I just cannot get enough! Bookshops are my happy place. Since publishing the first list of magical Georgia bookshops, I started a new position at Georgia CASA. Part of my role requires traveling all over the state. This has brought many new bookshops into my path, and I am so excited to share them with you. I hope you will enjoy adding these to your route!

ReadingRachelle WilsonFebruary 21, 2026books, bookstore, independent bookstore day, local, literary, literature, classic literature, Georgia, southern, Atlanta, Monroe, Macon, Carrollton, elijay, conyers, black-owned, woman-owned, st simons island, decatur, clayton, lagrange, mariettaComment

Erasing History

From book banning to Confederate monuments, preserving history, what it means and looks like, is under debate nationally. In the southern town of Macon, Georgia, the home of the first woman in the world to obtain a legitimized college degree in 1840 from Wesleyan College is about to be demolished. Does the home of Catherine Brewer Benson have a place in our present?

Place Making, Community, PreservationRachelle WilsonJuly 10, 2022preservation, women's history, confederate monuments, Catherine brewer benson, the Allman brothers, southern, history, macon, civil war, Alice walker, Flannery o'connor Comment

Ten Magical Georgia Bookshops

Reading a book can be a magical experience. They can take you across the world, through time, even into the eyes of another creature. A collection of books seems to whisper of adventures and begs to be housed somewhere equally as promising. In honor of Independent Bookstore Day, I am sharing a short collection of Georgia bookstores that are worth the visit.

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