The Writer's Block
TypeBookstore
IndustryBooks
Founded2014
HeadquartersLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Key people
Scott Seeley, Drew Cohen, Chris Molnar
ProductsBooks, periodicals, marionettes, artificial birds, anatomical models, build-your-own diorama kits
ServicesLiteracy education, publishing
Websitewww.thewritersblock.org

The Writer's Block is an independent bookseller, publisher, and literacy educator in downtown Las Vegas.

The Writer's Block was established in 2014 by 826NYC co-founder Scott Seeley and Drew Cohen. It was opened with former BSSco. store manager and Archway Editions publisher Chris Molnar.[1][2] It is the first independent bookstore in Las Vegas, and second in the state of Nevada.[3]

Behind the bookstore front at the original Fremont St. location was the literacy education component of the Writer's Block, known as Codex. Similar in layout to the educational area behind 826NYC's Superhero Supply Store,[4][5] Codex also featured movable walls, tables and desks. It was used for free writing workshops for children ages 5-18, in addition to readings, signings, and ongoing series such as Neon Lit, the monthly reading by MFA and PHD writing students at UNLV.[6]

In 2019, the Writer's Block relocated to the Lucy, a new art center in downtown Las Vegas.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Wham! Pow! Everything a Superhero Could Want". The Brooklyn Ink. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Downtown Denizen: Chris Molnar". DTP. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Despite E-Books, Independent Bookstore Gambling on Downtown Las Vegas". Nevada Public Radio. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Here's What You Can Buy At The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. — And How The Store Is Secretly Saving The World". Business Insider. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Rewriting the Bookshop". Vegas Seven. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  6. ↑ "Hawthorne Heights, Neon Lit, Chicken Shack and Remembering Aurajin". DTLV. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  7. ↑ "The Lucy to open a new chapter in downtown Las Vegas' culture". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2020-08-24.

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