Welcome to Bloomsbury Books

An independent bookstore in downtown Ashland, Oregon

Bloomsbury Books is an independent bookstore on Main Street in downtown Ashland, Oregon, home of the world-famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Founded in 1980, we specialize in contemporary fiction and children’s books, but also carry a wide variety of nonfiction and local authors, and, of course, have a large Shakespeare and theater section.

Upcoming Events

AUTHOR TALKS AT BLOOMSBURY

Fixation to Freedom with author Eli Jaxon-Bear

Monday May 19th 7:00 to 8:00 pm

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Mary Silva discusses her new novel “No Small Thing”

Monday April 28th 7:00 to 8:00 pm

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“Preparing for the Final Quest – Essential plans, tools and tasks to develop before life’s end” with author Katherine Silver

Monday May 5th 7:00 to 8:00 pm

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Amanda Hawkins and Melissa Matthewson read their Poetry

Wednesday April 23rd 7:00 to 8:00 pm

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“The Fifth of November” A Dystopian Future History Sci-Fi Thriller with author Glenn Hill

Monday April 21st 7:00 to 8:00 pm

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Poetry Reading with Seth Kaplan and Dan Kaufman

Thursday April 24th 7:00 to 8:00 pm

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Into The White: A Love Story: a Reading and Discussion by author Two Steps

Monday May 12th 7:00 to 8:00 pm

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Upcoming New Books

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BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL

BY V.E. SCHWAB

June 10th, 2025

From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.

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NEVER FLINCH

By Stephen King

May 27th, 2025

Stephen King comes with an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines–one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker–featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.

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The Emperor of Gladness

By Ocean Vuong

May 13th, 2025

Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.

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Speak to Me of Home

By Jeanine Cummins

May 13th, 2025

What does it mean to call a place home?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeanine Cummins comes a deeply felt multigenerational family story.

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Is a River Alive?

By Robert McFarlane

May 20th, 2025

Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.

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My Name Is Emilia del Valle

By Isabel Allende

May 6th, 2025

In this spellbinding historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and The Wind Knows My Name, a young writer journeys to South America to uncover the truth about her father–and herself.

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Run for the Hills

By Kevin Wilson

May 13th, 2025

An unexpected road trip across America brings a family together, in this raucous and moving new novel from the bestselling author of Nothing to See Here.

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The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward

By Melinda French Gates

April 15th, 2025

In a rare window into some of her life’s pivotal moments, Melinda French Gates draws from previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on encountering transitions.

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My Friends

By Fredrik Backman

May 6th, 2025

#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later.

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Bloomsbury Recommends

We hope you enjoy our favorite Bloomsbury Picks as much as we have!

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. From trips on private jets and encounters with world leaders to shocking accounts of misogyny and double standards behind the scenes, this searing memoir exposes both the personal and the political fallout when unfettered power an…

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until–betrayed and brokenhearted–she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeep…

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

“A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore. Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nur…

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Victorian Psycho is the perfect wintery, gothic horror, full of suspense and blood. We follow the Pounds family’s new governess, Miss Winifred Notty, as she progressively loses her grip on reality. Behaving in strange ways, unsettling all those around her, Winifred’s story becomes progressively more morbid and grotesque as the novel unfolds. Victorian Psycho is the perfect book for fans of the creepy and macabre. -Riley

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Quâebec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sãuretâe, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finall…

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

“Five siblings in West Virginia unearth long-buried secrets when the supernatural bargain entwining their fate with their ancestral land is suddenly ruptured. Since time immemorial, the Haddesley family has tended the cranberry bog. In exchange, the bog sustains them. The staunch seasons of their lives are governed by a strict covenant that is renewed each generation with the ritual sacrifice of their patriarch, and in return, the bog produces a “bog-wife.” Brought to life from vegetation, this…

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

“With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters–Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more–as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, ‘What does anyone’s life mean?’ It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an…

The God of The Woods by Liz Moore

When Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer camp bunk one morning in August 1975, it triggers a panicked, terrified search. Losing a camper is a horrific tragedy under any circumstances, but Barbara isn’t just any camper, she’s the daughter of the wealthy family who owns the camp–as well as the opulent nearby estate, and most of the land in sight. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared in this region: Barbara’s older brother also went missing 16 years ea…

My Murder by Katie Williams

“One of those rare emotionally intelligent books that are also fun reads… Going to keep readers turning pages late into the night.” -The New York Times What if the murder you had to solve was your own? Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She’s also the victim of a local serial killer. Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, she is grateful for this second chance. But as the new Lou re-adapts to her old routines, and…

Death Valley

by Melissa Broder

The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story. In Melissa Broder’s astounding new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow—for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks…