Beyond the Book, A Literary Experience

Bookstore • Coffee • Podcast Studio Step into Beyond the Book, a cozy literary haven where stories, coffee, and community come together. More than a bookstore, we’re a creative hub for readers and writers—celebrating diverse authors, hosting inspiring workshops, and nurturing the next generation of storytellers. From our South Suburban Literary Book Award to our Aspiring Authors Workshop, we honor the power of words to connect and transform. Whether you’re writing your first page or sipping your favorite brew, you’ll find your place, and your story, Beyond the Book. Through collaborations with thought leaders, nonprofits, and corporations, Beyond the Book weaves together a community where the love of reading, writing, and authorship is celebrated and cultivated with intention.

Cook County

Lauren Traut

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Homewood-Flossmoor

Illinois

Bookstore • Coffee • Podcast Studio Step into Beyond the Book, a cozy literary haven where stories, coffee, and community come together. More than...

Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!

Mindsee.it

Featured in the Telepathy Tapes podcast.  Mindsee.It is a quick and mind-blowing tutoring program for children that teaches them to see through a blindfold - really!    

New York County

Miranda Levingston

New York City Metropolitan Area

Upper East Side

New York

Featured in the Telepathy Tapes podcast. Mindsee.It is a quick and mind-blowing tutoring program for children that teaches them to see through a...

You might recognize this vacancy as the soapy-windowed property along the walk to Dairy Queen. It sits across the street from the and it's situated within a village TIF district, making it eligible for funds. Right now it's sandwiched between a hair salon and a boutique shop. So we turn the question over to you ... What should go here? A restaurant? A shop? A service? We want to know! Please share your ideas in the comments section.

You might recognize this vacancy as the soapy-windowed property along the walk to Dairy Queen. It sits across the street from the and it's situated within a village TIF district, making it eligible for funds. Right now it's sandwiched between a hair salon and a boutique shop.

So we turn the question over to you ... What should go here?

A restaurant? A shop? A service? We want to know! Please share your ideas in the comments section.

With all this talk of new restaurants and a new hotel coming into town, do you think Homewood can keep up the trend?