NEWS & EVENTS
Did you know? Caliban is open seven days a week!
May is a special month, in Oakland and in the Pittsburgh bookstore world! First of all we’d like to say Congratulations to all the 2025 graduates! We wish you well as you launch into the world. We’d also like to welcome all book lovers who are coming in from out of town, whether for graduation, the Pittsburgh Marathon, the Medical Library Association Conference, the Heidegger Circle meeting, the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books, or just passing through. Finally, we’d like to alert you to a new annual event, the Great Pittsburgh Book Crawl! The event will be held at participating bookstores May 10-18th, including Caliban. Stay tuned for more details!
You may have heard: Late Nite Thursdays are now Sale Night Thursdays! Browse the shop every Thursday night from 5:30 to 8:30pm for revolving sales. Thursday nights in May, we’re offering 25% off storewide! Run don’t walk! Check out who else is open Thursday evenings on Craig Street here. Overall, we’re trying to expand our shop hours to meet your reading needs. We’re open seven days a week, now 11:00am to 6:00pm, plus later on Thursday nights.
Save the Date! Thursday evening, May 15th, join us for Art Nite Thursday. Painter Grant Catton will be here for the official unveiling of a new artist’s enhancement to the bookstore. We’ll have an art party from 5:30-8:30pm, overlapping both the Pittsburgh Book Crawl and our usual Sale Nite Thursday. Come meet the artist and browse our extensive art book section!
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A reminder for “destination shoppers” that there is a parking lot on Zebina Way — off Filmore Street and parallel to Craig Street (behind the Irish Design Center) — that is free to Craig Street shoppers on Saturdays, and street parking is always free on Sundays.
In the interest of keeping covid (and flu etc) transmission rates to a minimum, we encourage masks for browsers inside the shop. We have masks on hand if you wish to wear one.
We’re still fielding books requests, taking remote payments, scheduling private browsing appointments, and doing curbside pickups by request. Click here to learn more about the steps we’re still taking to mitigate COVID-19 spread, including shop policies and customer safety precautions.
Thanks to a partnership with Bookshop.org, Caliban Books offers customers a way to have new copies of the books you want to read or gift (that we might not have in stock) delivered to your door. We have Staff Picks, Read of the Week and other Book Lists to help readers discover something new and are happy to facilitate requests for specific titles. Ask us about custom lists–for reading, research, gift-giving, book clubs, or course requirements.
A portion of every sale made through our page at Bookshop.org goes to Caliban, and we thank you for your support during these unusual times. More information about exploring Caliban on Bookshop.org can be found here.
For anyone seeking to fill background shelves for a film, play, or photo shoot, you should know about our new Book Rental Program! Click here for more info.
We are still looking making house calls—by appointment. We are taking a hiatus on buying books for cash at the store, but we’ll still take a look at them for Store Credit. Please call or email us to make arrangements.
You can learn more about our buying and selling policies on the About Us page.
CONTACT US
PHONE: 412-681-9111 EMAIL: calibanbooks@gmail.com
NEW ARRIVALS
ABOUT US
Caliban Books buys and sells used and rare books for readers and collectors. We choose our books with care and avoid bestsellers, romance novels, and the like. Our prices tend to be 25% lower than online sellers, and we have a basement full of paperback fiction, mysteries, science-fiction, all priced way below retail. Learn more about our buying and selling policies on the About Us page.
Our shop also has a corner devoted to record albums and CDs; specializing in Indie Rock, Sixties Pop, Punk, Americana, Folk, Blues, and Jazz. We’ll be adding Spoken Word and some Classical to the mix, too.
Although Caliban Books no longer lists books for sale online, you can check out what’s new around the shop on our New Arrivals page.
