The Green Hand Bookshop

06/28/2026

An update on our end of the 600 block on Congress St here in Portland ME...

Put in place to stop debris from falling during building renovation...

06/24/2026

Thank you Joshua!!!!! ❤️‍🩹🌈

06/16/2026

Yessss!!!!

"It's important not to be complicit with evil."
--John Connolly (translated from the Spanish interview with Juan Carlos Galindo of El Pais)

El creador de la serie del detective Charlie Parker reflexiona sobre su proceso creativo, sus miedos y anhelos y anticipa un final para su héroe

05/23/2026

So many tasty treats for the long weekend!! Come see come see! 🤩📚🏖️ If you are looking for something to tantalize your Stephen King palate as you await his latest, we highly recommend diving into the archives with Caroline Bicks' MONSTERS IN THE ARCHIVES!!

05/19/2026

So excited to pre-read Tiffany D. Jackson's upcoming Ghost in the Night!!! Meep agrees.
I loved last summer's Blood in the Water, can't wait to find out what has in store for us now. Release date is Aug 4th!

05/02/2026

What's better than Free Comicbook Day ??? Free comics AND GIRL SCOUT COOKIEEEEEES!!! 🤩 What a great way to spend a rainy May Saturday - and then hop on down the block to us at Green Hand Bookshop for some good rainy day reads, too. 🦄🌈☔️📚💕

04/30/2026

A little Longfellow for the last day of Poetry Month 2026! Rainy days indeed. Onward!
Beautiful wood engraving by Boyd Hanna from the 1943 Heritage Press Longfellow poetry volume.

04/28/2026

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out this weekend, whether you knew it was Indie Bookstore Day or not! Our fabulous Golden Ticket winner, Carney, has been a regular (and a friend irl) for many moons, and we are so glad she won!! 🏆💚🥰💚📚

Remember to celebrate books locally! 🤩

Thank you !!!

04/25/2026

HAPPY INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY!!! It's the day to celebrate books and some gorgeous spring weather. 🌞💕📚 Who will find the Golden Ticket at the Green Hand? The lucky winner will have a year's worth of free audiobooks (12 audiobooks in all)!!! Big thanks to and for supporting the little book peeps.

04/21/2026

In an era which holds itself increasingly distant from human processes, it is good to remember that paper and ink are constantly being combined by hand to create new things. Photos taken during a happy afternoon spent absorbing the doings at Wolfe Editions, where letterpress printing goes on as a daily ritual. A wonderful thing indeed.