A visit from Google
Google visits Capitol Hill Books for new “Street View” project on the one-year anniversary of our website upgrade.
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Bag yourself more savings at Capitol Hill Books.
Just a few weeks ago we introduced a new product at Capitol Hill Books, a book bag made from recycled plastic that is perfect for almost any errand. Now there is another incentive to buy these awesome bags: They’ll save you money! Starting now, anybody who purchases books in the store with our red book[…]
Welcome AWP Conference Attendees
In Denver for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference this week? Need something else to occupy your time in between the conference presentations? Want to get a real sense of Denver literary history? Then come to Capitol Hill Books, located at Grant and Colfax and only a short walk from the conference[…]
Better Read than Dead
Capitol Hill Books just got a great new product for all you book lovers out there: an inexpensive book bag made of recycled plastic. We worked with the good folks at Discountmugs.com to create our one-of-a-kind bags that will make you the envy of every book club. Capitol Hill Book’s owner Holly designed the Edward[…]
Healthy Changes at Capitol Hill Books
Capitol Hill Books recently got some brand new shelves from our friends at Two Buck Books, so we decided to rearrange things a bit. Our health books have long been crammed into the corner of our third room, brimming with titles about everything from allergies to yoga. We decided it was about time to make[…]
An Eventide Evening
Capitol Hill Books’ customers have a unique opportunity to see Colorado author Kent Haruf’s novel “Eventide” come to life as a play produced and performed by the Denver Center Theater Company. Haruf’s book is about the McPheron brothers and their adopted daughter Victoria of fictional Holt, Colorado, and is a simple yet affecting story about[…]
Happy 30th Anniversary Capitol Hill Books!
As Capitol Hill Books enters its fourth decade (wow!), we’ve had a few famous visitors come by to give some celebratory cheer towards our store. First we had Japanese monster sensation Godzilla drop by the store to roar his appreciation for great used books at affordable prices. He even had the courtesy to hold his[…]
Stuff your stockings
Stuffing is not just for turkey anymore. You also have to stuff the stockings of tour friends and family members with small, inexpensive but interesting items like the ones you can find at Capitol Hill Books. We understand that it’s hard to fit a book like the “Collins’ Atlas of Archeology” in a small cotton[…]
Another reason to visit Capitol Hill Books: Free movies
Though all of us at Capitol Hill Books are big readers, most of us also appreciate a good movie every now and then. Often this is especially true when the movie is an adaptation of of one of our favorite books, like Jon Ronson’s bizarre book about military paranormal activities, “The Men Who Stare at[…]
Meet your bookstore: Holly
Here is the story of Holly. Once upon a time, Holly went on an adventure across the world. First she attempted her lifelong dream of being the most proficient ex-pat Paris ingenue, but realized she could never match Jane Birkin’s pout. So she traveled across the world to Japan and became a bar-hostess, because she[…]