Black Tea Bookshop

04/07/2026

Hey friends! While we're in a season of figuring it all out, know we're still here. Imperfectly, yes. But here. 🧡🖤🧡🖤

04/07/2026

Booksellers, today we celebrate and support Black-owned bookstores, the vital spaces where stories, culture, and community thrive.

National Black Bookstore Day (April 7), founded by the National Association of Black Bookstores, is a nationwide call to show up for these businesses that champion Black voices and keep literary legacies alive.

Today also honors Georgia “Mother Rose” West, founder of Underground Books and a central figure in Black literary culture.

Visit, shop, and share Black-owned bookstores today and every day. ❤️

03/14/2026

Hey, friends! After a few weeks of traveling, it was a treat to wake up in my own bed. 🛌🏾 I started the morning with a very heartwarming mug of BTB Vol 1. 🫖Tangy with a natural sweetness, it was just what I needed to start my Saturday and soothe this lingering cough.

How's your Saturday going? 🧡🖤🧡🖤

Let us know with an emoji:

🫖Tea
☕ Coffee
🚶🏾‍♀️ Walk/Enjoying outdoors
👩🏾‍🏫 Adulting

03/09/2026

Hey friend! It's International Women's Day and National Women's History Month! Not sure where to start? Here are some amazing Black women to check out:

Coretta Scott King - civil rights activist
Alma Woodsey Thomas - artist
bell hooks - feminist writer
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - multi-genre writer

Victoria Christopher Murray - historical fiction writer
Rita Dove - poet
Lucille Clifton - poet
Audrey Lord - poet, memoirist, lecturer

I'd love it if you'd pick up a book by or about one of these powerhouse women from Black Tea Bookshop! Remember you can check us out and order through our (soon-to-be-updated) website. Happy reading! 🧡🖤🧡🖤

02/23/2026

Hey friends! 👋🏾

I know I've been pretty quiet lately, but I'm still working behind the scenes. This year's Winter Institute comes at a time when I'm figuring things out, namely how to best bring important and beautiful stories of Black life while also showing up well in other important areas of my life. 🤔 You get that, right?

So what better time to be in the company of other booksellers for conversation, connection, community and clarity?! I'm looking forward to this week and for whatever ✨🙏🏾 comes of it.

I miss you, my friends! 🧡🖤🧡🖤

02/17/2026

to Rev. Jesse Jackson. Today, we honor a giant whose voice, courage, and love for our people shaped generations. Reverend Jesse Jackson was not only a civil rights icon—he was family to the NAACP.

His legacy sits at the heart of our work and at the center of this nation’s fight for justice. We carry his light forward. https://naacp.org/articles/naacp-honors-life-and-legacy-reverend-jesse-l-jackson-sr-son-movement

02/08/2026

Hey friends! At BTB, we're ALWAYS celebrating and shedding light on the lives and contributions of Black people across the diaspora.

Here's some of the history of Black History Month in the U.S.

*di-AS-po-ra: the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland*

01/29/2026

Hey friends! Come join us THIS SATURDAY, January 31 11am-2pm at the B.L.A.C.K. Expo sponsored by and ! We'll have lots of great books and fun goodies for book-lovers. You can also browse, shop and support many other local businesses. Let's keep the BTB community growing!

You know I'd love to see you there! 🧡🖤🧡🖤

01/23/2026

Hey friends! We may not have a physical home, for now, but we're still here! Stopping in today to nudge you out into the frigid air to our lovely Daniel Boone Regional Library - or your local library to grab an armful of books for the chilly weekend. And don't forget my friends at Skylark Bookshop , Yellow Dog Bookshop and Sabu's Books for a book to take home and keep! Stay safe. Check on each other. ✨

01/19/2026

Watch with me?

Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 2026 Martin Luther King, Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service, an inspiring gatheri...

01/19/2026

"Ultimately, a great nation is a compassionate nation."

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Where Do We Go From Here"

01/07/2026

Hey friends, and Happy New Year! 🎉

The last several weeks at The Atrium on Tenth have been so many things! Fun, exhausting, eye-opening, heart-filling, informative...did I mention exhausting? 🤣 Having a full-time job while running a business is certainly not for the faint of heart. But it was so worth it to get to be in a cozy, welcoming place where you could come and grab good books and good tea. It was a joy working with Ebony Eigh and Adonica Coleman to create a pop-up that didn't feel like one! Many thanks to Forever Close-Up for the beautiful posts!

Hopefully you got some yummy treats from A Case of Cakes by Robin Cason. I sure did!!

Tomorrow will be my last day in our current space. Thank you for your time, support and wonderful conversation. Thank you for helping Black Tea Bookshop move forward in our mission to celebrate the joys of Black life through the work of Black authors and illustrators.

This week you can stop by:

Today (Wednesday) 3:00-4:30
Thursday 3:00-4:00

What's next?

Stay tuned! 🧡🖤🧡🖤