About Us

Early in the summer of 2008, Staunton lost a local institution when The Bookstack closed after 30 years as our favorite local bookshop.  Soon after that, the 1 chain bookdealer in town announced it was moving away ... which meant Staunton would be without a bookstore for the 1st time in over a generation!  That started another downtown business owner thinking, & wondering, and soon she was working on convincing her fiance' that he should quit his job & do something to fill that hole.  Skip ahead to mid-September -- after several months of planning & painting & organizing (& more than a little worrying!), Bookworks quietly opens on the 17th ... closes from the 25th-30th so Ron & Angie can have their wedding (yay!) & an all-too-short honeymoon ... & 'officially' opens for business on October 1st, 2008.

Wanting to fill the 'literary niche' as best as possible, Bookworks carries a wide selection of titles & genres for all ages of reader, ranging from board books for the youngest of us, to a section devoted entirely to William Shakespeare (after all, Staunton IS home to the American Shakespeare Center & the world-famous Blackfriars Playhouse!) ... from a range of 'grown-up' fiction genres, to autobiographies, to a section focused on local authors & local interests.  Beyond books, there are a number of newspapers out front -- locals like Staunton's "News Leader" & Waynesboro's "News Virginian" ... regionals like "The Daily Progress" from Charlottesville & "The Richmond Times-Dispatch" ... and national papers such as "The New York Times," "The Washington Post," "USAToday" & others.  Beyond that, a rack of magazines ranging from "Time" & "Newsweek" to "Rolling Stone" & "The Oxford American," from "People" & "Cosmopolitan" to "Mad Magazine" & "Garden & Gun" soon appears.  Just to round out the possibilities, a rack of postcards & a few racks of greeting cards pop up to fit in with the fun, gift-y items like the literary action figures, bookplates, refrigerator magnets, Knowledge Cards, & CDs from some local musical talents like Robin & Linda Williams, Jennifer Kirkland, & The Findells. The latest addition has been expanding a section of educational toys -- jigsaw puzzles (from wooden 24-pc puzzles up to 1000-pc'ers for the advanced puzzle master), wooden blocks, coloring books, craft-y items, and more!

For more information, send a message on our Contact Us page,
or call (540) 887-0007.

Need directions to find the shop?  It's not hard, promise!

Bookworks is in historic downtown Staunton at 101 W. Beverley Street ... the corner of W. Beverley & Central Avenue.  If you use landmarks, it's the intersection that's also 'home' to the town clock tower ... across the street (at an angle) from the former Grand's Furniture store and City Hall.  Parking is available on the street, as well as is in the Johnson Street parking deck or the Wharf parking lot (both located just a block away on Central Avenue).

Should you need actual driving directions, just call!