What are the 3 adjectives you would use to describe your bookstore?

Collaborative, Innovative, Motivating

Share a quote from a book or poem that bares your bookstore’s soul.

“Because I take my coffee Black / and my milk with chocolate”

Nikki Giovanni / from Resignation

Why was your bookstore founded/what role does it play in the community?

Enda’s BOOKtique was founded to connect women and families in its community to equitable and quality educational and literary programs and resources. The mission is accomplished through the bookstore’s collection of curated books, which are written by women, about women, and for women. Enda’s BOOKtique hosts community and author special events, as well as literacy, reading, tutoring programs, and GED prep programs. We celebrate and support independent literacy and STEM projects from women of color and from women of diverse cultures and heritage.

Which champion/warrior/wildcat (real or mythological) does your bookstore channel most?

Queen Nefertiti

What makes your bookstore unique?

Enda’s BOOKtique is a bookstore for women, about women, founded by a woman.