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Flagship Books

neighborhood bookstore in Strawberry Hill
Kansas City, KS
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06/05/2026

Come find a new favorite book this weekend at your neighborhood bookstore here in Strawberry Hill!

06/04/2026

We’ve had some great new titles coming in this week including, for obvious reasons, lots of soccer books, and for less obvious reasons multiple new novels about horses. ⚽️🐎

normal hours here the rest of the week:
📚 12-6 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
📚 11-6 on Saturday
📚 1-5 on Sunday

06/03/2026

Here’s what’s happening at Flagship this month! Swipe through to see what’s going on, and stay tuned for more details about each of these as they get closer.

05/31/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out for another round of Strawberry Hill Singin’ Book Club tonight, and especially to everyone who shared their poems, songs, essays, and history projects responding to Wendell Berry’s novel 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳. It was fantastic, as always. We’ll meet again on July 10 to hear more creative pieces inspired by 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 by Tove Jansson. Copies are available at Flagship if you want to get started reading & writing.

05/28/2026

Two weeks from today, we’re looking forward to welcoming Dr. Tai Edwards, to hear about the new book that she co-edited, 𝑳𝒚𝒅𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚.

The book is about a fascinating piece of history that happened just a few blocks from where Flagship now sits. In 1907, Lyda Conley, along with her sisters Ida and Helena who were all members of the Wyandot Nation, fought to protect the cemetery where their parents and many other relatives are buried. When a developer wanted to buy the land the cemetery was on and dig up everyone buried there, Lyda and her sisters built a small shack in the cemetery and guarded it with shotguns day and night for several years. Meanwhile, Lyda - who had attended law school by rowing across the river every day - was working to change the legal status of the cemetery, and ended up being the first Native American to ever argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The sisters’ work paid off: the cemetery was saved, and they’re now buried there too along with their family members. You can visit their graves in Huron Indian Cemetery at the corner of 7th & Minnesota in KCK.

The new book is a collection of new essays, oral histories, and primary source documents related to the Conley sisters and Huron Indian Cemetery. Come get your copy on June 11, and hear more from Dr. Edwards about this vital piece of Kansas history.

If you're interested in attending this free event, please RSVP here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1486380103222259

05/23/2026

This morning we had a great storytime with illustrator & childrens author Brandon Todd, who read his brand new book 𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐬?

We’re all sold out of Brandon’s book for now, but will have more copies in stock next week!

05/22/2026

Yesterday, for the fifth year in a row, Flagship was one of the venues for Manor Fest, and we got to hear great sets from Nina Cherry & the Pitts, Dandelion Lakewood & the Bowl of Dust, and The Matchsellers. Shaun told us that being involved for five years makes Flagship the longest-running Manor Fest venue, which was a cool surprise, since it’s easy to still feel like newcomers to the KC community and cultural scene. We’re proud to be part of it.

Thanks to all the bands for playing, to Shaun and everyone else at Manor Records for organizing the fest, and to everyone else who came out to support local music. Manor Fest continues tonight in West Bottoms and Saturday in the Crossroads.

05/20/2026

The next Strawberry Hill Singin’ Book Club is coming up soon, and this time our book is 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒉 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓 by Wendell Berry. It’s a quiet, reflective, character-driven novel with lovely writing, so if you require lots of action and an exciting plot in your books, this one might not be for you.

But if the perennial themes of memory, loss, love, community, and human connection to the land inspire you to write a song or poem, we hope you’ll share it with us on May 30. You can sign up at this link: https://forms.gle/2ELsY58THF3rFimTA

If you’d rather just show up and hear what other people have written, you’re welcome to do that too. Bring a snack or beverage to share if you feel like it.

We’ve got copies of 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒉 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓 available to purchase at Flagship, and it’s also on Libro.fm if you prefer audio books. See you on the 30th!

05/19/2026

Kansas City’s local music festival Manor Fest is back this week for its eighth year, with 8 nights of music in neighborhoods all over the city.

Thursday May 21 is Strawberry Hill’s night, and here at Flagship the show starts at 5pm. You can pay $15 at the door to see Nina Cherry, Dandelion Lakewood’s Bowl of Dust, and The Matchsellers, or go to manorrecords.com for wristbands that get you into all the shows at all the venues throughout the week.

There are lots of great bands & artists performing at some really cool venues, so follow for all the details. See you out there 🎱

05/16/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out for the first art walk of the season tonight! happens again on June 19.

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510 N. 6th
Kansas City, KS
66101

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Wednesday	12pm - 6pm
Thursday	12pm - 6pm
Friday	12pm - 6pm
Saturday	11am - 6pm
Sunday	1pm - 5pm

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https://bookshop.org/shop/flagship

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