Homey independent BookCourt expands to upstate NY
Cobble Hill bookstore launches Indiegogo campaign to raise $300,000
One-hundred-and-sixty miles north of Brooklyn in South Kortright, NY, Bibliobarn is a 3,000 square-foot barn, surrounded by five acres of farmland, that opened as a bookstore in 1996.
H.L. and Linda Wilson, the couple who opened the shop, live on the top floor of the barn and have developed a thriving literary community in the Catskills — but they now plan to move out and sell the space. The folks at BookCourt, the family-run bookstore that’s thrived in Cobble Hill for more than 30 years, hope to buy the barn and maintain its bookish tradition, adding their own flare and establishing what they’re calling BookCourt North: a bookstore, event space, and writers’ retreat.
Upon hearing that Bibliobarn was for sale, the BookCourt team launched an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to raise $300,000 for their project. Zack Zook, who coordinates events and development at BookCourt, and the shop’s manager, Andrew Unger, are spearheading the campaign.