Between the Covers Bookstore & Bruno Cafe

Between the Covers Bookstore & Bruno Cafe A Telluride tradition since 1974. Books • Magazines • Cards • Journals • Gifts Puzzles
Cozy cafe in back with Wi-Fi. Floors creak like a lonesome violin.

What a delight for Color Box Design & Letterpress designer, Traci Andrejko, to stop in!Color Box is a new line for us an...
08/18/2026

What a delight for Color Box Design & Letterpress designer, Traci Andrejko, to stop in!
Color Box is a new line for us and we’re loving their beautiful letterpress cards, boxed notecards, stickers and matches!
☀️FunFact: Traci is the sister of our own Dennis at Telluride Library!

¡Qué alegría que nos visitara Traci Andrejko, diseñadora de Color Box Design & Letterpress!
Color Box es una línea nueva para nosotros, ¡y nos encantan sus hermosas tarjetas impresas en *letterpress*, sus juegos de tarjetas, pegatinas y cerillas!
☀️Dato curioso: ¡Traci es hermana de nuestro compañero Dennis, de la Biblioteca de Telluride!

We’re loving these new stickers, cards, boxed notecards, notepads and gift tags from Colorado based Lana’s Shop!¡Nos enc...
08/18/2026

We’re loving these new stickers, cards, boxed notecards, notepads and gift tags from Colorado based Lana’s Shop!

¡Nos encantan estas nuevas pegatinas, tarjetas, cajas de tarjetas, blocs de notas y etiquetas para regalo de Lana’s Shop, con sede en Colorado!

08/18/2026

Back to School!

✅ pencils
✅ pens
✅ decomposition books
✅ stickers & hacky sacks

¡Vuelta a clases!

✅ lápices
✅ bolígrafos
✅ cuadernos de composición
✅ pegatinas y hacky sacks

Thank you, Dr. Rob Silver, author of There’s a Mushroom For That and integrative and holistic veterinarian for coming to...
08/16/2026

Thank you, Dr. Rob Silver, author of There’s a Mushroom For That and integrative and holistic veterinarian for coming to sign your books!

And thank you to poets Art Goodtimes and Lesley Wheeler, for signing your books and reading poetry to us !

Art Goodtimes is the Telluride Mushroom Festival Co-Founder, Festival Cultural Coordinator, Steward and Poet-in-Residence and parade master extraordinaire and the author of several anthologies and books of poetry including Dancing On the Edge: The McRedeye Poems; and MycoEpithalamia: Mushroom Wedding Poems
Lesley Wheeler received her BA from Rutgers College, summa cm laude, and their PhD in English from Princeton University. She is the Henry S. Fox Professor of English at Washington and Lee University. She was signing her recent book of poetry, Mycocosmic and they were both singing the new chapbook that Art and Lesley created together, just in time for TMF!

¡Gracias al Dr. Rob Silver, autor de *There’s a Mushroom For That* y veterinario integrativo y holístico, por venir a firmar sus libros!

¡Y gracias a los poetas Art Goodtimes y Lesley Wheeler por firmar sus obras y recitarnos poesía!

Art Goodtimes es cofundador del Festival de Hongos de Telluride, coordinador cultural del festival, custodio, poeta residente y maestro de ceremonias del desfile por excelencia, además de autor de varias antologías y libros de poesía, entre ellos *Dancing On the Edge: The McRedeye Poems* y *MycoEpithalamia: Mushroom Wedding Poems*.
Lesley Wheeler obtuvo su licenciatura (*Bachelor of Arts*) en Rutgers College con la distinción *summa cm laude* y su doctorado en Inglés en la Universidad de Princeton. Ocupa la cátedra Henry S. Fox de Inglés en la Universidad Washington and Lee. Estuvo firmando su reciente libro de poesía, *Mycocosmic*, así como el nuevo poemario breve (*chapbook*) que ambos crearon en colaboración.

📸: Rob Silver, Art Goodtimes and Lesley Wheeler at Between the Covers Bookstore & BRUNO Coffee in Telluride

Thank you, Julie Beeler, artist, designer, mycophile and author of The Mushroom Color Atlas, for coming in today!Her bea...
08/15/2026

Thank you, Julie Beeler, artist, designer, mycophile and author of The Mushroom Color Atlas, for coming in today!
Her beautiful book is available at Between the Covers Bookstore & BRUNO Coffee, in store and online at between-the-covers.com

Gracias a Julie Beeler —artista, diseñadora, micófila y autora de *The Mushroom Color Atlas*— por acompañarnos hoy.
Su hermoso libro está disponible en Between the Covers Bookstore & BRUNO Coffee, tanto en la tienda física como en línea a través de between-the-covers.com.

Thank you to Maria Pinto, author of Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me About Nourishment, Poison, Ecol...
08/15/2026

Thank you to Maria Pinto, author of Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me About Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival; naturalist, educator and writer
and Gabrielle Cerberville, author of Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life; aka The Chaotic Forager, mycologist and climate advocate
for a delightful Telluride Mushroom Festival Booksigning today!

We still have some signed copies in the bookstore - while they last - if you missed the signing today.

