Readin’ Outside

what to look forward to

  • 12th - Devil of the Deep Traveling ARC Program Begins! 

    24th - SHHH 🤫 I’M READIN’ @ Resist Booksellers in Petersburgh, VA

  • 1st - Readin’s Birthday Celebration

    7th - Readin’ Birthday Raffle CLOSES

    28th - SHHH 🤫I’M READIN’ @ Resist Booksellers in Petersburgh, VA

  • 9th - Devil of the Deep Traveling ARC Program completes! (expected)

    28th - SHHH 🤫I’M READIN’ @ Resist Booksellers in Petersburgh, VA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US 🎂

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US 🎂

Celebrate Readin’ Magazine’s 1st BIRTHDAY with us!

On February 1st, our Upper Management team will be going on Instagram Live at 12pm EST to answer all your questions about the magazine, or to just chat with y’all for fun! Cupcakes may or may not be making an appearance.

You can also enter the Readin’ Birthday Raffle over on our Instagram (@readin.magazine) through February 7th! 

It’s Black History Month!

Since 1976, the year when President Gerald R. Ford officially recognized Black History Month, February has been a month to celebrate Black American excellence and achievement, while also recognizing those in American history that fought for change for future generations. Use this month as a time to support Black businesses and communities, educate yourself on Black History and all the achievements of Black Americans our public schools did not teach us, and fight against the systemic racism that persists in America today.

Check out our Instagram (@readin.magazine) to learn more about what we’re doing for Black History Month!

  • Did you know that Black History Month used to be Black History WEEK? Carter G. Woodson spent his life being loud and proud about Black American excellence and achievements. He went so far as to create the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASALH), an organization whose missions is to “promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.” Woodson founded the Negro History and Literature Week, a week that was later renamed to Negro Achievement Week, and in 1926, just a year after its official creation, Woodson sent out communications for this week to be celebrated nationally and annually.

    According to the NAACP, Negro Achievement Week was celebrated from February 7th through February 14th to include President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and Frederick Douglass’s birthday, the former of which is considered an iconic abolitionist.

Readerhood of the Traveling ARC

We’ve partnered with Bindery Books to bring you the latest Traveling ARC Program. Devil of the Deep by Falencia Jean-Francois, published through Michael Laborn’s imprint Left Unread Books, is currently making its way across the United States.

1 ARC 📚. 6 READERS 🤓.ALL THE QUEER PIRATE GOODNESS 🌊🏳️‍🌈🧜🏾‍♀️

Make sure you’re following @readin.magazine, @bindery_books, @michael.laborn, @leftunreadbooks, and @falenciatheestoryteller

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FESTIVALS AND WORKSHOPS

Readin’ Goes Outside! We love to attend festivals and bookish events in any capacity. Here’s a few snapshots of the festivals we went to and/or presented at in 2025! 

You can find more events highlighted on our Instagram page (@readin.magazine) 

Readin’ from the Heart

Readin’ Magazine put on a workshop at the 2025 Pittsburgh Book Festival called ‘Readin’ from the Heart: Ethically Reading in these Unethical Times’ which was a conversation about books, community, and how to read with intention.

The workshop sold out in the first week of registration and that just melts our little hearts! That was proof that reading is powerful and people aren’t gonna take book bans, library defunding, and harmful themes in books lightly. We, the Readin’ community, will fight back and we are so happy that y’all are with us!

check out the presentation