Independent Bookstore to Open Near Eastern Market This Month

Capitol Hill will have a new independent bookstore by the end of the month.

East City Bookshop will host a grand opening party at 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE on April 30, according to the company’s website. The grand opening event will feature authors, food, giveaways.

The new bookstore will sell books, toys and gifts.

More information about East City Bookshop from its website:

East City Bookshop aims to become a gathering place for book lovers of all ages, a place to talk about books, ideas, to learn something new or revisit something you once knew well.  We plan to provide top-notch customer service, author events, books clubs, and more.  We want to connect you with the books you want and need.  And some that maybe you didn’t even know you wanted and needed.

We’ll also have a selection of toys, gifts, and bookish items that we love and think you might need to have for yourself or for someone you like a whole lot.

Photo via Facebook / East City Book Shop