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{"id":1654,"date":"2019-06-23T09:45:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T09:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2019-06-23T10:23:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T10:23:28","slug":"commonplace-books-opens-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1654&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"Commonplace Books Opens in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commonplace Books, a new indie in Fort Worth, held it’s grand opening June 22, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Commonplace Books<\/span><\/span><\/a> is the second location of an Oklahoma City parent bookstore that just opened its doors in Fort Worth\u2019s WestBend development. According to the WestBend website, Commonplace aims to be a gathering spot for people who want to \u201clead meaningful, thoughtful lives\u201d and \u201cencourages discussion, growth and respite.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ben Nockels founded Commonplace with friends and family in Oklahoma City\u2019s Midtown neighborhood in 2017. Nockels told D Magazine<\/em>, \u201cIt\u2019s been a beautiful couple of years where we\u2019ve been able to gather people together in meaningful ways and create not only experiences but reimagine what the bookstore experience can be. I think that\u2019s part of what we\u2019re seeing with new retail. On one hand, you\u2019ve got the experienced-based retail, but if we just stop there, I think we\u2019re really missing what the current generation is longing for. They don\u2019t just want experiences, they want connection. Books are a unique and powerful medium to connect people with one another.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cOur shop was built by a group of friends who came together over a common dream to own a bookshop that was different from other booksellers’,\u201d says the Commonplace website. \u201cIt was our hope that we could build a place where people could cultivate and share a lifelong relationship with books.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Commonplace aspires to \u201cspecialize in building a flourishing environment for the life of the mind,\u201d and \u201cinvites patrons to imagine, linger and question their world. We believe that books are a powerful medium to connect people to one another and spread ideas that matter.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nockels says they felt that Commonplace had the potential to be a network of bookstores that were \u201cuniquely contextualized for different communities.\u201d The developers of Fort Worth\u2019s WestBend approached them a year ago, and a partnership formed. Though Commonplace is a one-year pop-up, Nockels says they are testing the new market with a view to the long-term and possibly a Dallas location. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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According to the Dallas Morning News<\/em>, what makes Commonplace different from other bookstores is the aesthetic and organization. Nockels says they wanted to present an experience to discover and explore in a bright, airy space filled with plants and natural light.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The book selection is chosen to \u201ccast a wide net across time and cultures, while catching the attention of all ages and varied interests.\u201d Commonplace\u2019s goal is to have something for everyone. The store is organized and curated by \u201chow the reader might identify,\u201d not by author or genre. The inventory is fluid, so customers can visit a changing inventory weekly. \u201cWe have sections like historian, mystic, creative, intentionalist, host,\u201d Nockels says. \u201cWithin that we can blur some of those typical genre lines.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to a unique collection of books, the store offers goods, lectures, poetry readings, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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