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The world needs more independent bookstores’: Mission Hills bookshop plans to fill a void

Library Foundation SD opens San Diego’s newest neighborhood independent bookstore, Library Shop Mission Hills, at the old Mission Hills branch library.

November 26, 2025

Proceeds from the Library Shop Mission Hills support local libraries. Photo: Kate Murphy/Axios

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New bookstore opens to support local libraries

December 1, 2025

Library Shop SD and Library Foundation SD are joined by Write Out Loud SD and Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater Pupeteer for the Shorties Awards.

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Winner of the 9^th Annual Matchbook Story Contest revealed at the Shorties

December 5, 2025

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Mary Kubica with T Greenwood

February 16, 2026 | 7:00pm start, 6:30pm check-in

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The Library Shops are well-curated nonprofit book & gift shops catering to library lovers, literary obsessives, and book nerds in Downtown and Mission Hills. Proceeds support the entire San Diego Public Library System.

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“Investment in our libraries is a value statement about what we believe is important and about the tools we hope to provide our children as they seek lives of independence in a civic-minded democracy.”

San Diego City Council Member Raul Campillo and Library Foundation SD CEO Patrick Stewart Op-Ed

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The world needs more independent bookstores’: Mission Hills bookshop plans to fill a void

New bookstore opens to support local libraries

Winner of the 9^th Annual Matchbook Story Contest revealed at the Shorties

Mary Kubica with T Greenwood

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“Investment in our libraries is a value statement about what we believe is important and about the tools we hope to provide our children as they seek lives of independence in a civic-minded democracy.”

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