Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative

08/17/2026

We're so excited to celebrate our Anniversary Week with you!

It's hard to believe that it's already and only been 8 years since the Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative opened. It wouldn't have been possible without the support of our community, and so we're celebrating our members and our owners this week!

We're doing a membership drive this week: new members will get a coupon for a used book, to use any time in the next year, and renewing members will get a coupon for $5.00 off.

To show appreciation to the people who made all of this possible, our owners and members will get 5% off books this week! (consignment books excluded).

And, we'll be wrapping up our anniversary week with a reading and discussion with Denise Zubizarreta, author of Colonial Stockholm Syndrome: Navigating Identity, Loyalty, and Resistance in Puerto Rico. Join us for this event on August 22nd at 6pm! We're excited to have Denise with us in store!

08/14/2026

Our next Story Slam is coming up in collaboration with the City of Alamosa and the We Are Alamosa Project aka WRAP. The We Are Alamosa Project, a partnership of the City of Alamosa and Colorado nonprofit Community Builders, is a year-and-a-half long initiative designed to create a vision and comprehensive plan for the future of Alamosa. Grounded in extensive community engagement, the process will be shaped by the voices, experiences, and priorities of the people who call Alamosa home. Come share your story with us!

8/15 Theme: What Roots You Here?

Prepare a story about what roots you to Alamosa. A time you felt deeply connected to the land. A person or tradition that keeps you here. Those moments when you think…“That’s so Alamosa!” What you find here that you haven’t found elsewhere.

Tell us about…

The first time you knew Alamosa was home.

What you are looking for, if Alamosa doesn’t feel like home quite yet.

Rules: Stories must be true as remembered by you the storyteller.
Stories must be spoken from the heart, not off the page.

08/14/2026

Join us for story time with Holly Felmlee, author of several books, including the children’s books The Pinched Pinkney Plan, and the Dire Delaware Deed.

Holly will read a selection of books from our children's collection on August 15th from 11am-11:30am!

08/13/2026

Curious about what’s happening on Saturday, August 15th at Spadefoot Story Slam? Take a listen to the Valley Pod!

Streaming on The Valley Pod: Tell your story, "What Roots You Here." It's part of the We Are Alamosa comprehensive planning efforts and topic of a Spadefoot Story Slam at the Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative this Saturday, Aug. 15. Listen in: https://www.alamosacitizen.com/podcast/episode-319-we-are-alamosa-project/

08/13/2026

Have you been in yet to see Ayzlynn Sowards art? She’s our featured artist and her scratch art is so detailed and her cyanotypes are beautiful too! Come by and see her work anytime the store is open, and come by and see her on August 14th from 4-6pm for her art reception!

08/13/2026

This week Ollie is reading Colonial Stockholm Syndrome: Navigating Identity, Loyalty, and Resistance in Puerto Rico by Denise Zubizarreta. We’re excited to welcome Denise next week on August 22nd at 6pm for a reading and discussion!