Stacks Book Club in Oro Valley, Ariz., has opened a second store, in Tucson, Ariz., This Is Tucson reported.
Located at 2920 E. Broadway, the new store offers general-interest titles for all ages and includes a cafe and bar. At about 4,000 square feet, it is almost double the size of the original Oro Valley store, which opened in 2023, and features more seating and expanded hours.
At opening on Tuesday, the store had around 6,000 books in stock, and co-owners Lizzy and Crispin Jeffrey-Franco plan to fill out the inventory as they get a better sense of what the Tucson community likes. And as with the Oro Valley store, they plan to host author signings, book clubs, release parties, and other community events.
"Almost since the day we opened, we've had customers asking if we might do something down here in Tucson," Lizzy Jeffrey-Franco told This Is Tucson prior to the opening. "They liked what we were doing--they liked coming up to our store--but for a lot of people we were just a long way away." The two stores are about 18 miles apart.
"Author events have become an important part of who we are," commented Crispin Jeffrey-Franco. "Our readers want to meet authors, and we want them to do that all year round. Having the second store will help us do even more."