekends, parking is unlimited in most neighborhoods, but do check the street signs when you park for possible exceptions. We also encourage alternative transportation modes.
Call Go Boulder at 303-441-3266 or go on-line at www.ci.boulder.co.us/goboulder to get HOP and SKIP maps and schedules and other information.

Boulder Book Store Events! 

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  • February 06 Events including Po Bronson, Jennifer Heath, Fleet Maull, and more. The PDF is HERE.
  • January 06 Events including perennial favorite and bestselling author Pam Houston, former senator and presidentai candidate Gary Hart, local favorite Jeff Long, and many more. The PDF is HERE.
  • December 05 Events normally we don't schedule any events after Thanksgiving, but this year there were a few we couldn't resist including a new book by one of Boulder's favorites, Clay Evans, plus more. The PDF is HERE.
  • November 05 Events including Mary Roach with her new book Spook: Science Tackles the After-life, William Arntz speaking about his book What the Bleep Do We Know?, and many more. The PDF is HERE.
  • October 05 Events including one of our favorite authors, TA Barron this event is Saturday the 29th at 6:00 PM, Bill Romanowski ***TIME CHANGE This event is now at 1:30PM ***, our Back from Iraq Event, our Educator Appreciation Event, local favorite David Barsamian, and many, many more. It's our usual event heavy October with a little something for almost everyone. The PDF is HERE.
  • September 05 Events including former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, Greg Pahl with his book on Biodiesel, Patricia Raybon, and many more. The PDF is HERE.Our events with CAROLYN HOBBS on Monday, September 19, 7:30 p.m. and CRAIG LESLEY on Monday, September 26, 7:30 p.m. have been cancelled.
  • August 05 Events including The Boulder Iinternational Fringe Festival - Children's Writing Presentation, Laura Pritchett, Marc, David, and more.
  • July 05 Events including our Harry Potter Party, an offsite event with Dzigar KongtrÜl Rinpoche, Mark Helprin, local favorites Todd Caudle and Dan Simmons, Outside magazine contributor Peter Stark, Tim Freke, "Uncle Rock" Warren, and many more. The PDF for July is HERE.
  • June 05 Events including David Sedaris, Nick Hornby, Elizabeth Lesser, The Whittier Elementary School 2nd Grade Poetry Reading, and MANY more. The PDF will be up soon.
  • May 05 Events including local favorites Jim Fergus and Reg Saner as well as Jim Downton, and many more.
    Our Event with Sam Kashner has been cancelled by the author. It will not be rescheduled.. The PDF for May is HERE.
  • April 05 Events including Roger Ebert, Dan Millman, Harvey Wasserman, local favorite John Gierach, a special event at The First United Methodist Church with Byron Katie and MANY more. Please note the early start time for Roger Ebert and the offsite location for Byron Katie. The PDF is HERE.
  • March 05 Events including Mary Catherine Bateson, Ian Baker, David Bodanis, David Baron, Marc Barasch, and many more. The PDF is HERE.
  • February 05 Events including Marc Bekoff, Andrew Schelling, Brian Luke Seaward, Robert Thurman, Rob Sheely, and many more. The PDF is HERE.
  • January 05 Events including one of our favorites, Pam Houston, as well as Marianne Williamson, Meg Cabot, and more. The PDF is HERE.
  • There are no December events due to the holidays.
  • November 04 Events including some of our local favorites like T.A. Barron and John Fielder as well as Brian Weiss, Alan Lightman, Jeff Shaara, and Many more. The PDF is HERE.
  • October 04 Events including Chuck Palahniuk, Neal Stephenson, Caroline Myss and more in the first week alone. Another big month. The PDF is HERE.
  • September 04 Events including Tracy Kidder, Mark Spragg, Mark Teague, Baron Baptiste, Marianne Wesson, and MANY more.The PDF is HERE.
  • August 04 Events including Robert Olen Butler, Paul Krugman, and Paul Krassner
  • July 04 Events including the Boulder Book Store Reading Group, Jeff Long, Gary Hart, Diane Wilson, and many more
