Bookstore1Sarasota

Bookstore1Sarasota Bookstore1Sarasota At Bookstore1Sarasota readers will find unexpected literary pleasures alongside their favorites, both new and classic. Plain and simple.

We feature a wide range of author events and offer customized literary event management. We are a place for celebrating the written word. Our motto: Joie de Livres. We love books and authors.

March is a good month to check out one of our book clubs đź’š
02/26/2026

March is a good month to check out one of our book clubs đź’š

Event after event after event in March! đź“š
02/26/2026

Event after event after event in March! đź“š

This month is short. Our list of events? LONG!
02/14/2026

This month is short. Our list of events? LONG!

Fashionably late to February, but this short month isn’t over yet!
02/14/2026

Fashionably late to February, but this short month isn’t over yet!

✨Submissions for our poetry contest are still open! ✨This contest hopes to find the poems that represent what we think o...
01/09/2026

✨Submissions for our poetry contest are still open! ✨This contest hopes to find the poems that represent what we think of as the best of the poetic form - bold language, bravery in form and content, and the immediacy that makes one’s breath catch in the throat when read.

🖊️ Final judge: Rick Hilles
🏆 $150 Bookstore1 gift card + reading at PoetryLife on stage at Florid Studio Theatre + publication in Magazine1
đź“– Runners-up published + $50 gift cards

Open to everyone. One poem per submission.
Submit at magazine-1.com (link in bio)

If you resolved to join a book club this year, you’re so in luck.
01/08/2026

If you resolved to join a book club this year, you’re so in luck.

See you in the loft! đź“š
01/08/2026

See you in the loft! đź“š

12/05/2025

Join the Hermitage at Bookstore1Sarasota in downtown Sarasota on Thursday, December 18 @ 6pm for “The Fantasy of Reality,” featuring celebrated author, poet, and Hermitage Fellow JOSEPH EARL THOMAS. Thomas is a writer who straddles form with a distinctive style that often pushes expectations and plays with boundaries between fantasy and reality. Through this continuing literary collaboration with Bookstore1, Thomas will discuss and share excerpts from his original works.

To register for this and other upcoming programs, or to learn more about the Hermitage, visit: HermitageArtistRetreat.org

NEW SEASON, NEW STORE HOURS! 🌺
05/01/2025

NEW SEASON, NEW STORE HOURS! 🌺

Address

117 S. Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL
34236

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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+19413657900

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