Creepy October Reads

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: autumn. Crunchy leaves, sweaters, blustery days, hearty stews . . . And…

A Powerhouse of Creativity: Rachel and Elizabeth Discuss Tin House

Avid Kids’ & YA New Releases

This week, there are so many awesome new kids’ books being published that we just have to share some of our…

Avid Summer Reading Picks

It’s May, which means school is ALMOST out! Hooray! Summer means going to the pool, eating ice cream, and most of…

Book Review: Mental by Jaime Lowe

Lithium, love, and losing one’s mind are three L’s with which Jaime Lowe has grown quite familiar…

Happy Small Press Month!

On the first of March, Avid began a month-long celebration of small presses. Each week, we’re featuring a different press at our Prince Ave. location. At the end of the week, we’ll be raffling off a prize donated by the press itself (the prizes are, therefore, very awesome)!! Avid…

9 Small Press Books Avid Thinks You (Specifically) Should Devour Right This Second

Small Press Month is drawing to a close, but the time for reading these outstanding books is all year long! Below you’ll find nine of Avid’s current Small Press obsessions; you should…

Where’s Waldo in the ATH? 2017

August 1, 2017 Avid Bookshop hosted the celebration for their 6th annual WHERE’S WALDO IN THE ATH? search. If you don’t already know what this is, saddle up. It is not only one of Athens’ most competitive gauntlets of striped-themed activity, it is yet another happening Athens can boast of that…

March 2018 Events Roundup

Now that we’re inching towards spring (and practically on our way to summer), you have no excuse for staying…

A Summer of Small Press

It’s time to stock up on books for summer reading, and the wonderful weirdness of Avid’s favorite small press titles…