The Floating Bookshop

SCRATCH PAD w Sundesi THURSDAY 10/22 6:30-7:30 Join us for SCRATCH PAD, our night of music, tea, & creativity w live mixes by Sundesi Bring your sketchbook, laptop, iPad, and comic, poem, story, portrait you’re working on, or take advantage of the writing/drawing prompts & supplies See you there!

NEW - City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the rezoning of Ralph’s Ranch, but it and other small, local farms still face heat, drought, and economic woes | Zoe Elrod reports:

Our view on”superintelligence “. We make handmade media and drink tea every Sunday 1-4. Please ignore the anatomy of an anonymous tiny hand (this is what happens when you use your imagination). Be kind Stay weird Read lots and lots of books

This flier is inspired by Frida Kahlo’s amazing journal! Tea and Zines happens every Sunday 1-4, and is all ages. Be kind Stay weird Self Publish yr inspirations wherever you find them!

9/16 @ 6pm the deep dive in the shallow end will meet and discuss Annihilation by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social . Stay weird Read books Be kind or where lies the strangling fruit that came from the hand of the sinner I shall bring forth the seeds of the dead to share with the worms…

This is particularly crazy when you see how many NFL venues are scheduled to host Kanye West, a guy who literally released a song about Hitler. Including two of the stadiums who threatened Sheeran! But he didn’t say anything good about Palestinians so it’s fine.

Aftermath is a website that only exists because of paid reader subscriptions, so if you enjoy the work we do please consider supporting us directly. We have big plans! Your support can help us get there! aftermath.site/aftermath-subs...

@bruisermag.com in OKC. Yes please. A reading with also Broken River books. Yes I’ll have seconds! Cool events happening towards the end of September @thefloatingbookshop.com

@miawong.bsky.social talks with trans sports journalist Frankie de la Cruz and former trans college athlete @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social about WNBA bit player Sophie Cunningham's pivot to transphobia and the right's war on trans people. linktr.ee/ICHHpod

OKC upcoming shows: an alt-R&B buzzmakerAntonio Otero Saturday, August 29th; an intimate, vulnerable new ballad from Kat Lock September 5th; and and a crushing new album from the city's biggest metal breakout, Chat Pile on September 12th. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/radiant-reve...

NEW - Mayor Holt reaffirmed his vote in favor of controversial Flock Safety as he revealed hundreds of angry comments on social media after questions about hidden criticism | Brett Fieldcamp reports:

NYC street artists work fast….Fulton Street is now Parton Street 🙏 *Work by plannedalism(IG)

Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste each year underground — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. (Published June with @readfrontier.bsky.social)

400 library workers begin their strike Monday after endless months of trying to negotiate with management. Already the anti-union propaganda machine is calling the library workers entitled. The LIBRARY workers. You don't staff the desk at the free stuff store because you're greedy.

they put up a dada center just outside of town and life has been unbearable ever since. thing looks like a fucking fish

so you can get salmonella from (checks notes)...granola. truly, we live in amazing times

Umberto Eco's antilibrary – a wonderful perspective on why our unread books are of greater value to our lives than the ones we have read www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/u...

You know what your local independent bookstore isn’t doing? Scanning and then destroying books to feed the AI maw.

Chilled-out electro mastermind Com Truise makes the kind of synthwavey, glitchy output that feels tailored specifically to soundtrack a neon-soaked nighttime drive, all verb-drenched pads, deconstructed sequencers, and retro drum machines. | Brett Fieldcamp reports: freepressokc.com/catch-these-...

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Tea and Zines (and sometimes cookies) at @thefloatingbookshop.com ! Today I brought lemon poppyseed and spumoni cookies. We're here until 4.

Hi, book friends! We’ll be opening late on Friday, August 8- about 2:30pm. We’ll still be open until 7pm, and everything will return to normal hours after that. Sorry for any inconvenience, and be kind. stay weird. read books.

