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Guest Post: Sarah Paige Ryan's Holiday Survival Guide
Oh, the holidays. The shopping lists. The paper cuts. The delayed flights. The family gatherings where Grandma reminds everyone that she thought you’d never graduate from high school. If you’re like...
View ArticleBooks are awesome.
Something that makes us jump up and down and throw our hands in the air:"When you give a 'real world' book to someone you are saying, 'I am totally in love with this book and think you will be too,' or...
View ArticleOH MY GOSH YOU GUYS (Or: The Hobbit is coming out!)
Exciting news! (OH how this news is exciting!)The trailer for The Hobbit is out! I have nothing but high hopes and great things to say about this movie. It's directed by the same person who was in...
View ArticleThe New Year Address
For the first time in 2012, all of us at the Firehouse would like to say hello to our fellow readers-Hello!With the first week of the new year behind us, many people will be deciding which resolutions...
View ArticleHave you seen this?
Sean Ohlenkamp and his wife put this video together for Type Bookstore in Toronto and we love them for it.If you haven't seen it, watch and be amazed. If you have, well...watch it again because it's...
View ArticleDiagnosing Bibliophilia
In recent months, a growing awareness has been spreading the country of a new and frightening disorder. No one knows how long this disorder has plagued the world, but now there is finally a way of...
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2011 ALSC Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners
Newbery Medal:Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are...
View ArticleI am ever more excited.
I have been slowly but surely working my way through the Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin and have been thoroughly enjoying it. So today, when a new preview for the second season of...
View ArticleNational Poetry Month. Oh yes.
So for those of you who have somehow managed to dodge this information, allow me to inform you that it is currently National Poetry Month. Here at the Old Firehouse, we have a few people that are...
View ArticleHow You Made a Difference
We’d like to take a moment to thank you, the customers, for everything you’ve done to support us this past year. As Old Firehouse Books is just about to enter its fourth year here at our historic site,...
View ArticleNew Staff and New Events
Hello, readers! I apologize for the long absence in posts. We've been going through a pretty dramatic shift these past couple of months! Two of our beloved full time employees, Tegan and Keller, left...
View ArticleDouble Event Week!
We are particularly excited this week to host TWO authors in our store! They're coming on the same day (June 14th) but offer very different reading experiences.Our first author is Natasha Wing, who has...
View ArticlePros... and Cons of E-Books
Not too many people know that we sell e-books. While paper books (the REAL deal) will always be our true love, we're booksellers of the 21st century and we keep up with the times. (Hey, we even have a...
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Goodbye to an Old Friend
We are sad to announce that one of our beloved fellow bookstores, Reader's Cove, will be closing its doors permanently this Friday. If you have time and a hankering for a new book, please visit them...
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips at the Old Town Library
Join us TODAY at the Old Town Library to meet the talented author SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS who will be discussing her latest novel, The Great Escape. No tickets necessary, just be at the library at 7pm...
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Book Colors
Today one of my favorite books, The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta, came in blue. The book was released in a bright fuchsia for its hardcover and (at first) paperback forms. Today, it is blue. A very...
View ArticleWhy You Should Really Give Vampires Another Chance
Review of The Twelve by Justin Cronin, Published 10/16/12 Several years ago, vampires entered the public's conscious in an entirely new way. More popular and sparkly than ever before, they fell upon...
View ArticleThe Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski Review
From the first page, readers can never quite know what to expect from any writing that has been crafted by the hands and the mind of Danielewski. Readers find themselves in the midst of a...
View ArticleThe Weekenders
At the bookstore we have a division of week and weekend staff members with one of us bridging the gap on Saturdays to fill in the spaces where notes and telepathy fail. On the weekends things fluctuate...
View ArticleThe Eighty-Dollar Champion Book Review
A great story to work with here. Sometimes we all need to read something that just feels a little good. In all honesty, you could just look at the cover on this--The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman,...
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