A few days before the Hay Festival Forum arrives in Oak Cliff, Dallas’ literary community is gathering to explore the role of independent bookstores as third spaces.

The Wild Detectives, Oak Cliff’s bookstore and bar, is teaming up with The Dallas Morning News to host a community conversation about how local bookstores can foster creativity, civic dialogue and trust in an era of disconnection.

Arts Access editor Samantha Guzman will moderate a conversation with Deep Vellum bookstore manager Riley Rennhack, Interabang Books co-owner Lori Feathers, Whose Books owner Claudia Vega and The Wild Detectives owner Javier Garcia del Moral. All of the area’s independent bookstores are known for championing local authors and inclusive storytelling.

Rebecca Slezak / The Dallas Morning News

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