Bel Canto Books

We’re in love with this cheeky new alphabet book The Bookstore Cat by @cylinbusby! Lots of great new and restocked #childrensbooks for the weekend! Stop by 11-7 all weekend! #thebookstorecat #cylinbusby #charlessantoso #childrensbookillustration #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #bookstorecat #alphabetbook #learningmyabcs #catsofinstagram #belcantobooks #indiebookstore #longbeach #shoplocal #shopsmall #4thstreetlb

Raceless:In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth About Where I Belong by @georginalawton_ is finally here! This is one of the most fascinating books we’ve read about race and culture and how our upbringing shapes our sense of both. A Black woman raised in a sleepy English suburb by two white parents, Georgina Lawton was brought up in an insistently colorblind household that denied any acknowledgement of her Black heritage. It’s only after her father’s death that Lawt...on begins to unravel the truth about her parentage. She sets off on a journey of self-discovery that takes her to other Black communities in the US, the UK, and the Caribbean, among others, in order to connect with Black culture and discover how to navigate the world as a Black woman. Raceless seamlessly blends memoir, travelogue and a page-turning detective story into one absorbing narrative about love, shame, and how we make sense of ourselves and the wider world. We cannot recommend this one enough! #belcantobooks #recommendedreading #bookswelove #fivestarreview #raceless #georginalawton #familysecrets #colorblindness #raceandculture #growingupblack #memoir #nonfictionbooks #pageturner #travelbooks #blackhistorymonth #blackwritersmatter #knowyourhistory #blackculture #colorism #comingofage #belcantobooksrecommends #whattoreadnext #2021bookrelease #newbookalert #stafffavorite #staffpick

Guess who’s coming back to the bookstore tomorrow afternoon to sign more books??? We are so amazed and delighted by the support for #longbeach author @elisembryant and her fantastic YA #ownvoices novel Happily Ever Afters! If you haven’t treated yourself to a personalized copy, DM us today! #throwbackthursday #tbt #throwback #booksigning #booklove #happilyeverafters #hea #elisebryant #blackgirlmagic #fictionlover #youngadultbooks #romcombooks #bookswelove #recommendedreading #blackjoy #treatyourself #readmorewomenofcolor #youareyourbestthing #localauthor #longbeachauthor #supportlocalartists #belcantobooks #indiebookstore

Thanks to all who joined us for our IG Live Interview with graphic memoirist @brenbataclan today! Make sure you save the date for our next #authortalk with novelist @annagomezbooks on Tue 3/16! More info at belcantobooks.com! #brenbataclan #fememoir #annagomez #momentslikethis #filamwriters #filipinoamerican #pinoypride #fictionwritersofinstagram #fictionlover #romancebooks

So many fantastic new books coming out in March, including some of our faves The Committed by @viet_t_nguyen (our #aapibookclub pick), Of Women and Salt by @gabimgarcia and Libertie by @kaitlyngreenidge (hotly anticipated books), and How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue (author of Behold the Dreamers)! Q: Which ones are on your #tbrlist? #newbookalert #2021bookrelease #marchbooks #preordernow #fictionlover #ilikebigbooksandicannotlie #whattoreadnext #preorderlo...ver #bookstoreadinmarch #nytimesbooks : @nytbooks

Feeling more and more like a real bookstore with our new subject tags! Now you can easily find Memoir, Social Justice, and Latinx Voices! By the way, have you read Finding Latinx yet by @paoramos? We heard her interviewed by @zoesaldana (yes, that Zoe Saldana) via @skylightbooks and were so inspired and energized by their conversation about the broad spectrum of people, cultures and experiences that make up the Latinx community. Come check out our new reading sections - w...e’re open today 11-7! #belcantobooks #indiebookstore #bookstore #gettingorganized #readingforgrowth #readersmakeleaders #readersforequality #decolonizeyourbookshelf #diversifyyourbookshelf #latinxwriters #findinglatinx #paolaramos #nonfictionnovember #memoir #socialjustice #readingforchange #theinformedreader #mindfulness #intentionalliving #antiracismeducation #bookstagram #bookstack #booklover #booknerd #bookworm See more

