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How to navigate Oxford’s literary landscape
Amongst demanding classes, social obligations and football games that shut the town down, it’s easy to get bogged down and forget everything the campus and Oxford have to offer. One of the incredible...
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Square Books to host author James McLaughlin with debut novel ‘Bearskin’
Forestry and fiction fans will find common ground at 5 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Off Square Books as award-winning writer James McLaughlin discusses his debut novel. “Bearskin,” an expansion of his novella of...
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Ole Miss alumnus to present new novel on the Square
Charlie Spillers’ novels are the product of a life of fieldwork as an undercover cop and also time spent teaching classes at Ole Miss. Spillers will return to Oxford on Tuesday night to present and...
View ArticleThacker Mountain fall premiere features political memoirist, singer-songwriters
Thacker Mountain Radio Hour will host its fall premiere featuring singer-songwriters Grayson Capps and Amy Andrews and author Beck Dorey-Stein Thursday night at Off Square Books. Based on the Alabama...
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Memphis author explores real Greek life issues through fiction
Memphis-based author Lisa Patton will preview her latest novel, “Rush,” which depicts sorority recruitment at Ole Miss, at 5 p.m. Friday at Off Square Books. A former student at the University of...
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Characters haunted by coal mine explosion in Ole Miss alumnus’ debut novel
Tom Bennitt, a 2013 English MFA graduate from Ole Miss, will read from and sign copies of his first novel, “Burning Under,” at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Off Square Books. “Burning Under” is set in the...
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Southern studies faculty present new works at Off Square Books
Local literature fans packed the rows of wooden fold-out chairs to hear Southern studies faculty members Ted Ownby, Kathryn McKee and Jessica Wilkerson read from their recent book releases. Ownby,...
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Veteran author presents his first mystery at Off Square tonight
Author R. J. Lee has been writing humorous novels about the South for years. But this year, Lee wrote his first mystery novel, “Grand Slam Murders.” He will read from and sign the new book at 5 p.m....
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Young adult author Leigh Bardugo visits Oxford on ‘King of Scars’ tour
Bestselling young adult author Leigh Bardugo peeked from behind a door at the Edison on Friday night, causing a dull roar from the crowd of loyal fans. The room buzzed with excitement as fans of all...
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Native Mississippian Greg Iles to read from his 18th novel at Square Books
Greg Iles, a crime novelist and screenwriter, will read from and speak about his newest novel at 5:30 p.m. tonight at Off Square Books. The Natchez native is stopping in Oxford on tour with “Cemetery...
View ArticleSouthern Gothic author River Jordan to present from her memoir
River Jordan, playwright and author of Southern Gothics like “The Gin Girl” and “Saints in Limbo,” will read from and speak about her new memoir at 5:30 p.m. tonight at Off Square Books. Jordan is...
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In ‘Women Talking,’ Miriam Toews unravels a Mennonite Colony’s ‘culture of...
From 2005 through 2009, the women of the Manitoba Mennonite colony in Bolivia woke up with strange aches and pains. When they asked the community’s male authorities what was happening to them, the men...
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9 Most Instagramable spots on the Square
Double Decker Festival is here, but did it really happen if it isn’t on Instagram? Luckily for you, online editor Annie Sharp put together a few suggestions of places to snap a pic to show off your...
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Square Books owners open new store on 40th anniversary
On Sept. 14, Square Books and the Oxford community celebrated 40 years of Square Books with the grand opening of a new location, Rare Square Books. Square Books is a vaunted Oxford institution. It’s...
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How the original Square Books location became Rare Square Books
Rare books is now open above Square Books Jr. The opening of the new store marked the business’s 40th anniversary. Photo by Parker Galloway. One of Oxford’s most famous stores has expanded for a third...
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Civil rights journalist discusses new book at Off Square Books
Founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, Jerry Mitchell (right), and former Boston Globe reporter, Curtis Wilkie (left), at Off-Square Books. Photo by McKenzie Richmond. A newly...
View ArticleAngie Thomas speaks on the importance of diversity in literature at Oxford...
Square Books kicked off the 2021 Oxford Conference for the Book on Monday night with a conversation between Mississippi-raised authors Angie Thomas and Kiese Laymon. They discussed Thomas’s new novel...
View ArticleWomen’s basketball team to assist with school supply drive
The Visit Oxford tourism office will hold a back to school event on Aug. 3 on the Square for Lafayette and Oxford school districts. The back to school event will host the University women’s basketball...
View ArticleMaurice Carlos Ruffin discusses new short story collection with Square Books
In an hour-long, wide-ranging virtual discussion hosted by Square Books, author Maurice Carlos Ruffin discussed his latest work – a collection of short stories, entitled “The Ones Who Don’t Say They...
View ArticleSquare Books brings new and notable names to local readers through event...
Last Friday, Square Books was one of 20 indie bookstores to host authors Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe via Zoom to discuss their new book, “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty.”...
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