  • June 04 Events including Barry Lopez, David Gessner, Gary Ferguson, The Town of Superior Historical Commission, and many more The PDF is HERE.
  • May 04 Events including Boulder Media Women's 7th Literary Exchange, Thomas Moore, James Frey, and Boulder Book Store's Reading Group, "Boulder Reads Together."
  • April 04 Events including Dr. Robert Zubrin, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Pamela White, Dick Lamm, David Barsamian, and Boulder Book Store's Reading Group, "Boulder Reads Together."
  • March 04 Events including Steven Taylor, Robert Thurman, Amy Weintraub and Ellen Goodman.
  • February 04 Events including a freelance writing panel, Mark Obmascik, Sam Kashner, and our reading group event designed for reading groups and those who would like to join one.
  • January 04 Events including Baron Baptiste, Kathryn Bertine, Kim Kamler, Rick Adams, and more. In PDF, it's HERE.
  • November 03 Events inclincluding Khandro Renpoche, David Baron, Eliza Woloson & Brian Gough, Gregory Maguire, Ken Wilber, Ying Chang Compestine, and many more. The December 4th event with Ed Podvoll has been cancelled due to illness.
  • October 03 Events including Judy Collins, Ivan Doig, local favorites Roz Brown & Ann Leggett, Win & Meredith Blevins, and many more. In PDF, it's HERE.
  • September 03 Events including Jim Hightower, Brigitte Mars, Anne Lamott, Neal Stephenson, and more. In PDF, it's HERE.
  • August 03 Events including events with Thich Nhat Hanh, Claire Walters, Daniel Robinson, and more. In PDF, it's HERE.
  • July 03 Events including events with Jon Krakauer, Sherman Alexie, John N. MacLean, Pam Houston, and more. In PDF, it's HERE.
  • June 03 Events including events with Dan Glick, Rick Reilly, Kate Solisti-Mattelon our Harry Potter Release Party, Christopher Moore, one of our all time staff favorites - Tim Sandlin, and many more. To view the events list in PDF, click HERE.
  • May 03 Events including Dennis Lehane, Arthur Frommer, our Gourmet Chocolate Tasting, Frances Moore Lappe, Bill Bryson, an Many more. To view our May events in PDF, click HERE.
  • April 2003 Events including John Gierach, Chris “Mozz” Mosdell, Joyce Gellhorn, Dr. Peter D’Adamo, Amy Taylor Alpers & Rachel Taylor Segel and many more. To view our April events in PDF, click HERE.
  • March 2003 Events including Cynthia Kneen, Carlos Eire, Mary Capone & Janet Rupp, and many others. To view our March events in PDF, click HERE.
  • February 2003 Events including William Gibson, Gretchen Mattox, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Lynn Ginsberg & Mary Taylor and many more
  • January 2003 Events including Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Mariel Hemingway, Annie Proulx, and many more
  • There are no December events due to the holidays.
  • November 2002 Events including Andrew Harvey, Mark Kurlansky, Vine Deloria, Rick Collignon, and Ying Chang Compestine
  • October 2002 Events a huge month including one of our local favorites, T.A. Barron, Julia Cameron (at Flatirons Theater), Natalie Goldberg, Margaret Coel, Anne Lamott, Dave Eggars, and many more
  • September 2002 Events including Denver author Mary Taylor Young, Alison McMillen, Susan Winter Ward, Sharon Salzberg, Chuck Palahniuk, and many more.
  • August 2002 Events including Harriet Lerner, Dennis McNally (the publicist and historian of the Greatful Dead for more than 20 years), Dr David Schnarch (do you remember Passionate Marriage?), and more
  • July 2002 Events including Mary Pipher, Susan Chernak McElroy, and Greg Moody plus more
  • June 2002 Events including Melody Beattie, Jennifer Workman, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Joanne Harris, information on our annual Summer Reading Program and much more (22 events this month)
  • May 2002 Events including Laura Davis, Lynn Hill, Marc Bekoff, Thomas McGuane, and many more.
  • April 2002 Events including Julia Butterfly Hill, Roger Ebert, Byron Katie, Alistair Macleod, Dr. Helen Caldicott, and many more.
  • March 2002 Events including Michael Moore, Dan Simmons, David Breashears, local favorites Lynn Ginsburg & Mary Taylor and Jia Gottlieb, Alan Lightman, and more!
