In Celebration of the Month
February
In Honor of Black History Month
In honor of Black history month, Bas Bleu spotlights a heroic real-life pilot, Bessie Coleman who is the subject of one of our favorite recent historical fiction titles.
March
Celebrating Women’s History Month
Honoring the Women who Changed Literature
Featuring
Agatha Christie
Christianna Brand
Mary Alden Hopkins
Doris Webster
Women’s History Month is a time to honor the courage, creativity, and contributions of women who have shaped our world — and our bookshelves. At Bas Bleu, we are proud to celebrate the authors, thinkers, and trailblazers whose words continue to inspire thoughtful readers everywhere.
Honoring the women who changed literature means celebrating the voices that redefined genres, challenged norms, and shaped how we read today. In crime fiction especially, a few remarkable women didn’t just participate — they transformed the field.
Women’s History Month
Celebrating the Voices of Today
Featuring
Marie Benedict
Janet Skeslien Charles
Ann Hood
Madeline Martin
This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the voices of modern women writers who illuminate the past, challenge the present, and inspire the future through the power of story. Authors like Janet Skeslien Charles, Ann Hood, Heather Terrell, and Madeline Martin bring history to life with unforgettable women at the heart of their novels—librarians, mothers, writers, rebels—each navigating impossible circumstances with courage and conviction. Through their richly woven narratives, these writers honor the resilience, creativity, and enduring strength of women, reminding us that stories are not only reflections of history, but instruments of change.
April
Welcoming the Spring Equinox:
A Season of Light, Renewal, and Reading
Twice each year, the Earth pauses in perfect balance. On the spring equinox, day and night share equal time, and the long arc toward brighter, warmer days truly begins. After months of winter’s hush, the equinox feels like the turning of a page—one chapter closing, another beginning.
For readers, this moment of balance invites reflection and renewal. Just as gardens prepare to bloom, our bookshelves can blossom with new discoveries. Spring has always been a season of curiosity: longer daylight hours, open windows, birds returning, and the quiet thrill of starting something fresh.
Celebrating April’s National Card and Letter Writing Month
In a world of instant messages and quick emails, there’s something quietly powerful about putting pen to paper. April’s National Card and Letter Writing Month invites us to slow down, reflect, and reconnect in a way that feels both timeless and deeply personal—values that resonate beautifully with the spirit of Bas Bleu.
At Bas Bleu, we’ve always believed in the magic of words. Whether discovered in the pages of a thoughtfully curated book or shared between friends in a handwritten note, language has the power to inspire, comfort, and bring people closer together. National Card and Letter Writing Month is the perfect opportunity to celebrate that connection.
Celebrating National Poetry Month April
April arrives with a certain kind of magic—the slow unfurling of spring, longer days, and, for lovers of language, the quiet thrill of National Poetry Month. At Bas Bleu Booksellers, this is more than a date on the calendar. It’s an invitation: to pause, to reflect, and to rediscover the power of words distilled to their purest form.
Recommended Readings
Poem a Day: 366 Poems Old and New
Haiku: Japanese Poems for the Four Seasons
A Boxful of Poetry: Three Contemporary Anthologies with Four Illustrated Poem Cards
100 Poems to Help You Sleep
