Talking Animals Books Advocates Literacy and Community as Grapevine’s First Independent Bookstore.

How can this be? Bricks-and-mortar bookstores should be reeling from the pandemic and all those books sold on Amazon. But Talking Animals just opened.

On the topic of bookstores, Dallas writer Katy Lemieux just opened Talking Animals, a cozy little spot in downtown Grapevine. She’s selling new and used books and plans to have theater events there in the upcoming months. It’s worth a trip in the new year.

"We sit down with the founders of Talking Animals Books, Grapevine’s first and only indie bookstore!"

"Grapevine is finally getting an independent bookstore, and it's women-owned, to boot. Talking Animals Books, located at 103 W. Worth St. in Grapevine, is throwing open its doors to the public on February 2."

"Last fall Lemieux launched a Kickstarter campaign to help her and Walizadeh open the bookstore. They raised more than $54,000 from 345 backers."

A Q&A with Tarrant small business owners Valerie Walizadeh and Katy Lemieux

"Amazon may have displaced many independent bookstores, but there is nothing quite like the experience of strolling through shelves of books with the possibility of discovering a new favorite author or an old classic you can give as a gift. UD alumna Katy Lemieux, BA ‘05, is setting out to open a new bookstore called Talking Animals in Grapevine, Texas, this winter."