Belonging Books
COMMUNITY. JOY. SOLIDARITY.
Belonging Books is a community program provider and pop-up bookstore that centers the voices and stories of people of color and other underrepresented communities on Cape Cod. Through its creative programs and events, it creates and holds gathering space for joy, celebration, rest and connection.
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Book Corner at Love Live Local
You can now find Belonging Books' Book Corner at the Love Live Local retail store at 539 South Street, Hyannis!
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Open from Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., you will be able to look for your next book while checking out other local small businesses' and artists' work.
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Come find me at this gathering place...
Special Orders
Please contact Belonging Books directly for any special orders, including book drive orders. We would love to help you get books for your school, book club, classroom library, event, book drive or yourself!
Events and Programs
Belonging Books' Programs
Through our intentional programs centered around literature and art, Belonging Books seeks to create and hold space for joy, celebration, rest and connection for our BIPOC community and other people who feel marginalized living on Cape Cod.
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Learn more about our BIPOC-centered writing circles, book socials, read and rest circles and other community programs...​
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The Big Read Cape Cod
From October 2024 to May 2025, The Arts & Justice Collective will hold various literary, art and social justice events and programs centering around Claudia Rankine's "Citizen: An American Lyric." The Big Read Cape Cod is in collaboration with a wide range of community partners, including libraries, cultural centers, social/racial justice organizations, theaters, literary and art organizations and local artists.
The Arts & Justice Collective
Four non-profit and mission driven organizations - Amplify POC, Belonging Books, Cape Cod Voices, and The Cordial Eye - currently make up The Arts & Justice Collective.
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The Arts & Justice Collective is a group of non-profit and mission driven organizations based on Cape Cod, MA. We use our collective strengths, missions, and resources to empower each other and our community to create a culture of belonging for members of historically-excluded groups through art and social justice.
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Learn more at www.theartsandjusticecollective.com and follow The Arts & Justice Collective on Instagram @thecollectivecapecod.
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Give to the Belonging Books Scholarship Fund
Accessibility and equity is integral to the mission of Belonging Books. Please support our community by giving to the Belonging Books Scholarship Fund. These funds will give people the opportunity to join our community programming, such as our youth writing circles.
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Belonging Books is a social mission LLC. It is not a 501(c)(3) entity. Donations will not be tax-deductible.