Our marketplace is shaping up at @_thehangout! We love these little single ingredient cookbooks, like Avocados, Chocolate and Butter(cuz #buttermakeseverythingbetter). They’re the perfect compliment to any holiday gift basket - just add some fancy jams, specialty pickles, or a bottle of wine, and you’ve got a ready-made gift for your #foodie friends! #cookbook #cookbookstagram #giftsforfoodies #foodies #marketplace #holidaygifts #holidaygiftideas #letshangout #thehangoutmarket #shoplocal #shopsmall #shopon4th #4thstreetlb #longbeach #homecooking #cookingathome

Join us on Saturday, Nov 21 at 2 PM PST for a virtual film screening and community discussion of the critically acclaimed Indigenous food documentary,Gather.@gatherfilm is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. We'll be joined for a special post-screening conversation with Indigenous LA activists Claudi...a Serrato @xicana_indigena, co-founder of@acrossourkitchentables, and Annie Mendoza @comradeannie17, director of @theaqueductbetweenus and #Tongva scholar at @UCLA,will join us for a discussion about food sovereignty and how we can support and promote Indigenous food culture in the Los Angeles region. The film tickets are free, due to a generous donation from #BurningIssuesBookClub. If you wish to make a donation, Open Silo will be gifting the proceeds to Claudia and Annie to support their work and communities. Learn more and RSVP on our Eventbrite page (link in bio). This event is co-hosted by Open Silo, Burning Issues Book Club, @belcantobooks, and the @lagoodfood Urban Ag Working Group. We are all women-led organizations in Los Angeles County and we love to collaborate! #firstnations #indigenous #foodways #nativeamerican #heritage #urbanag #urbanagriculture #urbanfarm #urbanfarmers #garden #gardening #gardeners #backyardgarden #backyardfarm #community #communitygarden #gardenparty #collaborate #diy #growyourown #food #foodjustice #foodsovereignty #opensilo #losangeles #ucla #burningissuesbookclub See more

Where you can hear Kiese Laymon speak about his highly anticipated new essay collection, How to Slowly Kill Yourselves and Others in America. We’ll be joining the Crowdcast event hosted by @vromans on 11/12 (and buying ourselves a treat in honor of their 126th birthday!) #Repost @janklownesbit with @get_repost Starting Monday! A few chances to see Kiese Laymon in conversation with extraordinary people in support of the remixed and republished edition of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, out next week from @scribnerbooks

Happy #bookbirthday to @kieselaymon’s revised and reissued essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. This is one we have been waiting for! We were in awe of his truth telling talent after reading his memoir, Heavy, and can’t wait to be stunned into stillness like @roxanegay74 by this new collection. Laymon is a writer to be savored and reread, again and again. #kieselaymon #howtoslowlykillyourselfandothersinamerica #essays #radicalfriendship...s #nonfictionnovember #nonfictionbooks #newrelease #newbooktuesday #newbookalert #revisionrevisionrevision #awriterswriter #blackexcellence #writerswelove #essaywriting #readingasmeditation #deepthinking #americanhistory #blackboyjoy #recommendedreading #whattoreadnext #amreading #readingtime #readersforequality #readingforchange #belcantobooks #indiebookstore #shopsmall #shoplocal See more

Some personal #selfcare time, reflecting in the election on our #bulletjournal this morning. We still have a long way to go until the inauguration, and much work to do beyond that, but for now, savoring these moments of grace and gumption. #mood #mondayvibes #morningmotivation #bujominimalist #yeswecan #yeswedid #bulletjournaling #reflection #votehimout #maketimeforyou #celebratethewins #bidenharris2020 #kamalaharris #proudfeminist #hopeispower #letsdothis #goodtrouble #dreamwithambition #leadwithconviction #thechildrenarewatching

