Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative

Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative We are a community-run book cooperative that creates connection through literacy and story.

Stop by and check out this weeks new releases!
08/11/2026

Stop by and check out this weeks new releases!

08/11/2026

Ayzlynn Sowards is our featured artist for August! She made this great intro video, and we hope you'll come see her art, and join us for her reception on August 14th from 4pm-6pm!

As most of you know, each month we feature a local nonprofit organization for our monthly round-up. Every August we feat...
08/11/2026

As most of you know, each month we feature a local nonprofit organization for our monthly round-up.

Every August we feature SLV Pride! When you make a purchase you can round up and donate your change to support the yearly Pride Fest, and the other events they host throughout the year. SLV

Pride Fest takes place the last weekend of August, and this year, that's August 28th, 29th, and 30th.

Purpose Statement: SLV Pride fosters belonging and collective power for Q***r People in the San Luis Valley. We Create more equitable communities for all people through education, celebration, and advocacy.

Vision Statement: San Luis Valley Pride envisions a community where all bodies are celebrated, where gender is understood as a spectrum, and where q***r people are recognized as the Magical Gifts we are. Together, we work towards a more secure future, where the Q***r Community is not only accepted but embraced, where fear of showing authenticity is replaced with support and love. Our collective liberation is intertwined in a diverse, dynamic community where Q***r People are embraced, every person is invited to belong and express their most authentic selves.

You can support SLV Pride with every purchase you make in August, by rounding up when you shop at the NGBC!

Book Recommends:
- Gender Q***r by Maia Kobabe
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Voung
- Ruby Fruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
- This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- Gender Q***r by Maia Kobabe
- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
-House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Find out more about SLV Pride at their website, slvpride.org and you can also find them on Facebook at SLV Pride and on Instagram

Also, please join us on Friday, August 28th, for our 3rd annual pre-kickoff event for Pride Fest weekend: our reading party in the park! This event is sensory friendly, and for all ages. Bring a book, a chair, a blanket, and come hang out at the North Pavilion at Cole Park from 4pm-7pm (ish). There will be snacks!

We have a busy week coming up and can't wait to see you!Join us on Wednesday, August 12th at 6pm as we welcome Claire Bo...
08/10/2026

We have a busy week coming up and can't wait to see you!

Join us on Wednesday, August 12th at 6pm as we welcome Claire Boyles on her Appraisals book tour. She'll be in conversation with Jean about this beautiful book about farming, connection to land, family, and finding a way forward when the way seems blocked.

On Friday, August 14th, from 4pm-6pm, come visit with our featured artist, Ayzlynn Sowards, for her come-and-go artist reception. Ayzlynn's art demonstrates play with contrasts, and the detail is amazing! She has framed and unframed prints for sale.

Then, on Saturday at 11am, Holly is back for her monthly story time. Come join her as she reads selections from our shelves.

And, later that same day, join us at 6pm for the Spadefoot Story Slam collaboration with the We Are Alamosa Project. The theme is "What roots you here?" and this special event will be recorded (with the option to opt out). We'd love to hear your stories about what roots you here, and what makes Alamosa home.

Ollie is reading Discretion and Folly this week, by J. Hoolihan Clayton. If you’re out and about during our First Friday...
08/07/2026

Ollie is reading Discretion and Folly this week, by J. Hoolihan Clayton. If you’re out and about during our First Friday game, you might just see someone connected to this book!

08/07/2026

Tonight is the night! Should we be suspicious of Delilah?? Or is she just a red herring?? Come find out tonight! Pick up your supply kits at the School House (the Narrow Gauge Book Coop) between 5:00pm and 7:15pm, and follow the clues to find a suspect, a murder weapon, and a location. Turn in your clues by 7:45pm for a chance to win a prize.

Also, be sure to explore the Market on Main and look for wanted posters with extra clues to help you figure out the motive!

Stop by the bookstore and check out this week’s new releases! I spy some sprayed edges in this batch of books… Which boo...
08/04/2026

Stop by the bookstore and check out this week’s new releases! I spy some sprayed edges in this batch of books… Which book would you take home with you?

Strange Happenings in AlamosaThe day was hot and still, as it often was in the high desert. A hint of moisture in the ai...
08/03/2026

Strange Happenings in Alamosa

The day was hot and still, as it often was in the high desert. A hint of moisture in the air made it muggy, oppressive, and everyone was loosening buttons and collars as much as propriety allowed, avoiding moving in favor of porch sitting and lingering in the shade and mopping sweat from brows.

As the wind kicked up, some folks let out sighs of relief, figuring the daily monsoon would be through to cool things off. But that wind kept kicking up and getting stronger, sending swirls of dust and dirt through the street and sending many scurrying inside and others to get their horses under cover.

Black cloud banks built and a flurry of rain and hail pelted the street, sending any stragglers running for cover. Fierce lightning struck the bell tower on the church and the sound rang out amidst the thunder. Startled screams and cries rang through, too, but that was drowned out by the storm.

As quick as it come up, the storm was gone, the air colder, now, and some even swore there was frost on the horse trough outside the boarding house but most said that was imagination run wild, inspired by the freak storm and the oppressive heat before it.

There was little damage from the hail or the lightning, so folks just sort of settled back into their days, more vitality in their steps because of the cooler air. It was time to get
on with the day.

Few people noticed the oddly dressed strangers on the edge of town that day, and couldn’t quite figure out when or how they came into town - there wasn’t a stage coach that day, and these strangers just seemed to come out of the haze of the rapidly cooling summer air.

Stranger things have happened in this Valley than unknowns showing up, of course, but that storm… there was something about it that shifted the air and it never settled back in.

It became even stranger, truth be told, when that rich out of towner, A.I. Altman, who was planning to destroy our favorite watering hole with some big factory no one really understood, turned up dead.

And all those outlaws been running around, too, and those strangers who don’t talk or dress right… makes our town feel too crowded, and there’s just that strange shift in the air, still…

The Sheriff has asked us all to gather at the School House (the Narrow Gauge Book Coop) to try and sort out who killed that A.I. Altman. We’re supposed to be there at 5pm on August 7th to get our assignments and start sorting out clues. This mystery is mighty unsettling, and we’d like to get it solved sooner than later.

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602 Main Street
Alamosa, CO
81101

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm

Telephone

719-589-3464

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