Author, Ross Gay of The Book of (More) Delights says of Maria Pinto’s book. “I have rarely encountered such beautiful writing. I have rarely encountered such a beautiful book.”

Gabrielle is a current PhD student at UVA in the Composition and Computer Technologies program and known for her informative, funny, high-energy social media content.

¡Gracias a Maria Pinto —naturalista, educadora y escritora— y a Gabrielle Cerberville —conocida como *The Chaotic Forager*, micóloga y activista climática— por la maravillosa sesión de firma de libros que ofrecieron hoy en el marco del Festival de Hongos de Telluride!

Si no pudiste asistir a la firma de hoy, todavía tenemos algunos ejemplares firmados en la librería (hasta agotar existencias).

Ross Gay, autor de *The Book of (More) Delights*, comenta sobre el libro de Maria Pinto: «Rara vez he encontrado una escritura tan hermosa. Rara vez he encontrado un libro tan hermoso».

Gabrielle cursa actualmente un doctorado en la Universidad de Virginia (UVA) en el programa de Composición y Tecnologías Informáticas, y es conocida por el contenido informativo, divertido y lleno de energía que comparte en sus redes sociales.

📸: Maria Pinto and Gabrielle Cerberville at Between the Covers Bookstore

Thank you to Mark Plotkin, Telluride Mushroom Festival keynote speaker and Harvard, Yale and Tufts trained ethnobotanist...
08/15/2026

Thank you to Mark Plotkin, Telluride Mushroom Festival keynote speaker and Harvard, Yale and Tufts trained ethnobotanist,
Robert Rogers, professional herbalist, professor and author dozens of books, and Chris Hobbs, who has a doctorate from UC Berkley in phylogenetics, evolutionary biology and photochemistry
for a fabulous Telluride Mushroom Festival booksigning today!

Gracias a Mark Plotkin —ponente principal del Festival de Hongos de Telluride y etnobotánico formado en Harvard, Yale y Tufts—;
a Robert Rogers —herborista profesional, profesor y autor de docenas de libros—;
a Chris Hobbs —doctor por la UC Berkeley en filogenética, biología evolutiva y fitoquímica—;
¡por las fantásticas sesiones de firma de libros de hoy en el Festival de Hongos de Telluride!

📸: Mark Plotkin, Robert Rogers and Chris Hobbs at Between the Covers Bookstore & BRUNO Coffee

Thank you to Tradd Cotter “a genius of organic mushroom production,”Britt Bunyard, renowned mycologist and executive dir...
08/14/2026

Thank you to Tradd Cotter “a genius of organic mushroom production,”
Britt Bunyard, renowned mycologist and executive director of Telluride Mushroom Festival,
and Chad Hyatt, expert forager and classically trained chef from Northern California, for a fabulous Telluride Mushroom Festival Booksigning today at Between the Covers Bookstore!

If you missed it, we still have some signed copies of their amazing books - all considered TMF classics - in the store.

More booksignings Friday and Saturday, here at the bookstore. Check out the full schedule in our previous Telluride Mushroom Festival post.

We’re open everyday from 10-6 and we look forward to seeing you on the sunnyside ☀️

¡Gracias a Tradd Cotter, Britt Bunyard y Chad Hyatt por la fantástica sesión de firmas de libros del Festival de Hongos de Telluride que celebramos hoy en la librería Between the Covers!

Si te la perdiste, todavía tenemos algunos ejemplares firmados de sus libros en la tienda.

Habrá más sesiones de firmas el viernes y el sábado, aquí mismo en la librería. Consulta el programa completo en nuestra publicación anterior sobre el Festival de Hongos de Telluride.

Estamos abiertos todos los días de 10:00 a 18:00; esperamos verlos por aquí ☀️

📸: Tradd Cotter, Britt Bunyard and Chad Hyatt holding their books in front of Between the Covers Bookstore on Main Street in Telluride.

Additional August Book signing!An Evening With Ken Burns:Screening of The Vietman WarQ&A and book signing followingticke...
08/13/2026

Additional August Book signing!

An Evening With Ken Burns:
Screening of The Vietman War
Q&A and book signing following

tickets available at telluridemuseum.org/shop

We love this event every year!
Tickets sell out.
Books available at Between the Covers Bookstore and at the event.

¡Evento adicional de firma de libros en agosto!

Una velada con Ken Burns:
Proyección de *The Vietnam War*
Sesión de preguntas y respuestas y firma de libros al finalizar

Entradas disponibles en telluridemuseum.org/shop

¡Nos encanta este evento cada año!
Las entradas se agotan.
Libros disponibles en la librería Between the Covers y en el evento.

08/12/2026

We’re so thankful for the love and we will see him on the other side 🤍

Estamos muy agradecidos por el cariño y nos volveremos a encontrar con él al otro lado 🤍

📸: Bruno getting lots of pets in the store, adventures with Rickey and around town.

Adopted when he was about a year old, as a companion for Rickey, Bruno was our Great Pyrenees and he was the best. He loved snow, hikes, pets and holding hands.

Thank you, especially to Ellen Telluride Humane Society, for the hugs 🫶

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307 E Colorado Avenue
Telluride, CO
81435

Opening Hours

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

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