  • February 2002 Events including ***SOLD OUT***Caroline Myss***SOLD OUT***, Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Locke, and a panel discussion, to be followed by a question-and-answer session and a book signing, with three first-time, highly successful women authors: Erika Krouse, Dana Spiotta, and Andrea O’Reilly Herrera
  • January 2002 Events including Joan Borysenko, and an announcement about ticket sales for our ***SOLD OUT*** Feb. 1st event with Caroline Myss ***SOLD OUT***
  • There are no December events due to the holidays.
  • November 2001 Events including Barry Lopez, Susan Solomon, and Anne Waldman
  • October 2001 Events including Terry Tempest Williams, Stan Brakhage, one of our all time favorites, TA Barron, and Erik Weihenmayer (who was the first blind climber to summit Mount Everest).
  • September 2001 Events including Deepak Chopra, Garrison Keillor, and Boulder favorite Robert Castellino. We also have Leif Enger whose first novel, Peace Like a River, may well be the major fiction book of the Fall.
  • August 2001 Events including Whitley Strieber (author of The Hunger), John Robbins (author of Diet for a New America), as well as many others
  • July 2001 Events including John & Nichols (author of "The Milagro Beanfield War"), and many others
  • June 2001 Events including Boulder favorites Sybil Downing and Rachel Remen and Kathleen O’Dean
  • May 2001 Events including Michael Ondaatje, Jim Hightower, Jamling Tenzing Norgay, and local favorites David Gessner and Connie Willis
  • April 2001 Events including DAVID SIBLEY, the author and illustrator of the Sibley Guide to Birds, Sue Bender (Everyday Sacred), Jim Gimian, local favorite Brian Luke Seaward, and a special Children's Storytime observing National Child Abuse Awareness Month with Sheriff George Epp, Police Chief Mark Beckner, D.A. Mary Keenan, and members of the CU football team among others
  • March 2001 Events including Amy Tan, Daniel Quinn, and David Small (winner of the Caldecott for So You Want to be President?)
  • February 2001 Events
  • January 2001 Events
  • As always, there are no Decemer events due to the holidays.
  • November 2000 Events - Another big month with Frances Mayes, Dan Simmons, and one of our favorite authoirs, T. A. (Tom) Barron
  • October 2000 Events - It's a huge list (18 events), including Phillip Pullman, Armistead Maupin, and Kent Haruf. The Matthew Fox event on 10/3 has been cancelled.
  • September 2000 Events including Dan Millman, Don Campbell, and Jane Mendelsohn
  • August 2000 Events
  • July 2000 Events including our harry Potter Book 4 Release Party
  • June 2000 Events including Ram Dass, John Gierach, Anne Waldman, & Terry Tempest Williams
  • May 2000 Events including T.A. Barron, Beck Weathers, and news about Ram Dass
  • April 2000 Events
  • March 2000 Events
  • February 2000 Events
  • January 2000 Events - Including Doug Coupland
  • There are no December events due to the holidays.
  • November 1999 Events - Including our event with Frank McCourt on November 16, Dan Millman, & John Redfield
  • October 1999 Events - Another big month with T. A. Barron, Larry Dossey, James Galvin, and John Fielder
  • September 1999 Events - This is a big list including Dave Barry, Pam Houston, Ivan Doig, Orson Scott Card, & more.
  • August 1999 Events
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If you cannot attend an event but would like an autographed copy, please call or email us to order one.


Thank you for supporting the 2000 Boulder Book Store Reading Series!

Author events are also supported by your purchase of the author's books. These purchases are tracked and used by the publishers in decisions about other authors who might visit.

IAll events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please call us to confirm on the day of the event. For more information, call 447-2074. If you are unable to use the stairs to the second floor where our events are held, please call and ask about our closed circuit television service on the main floor.