Commemorating this weekend’s historic election victory in my #bulletjournal! #kamalaharris’s words to every little girl watching: Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourself in a way that others might not see you, simply because they’ve never seen it before. And we will applaud you every step of the way. ... #election2020 #bidenharris2020 #bujominimalist #wordstoliveby #dreamwithambition #leadwithconviction #awomansplaceisinthewhitehouse #whentherearenine #futureisfemale #goodtrouble #proudfeminist #whoruntheworld #letsdothis

Two of our favorite books about meditation and mindfulness, plus a beautiful plant from @thegoldengarden_ and a nourishing salt scrub from @_thehangout, to help you get centered for the week ahead. #pemachodron #pocketpemachodron #meditationsforwomenwhodotoomuch #annewilsonschaef #staymagick #bespellandco #selfcare #mondaymood #mondaymotivation #mindfulness #intentionalliving #letsgetcentered #toolsfortheweeksahead #mentalhealth #readingforgrowth #readingmindfully #meditation #morningmeditation #wordstoliveby #restandrecovery #belcantobooks #indiebookstore #booksmakegreatgifts #giftideasforher #maketimeforyou #treatyoself

For all you #cocktailsathome fans, @alstillman’s new book Spirited offers an encyclopedia of drinks knowledge with over 600 cocktail recipes and full color photos. Pick up a copy of the book at the store and sign up for her Tue 11/10 Cocktail Event at 5PM Pacific, hosted by our awesome online book partner, @bookshop_org! #spiritedbook #adriennestillman #cocktails #cocktailhour #drinkstagram #mixology #cocktailrecipes #holidaydrinks #bartending #drinkspiration #meaghando...rman #phaidonbooks #virtualevent #Repost @bookshop_org with @get_repost Join us for a lively, warm-hearted cocktail event at homesomething we all need right now! Drinks expert and author Adrienne Stillman (@alstillman) and mixologist and founder of New York bars Dear Irving and Raines Law Room Meaghan Dorman (@gingerrickey) will demo several whiskey sour variations from across the globe and from Adrienne’s new book, SPIRITED. Tuesday, 11/10 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. Free with Zoom registrationlink in bio. . . . #BookshopDotOrg #cocktails #shoplocal #shopindie

Peeking into the bookshop on a sunny Sunday! We’re open until 7pm tonight for all your #retailtherapy needs. #belcantobooks #indiebookstore #bookstore #lostinthestacks #bookstorebrowsing #weekendplans #weekendmood #lazysunday #selfcare #readingismagic #happyplace #longbeach #letshangout #4thstreetlb

And if intergenerational trauma can alter DNA, why can’t intergenerational love? - from @ellialic’s soul-searching memoir A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

So thankful for our time in the bookstore today, saying hi to old bookstore friends and making new ones, all of us feeling a little lighter and more invigorated by this morning’s #bidenharris victory and the bracing afternoon rains. Our work to shape this country into a more equitable and empathetic democracy continues, so let’s Keep Going, trusting that we have the Power to Change the World, and always keeping in mind What Can A Citizen Do? #communitylove #radical...empathy #gratitude #longbeach #bookstorewindow #belcantobooks #indiebookstore #weapprovethismessage #lovelovelovelove #blacklivesmatter #theworkcontinues #keepgoing #democracyinaction #counteveryvote #whatcanacitizendo #sometimespeoplemarch #whentheycallyouaterrorist #socialjustice #booksforkids #lifelessons #democracyinaction #childrensbooks #startyoung #teachthemwell See more

A closer look at our Front Table, filled with new releases, #nonfictionnovember picks and travel books (because we can dream!)! #newreleases #onthefronttable #nonfictionbooks #travelbooks #traveladdict #fictionlover #memoir #essays #newbookalert #whattoreadnext #holidayshopping #holidaygiftideas #booksmakegreatgifts #bookstagram #indiebookstore #belcantobooks #longbeachbookstore #letshangout