NEW - When City Council votes on renewing its contract with controversial Flock Safety on August 18th, they'll also be looking to impose sweeping new regulations on the system | Brett Fieldcamp reports:

BREAKING: in July 2026, *every single one* of the 2,528 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 10,255 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

This InfoWars caper is going a little too well. We need to staff up a bit. We're hiring a Social Media Lead, who will help make InfoWars the network of the future. We need someone who is extraordinarily online, has big ideas for how things break through in 2026, and can pull those ideas off quick.

It’s #smallpressday2026! We’ve got @regularcandy.bsky.social, the @tanglman.bsky.social team, & @luckyjorabbit.bsky.social at the shop with comics and zines now until 3pm: Come get some indie media from them and join in the international celebration that is @smallpressday.bsky.social!

SATURDAY! We’ll be celebrating self-pubbed and small press comics and zines for @smallpressday.bsky.social w/ @luckyjorabbit.bsky.social, @tanglman.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, and more! Come join us from 12-3 and pick up something new to read! be kind. stay weird. support small press.

Independent, local businesses using (and defending the use of) GenAI art is just baffling to me. If you want local support, support local. This means artists, too. Seems undeniably clear to me.

Tomorrow July 15th @ 6pm Deep Dive in the Shallow End will meet to discuss Nothing but the Rain by @naomisalman.bsky.social

Todd Jackson (of Brother Gruesome) is going to grace our porch with his songs this Friday, July 17, beginning at 5pm. Enjoy some chicken and a beverage from @nashbirdchicken while sitting on their patio. We don’t use a.i. in making our fliers.

Really trying to not let it ruin my day that someone just said, “after this, let’s go to a real bookstore.”

Saturday, July 11 we welcome @samryanreally.bsky.social from 11-2. These Are Not My Final Words is one of our favorite books of the past year, about death and mourning it’s at turns devastating and hilarious.

Consider this an invitation to our radical tea soirée

Serving tea and self publishing today!

Free shipping on everything at @bookshop.org now through Friday, June 26! Get books delivered to your home and support your favorite independent bookstore (mebbe The Floating Bookshop 😘) at the same time!

Last year we had our first shop from outside the UK and Ireland take part (The Floating Bookshop in Oklahoma @thefloatingbookshop.com) and we'd be delighted for more international stores to take part this year! #SmallPressDay

Just discovered that @laurenbeukes.com’s Broken Monsters isn’t currently in print, and that is a travesty.

Been listening to the new @marthawells.com murderbot & playing a lot of @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp death stranding. I made a predictive teeny zine about the end of the game, of which I don’t know what is going to happen. I know I am 7 years late to the party…

If you're a gamer, digital privacy and free expression affect you directly. Support EFF's work defending your rights online—and grab some indie icons while you're at it. www.humblebundle.com/games/humbl...

The SF & F Poetry Association’s ( @sfpoetry.bsky.social ) Annual Poetry Contest opens for subs on June 1st! Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social is contest chair! I’m honoured to be contest judge! Looking forward to reading your brilliant spec poetry subs! sfpoetry.org/wp/annual-co...

Now in stock! Shape-Man and Other SUPER Stories from Oklahoma comics superstar @breydenboyd.bsky.social!

For anyone interested, I just started a petition to get anything created using generative AI disqualified from Eisner Award consideration moving forward. Please consider signing and sharing. www.change.org/no-ai-at-the...

“Can we get Maximum Overdrive?” “We have Maximum Overdrive at home”

Play Escape from Dino Island, a ttrpg full of action and survival adventure for fans of Jurassic Park, this Saturday, May 16 at 1pm in person at The Floating Bookshop with GM Starbound Bear! No experience needed, games run 2-3 hours Sign up to play in-person here: tallycal.com/p/9987200

TODAY (Monday, May 11) @ 10pm, join us for a celebration of A PARADE OF HORRIBLES, the latest in the Dungeon Crawler Carl Series. We’ll have a Virgin Dirty Shirley Bar, trivia, & some goodies for you. Plus the book itself, which you can leave with at 11:00:01pm (which is 12:00:01 EST, so… Tuesday😼)

It's indie bookstore day, read a book! (Art from The Complete Peanuts 1957-1958: Vol. 4 by Charles M. Schulz) https://ow.ly/9Ska50YPwfm