The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, Md., will open a new location in the Whitehall Market in September, the Baltimore Banner reported.
Located inside of a renovated mill complex in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood, Whitehall Market houses a variety of vendors and restaurants. The Ivy Bookshop location within the market will be smaller than the main store at 5928 Falls Road, and store owner Emma Snyder told the Banner that as a result the inventory will be smaller and more "curatorial."
Event plans for the new location include frequent children's events in a family-focused area of the market as well as larger author events held inside the mill several times per year. And though the store won't open until September, the Ivy Bookshop will hold its first event at the mill in July, with a launch party for Laura Lippman's novel Prom Mom.
Snyder, who was approached about opening a new location inside the market, said she loved the idea of being part of the larger business community at the mill. "Getting to be a part of that and feeling like we're meeting a community interest seems really fun to us. And, it seemed different than what we're doing in our other spaces."