Special Holiday Hours for December

New Year’s Eve: Colfax Avenue - 7 am to 6 pm, Historic LoDo - 6:30am to 6 pm, Highlands Ranch - 9 am to 6 pm (Highlands Ranch Coffee Shop will open at 7 am)
New Year’s Day: 10 am to 6 pm

A Heartfelt
— Thank You —
2009 was an exciting year, brimming with events at the Tattered Cover. Between the three Tattered Cover locations, we presented over 495 events, featuring more than 600 authors, illustrators and other special guests. Not surprisingly, our guests have been a diverse group. Authors of every sort—from Young Adult author Jeff Kinney to acclaimed novelist John Irving—have graced us with their presence this year. With your continued support we promise to keep bringing you the best of the best—the entertaining, the inspirational, the educational, and the controversial. We’re already hard at work making 2010 another memorable year. But we couldn’t do it without you, our loyal customers.
We are truly grateful for your support.

“Leaving any bookstore is hard, especially on a day in August, when the street outside burns and glares, and the books inside are cool and crisp to the touch; especially on a day in January, when the wind is blowing, the ice is treacherous, and the books inside seem to gather together in colorful warmth. It's hard to leave a bookstore any day of the year, though, because a bookstore is one of the few places where all the cantankerous, conflicting, alluring voices of the world co-exist in peace and order and the avid reader is as free as a person can possibly be, because she is free to choose among them.” -Jane Smiley

Enter the world of independent reading through the bookstore paintings of Gibbs M. Smith. The Art of the Bookstore is a handsome slipcased volume which celebrates 40 independent bookstores and the booksellers that have made them happen. We're honored to have a painting of the Historic LoDo store included. If you love the the bookstore experience that Jane Smiley evokes, then you will want to add this book to your library. Order your copy here.