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If you like to read or have ever been on TikTok or Instagram, you’ve likely heard of the communities that discuss their favorite books and share insights under hashtags like #booktok or #bookstagram.
An upcoming special event at Full Circle Bookstore will bring favorite local content creators from these spaces together in real life to celebrate books, readers and authors in Oklahoma City.
From 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 13, Full Circle is hosting a creator book fair featuring more than a dozen of these creators on TikTok and Instagram, many who have thousands of followers. The free event will also include a panel discussion on how readers and authors alike can make the most out of these book-loving online subcultures.
Participants include Dana Cavazos, known as @thesmallestbookclub online; Magen Runyan, @reading.with.hotchocolate; and Amber Hillhouse, @seekingdystopia.
Cavazos stated in a news release that being part of BookTok changed her life.
“BookTok gave me a space where I felt seen, not just as a reader but as a person with thoughts and experiences worth sharing,” she said. “It opened doors I never expected.”
Full Circle is located at 50 Penn Place at 1900 Northwest Expressway; the book fair will be in the atrium on the first floor. For information, go to fullcirclebooks.com/events
Concert this weekend
The GRAMMY®-nominated, multiplatinum rock music artists BUSH are coming to the Lucky Star Amphitheater in El Reno on Sunday, Sept. 7. The band just released its 10th studio album, “I Beat Loneliness,” produced by band frontman Gavin Rossdale and producer and songwriter Erik Ron who has worked with Panic! At the Disco.
The band kicked off this tour at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 19. For information or tickets, go to bushofficial.com
Apply to be an OKC Thunder artist
The Oklahoma City Thunder is looking for Oklahoma-based artists from various media to apply for its 2025-26 Thunder Artist Group (TAG), a news release stated.
TAG artists are commissioned throughout the season to create various forms of artwork for Thunder events, programs and select promotions.
Apply by Oct. 1. For information go to okcthunder.com/tag.
Turn off your lights
State organizations that work with migratory animals such as Wild Care Oklahoma and Oklahoma City Zoo are asking Oklahomans to turn off their lights this fall as part of a campaign to help the southern journeys of birds.
Hundreds of millions of birds migrate through Oklahoma along the Central Flyway, one of North America’s great “bird superhighways” en route to winter grounds in Texas, Mexico, Central America or South America.
They navigate using the moon and stars, but city lights, stadiums, office towers and homes can confuse them, a release from Wild Care stated. Through the campaign Lights Out, Oklahoma! These organizations are asking people to turn off nonessential lights from 11 p.m. to 6 p.m. at night and take other precautions. Find details at https://www.okczoo.org/lightsout.
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