Friendly City Books

Friendly City Books Friendly City Books is an independent bookstore and press in Columbus, Mississippi.

Happy Saturday, y'all!It's raining like heck here in , but we're all cozy at FCB with books, coffee, and some super cut...
06/20/2026

Happy Saturday, y'all!

It's raining like heck here in , but we're all cozy at FCB with books, coffee, and some super cute new stickers and bookmarks!

Swipe through and enjoyyyyyy!!! 💖📚😘

Today for Juneteenth, we gathered with community members for the re-opening of the R. E. Hunt Museum and Cultural Center...
06/20/2026

Today for Juneteenth, we gathered with community members for the re-opening of the R. E. Hunt Museum and Cultural Center in Columbus. This has been a labor of love for our friend Laverne Greene-Leech, who has transformed the formerly segregated Hunt High School into a celebration of Black life in our town — and worked to rebuild it after a tornado destroyed the school campus in 2019.

The museum is full of displays to local Black leaders like Dr. Emmett Stringer, who bravely led the Lowndes County NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement, and Alva Temple, a local member of the Tuskegee Airmen, plus senior class pictorials dating back to the 1940s.

Laverne herself is a living legend, as one of the six Black students who integrated Mississippi University for Women after graduating from Hunt. Her story was recently performed by a local high school student at the Mississippi School for Math and Science during our annual Emancipation Celebration, which we recognize on May 8 in Columbus. She is pictured here with Renard Wasow, a Freedom Summer volunteer, who was also portrayed in the Emancipation Celebration program.

The R. E. Hunt Museum is now open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 2-4 pm, as well as by appointment. Thanks to Laverne, there is also a new Little Free Library in Sandfield Park that you can visit anytime. Her dedication to our community truly makes us the Friendly City.

🎉📚 FREQUENT FLYER JUNE MERCH DROP 🤩🎉Attention all FCB Frequent Flyer members: this Saturday, June 20, is Frequent Flyer ...
06/18/2026

🎉📚 FREQUENT FLYER JUNE MERCH DROP 🤩🎉

Attention all FCB Frequent Flyer members: this Saturday, June 20, is Frequent Flyer Day AND merch drop day!!

Come in to get your 20% discount, your free house coffee next door at Coffee House On 5th, and a free exclusive smöl possum painting! 👀

These will be unique originals on small square and rectangular flat canvas panels. They'll be bright and fun and in a variety of colors, including 🌈 colors!

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*Available to Frequent Flyer members while supplies last.

*Possums pictured are just examples - you'll have a brand new batch to choose from💖

SEE Y'ALL SATURDAY!!! 😎

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06/15/2026

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✨ GUESS WHAAAAT?? ✨We're having an ACOTAR midnight release partyyyy!!!📚💖🥳🌟🤩✨WHEN: Monday, October 26, 2026WHERE: Friendl...
06/12/2026

✨ GUESS WHAAAAT?? ✨

We're having an ACOTAR midnight release partyyyy!!!

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WHEN: Monday, October 26, 2026
WHERE: Friendly City Books
TIME: 10pm - midnight
TICKET: paid preorder of book no. 6

(you can also preorder book 7, we won't stop you😘)

We also have an exclusive ACOTAR stamp card for folks who preorder! ✨ It only takes five stamps to get to a $10 credit (as opposed to the usual ten), but there are specific ways to get them:

• Preorder ACOTAR book 6
• Preorder ACOTAR book 7
• Attend Possumtown Book Fest (bring your stamp card to checkout that day)
• Attend the 10/26 midnight release party
• Donate some romantasy to our previously loved book section by 10/26

More details to come - stay tuned!

Call or come by the store now to secure your book and grab a stamp card! ✨📚

So many great books out this week!!🤩📚✨See any favorite authors or anticipated reads? Let us know!👇
06/11/2026

So many great books out this week!!🤩📚✨

See any favorite authors or anticipated reads? Let us know!👇

🍋🥤Lemonade Day & Sidewalk Sale🥤🍋This Saturday 6/13, come downtown to celebrate Lemonade Day and shop Columbus Main Stree...
06/11/2026

🍋🥤Lemonade Day & Sidewalk Sale🥤🍋

This Saturday 6/13, come downtown to celebrate Lemonade Day and shop Columbus Main Street's sidewalk sale promotion!

Friendly City Books will host Twin Drops Lemonade Stand outside the store - support young entrepreneurs Anvery and Avery starting at 10:00 am!

We'll also have a table of freebies set up with these fun coloring sheets and a few more goodies!

See y'all Saturday! ☀️🌈🍋😎

🖤✨ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RACHEL ✨🖤Our creepy queen is out of town on a badass birthday trip, but y'all still comment with al...
06/08/2026

🖤✨ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RACHEL ✨🖤

Our creepy queen is out of town on a badass birthday trip, but y'all still comment with allllllll the bday wishes...
..lest ye be HEXED!!💀

Jk not really😘

Happy birthday to our Hot Eldritch Possum Book Guardian!!! 🥳💖🎂📚😎

Some Scarlet art for your Sunday ❤️•••Would y'all be interested in this as a sticker or small art print? Let us know!
06/07/2026

Some Scarlet art for your Sunday ❤️

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Would y'all be interested in this as a sticker or small art print? Let us know!

Address

109 5th Street North
Columbus, MS
39701

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+16625704247

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