Begun in 1978 by the inimitable Anita Raskin, the Book Lady Bookstore is Savannah’s only full service independent bookstore offering a broad range of new, gently used, rare, and out-of-print books. Joni Saxon-Giusti, who worked at The Book Lady with Mrs. Raskin for many years, is now at the helm of this beloved Savannah bookshop and continues the work of expanding the city’s rich literary legacy.
We are very active with our nonprofit community partners, collaborating with Savannah's Coastal WildScapes, Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home, Georgia Historical Society, Georgia Poetry Circuit, Deep Center, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Ossabaw Island Foundation, , Southern Poetry Review, Georgia Conservancy, Telfair Museum of Art, Seersucker Live, Senior Citizens Inc.’s The Learning Center, Savannah State University, Wormsloe Foundation, and many others in Savannah and the region, including the Georgia Antiquarian Booksellers Association and the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. So if you don't see us in the shop, you'll probably see us selling books and promoting authors somewhere around town!
