Montavilla residents do not have to travel far to celebrate the American Booksellers Association’s 13th annual Independent Bookstores Day with the neighborhood’s newest bookstore, Endless Wonders Books, which is hosting a sidewalk sale at 414 SE 80th Avenue. The Saturday, April 25th, event will feature local authors signing their books from noon to 4 p.m.
On November 13th, 2025, Endless Wonders Books opened a sales corner at Hungry Heart Bakery. Owners Zo Nicole and Mags Burke created the venture as a mobile and online bookstore before meeting Hungry Heart’s owner, Jax Hart, at a pride pop-up event in the Jupiter Hotel. That introduction eventually led to the book seller’s first store location within the bakery. Nicole describes themselves as a lifelong reader who grew tired of a tech career and used a layoff as the catalyst to pursue a dream of opening a bookstore that would surface works that include often overlooked or inaccurately represented communities.
The sidewalk sale should expose more community members to the bookshop’s selection of titles by and about people from historically underrepresented or marginalized communities. Visitors that day will find new custom store merchandise, prizes, promotionally priced items, and an opportunity to meet five local authors. A scavenger hunt for a “Golden Ticket” could give one visitor 12 free audiobooks, and owners explain there will also be a raffle for a $50 gift card. This is in addition to sale-priced new and used books. Readers and interested community members can stop by this Saturday to find new books that don’t often appear in other storefronts and to purchase coffee or sweets from Hungry Heart.
Author schedule
12-1 p.m. Debut novelist, Olufunke Grace Bankole – @olufunke.grace.bankole (The Edge of Water)
1-2 p.m. Queer romance novelist, Alison Cochrun – @alisoncochrun
2-3 p.m. Queer romance novelist, Anita Kelly – @anitakellywrites
3-4 p.m. Epic fantasy author, C.J. Switzer – @cj_switzer.author
3-4 p.m. Middle grade and picture book author, Jasmine Sears – @where.the.veil.thins
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