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  • Cover of the book "Multispecies Cities" with the following text overlaid: Reading group postponed 'til 10/19

    📚 Postponed! Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    We're postponing the reading group until next month. We apologize for the inconvenience! ➡️ Link to the new event page On Wednesday, September 21st, October 19th, we'll discuss our first […]

  • Flyer with a rainbow gradient background, a photo of a tourniquet with a "time" label, and the following text: BLEEDING CONTROL CLASS / Thursday, Sept 22 / 7:00 p.m. / Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL / iffybooks.net/event/bleeding-control-sept-22

    Bleeding Control Basics

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Presented by Philadelphia SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury assessment, basic bleeding control, and tourniquet […]

  • Event flyer with black sans-serif text and a pink-orange gradient around the border. The text reads "Networks of Philly / A presentation on urban telecon infrastructure by Mike Dank / Saturday, September 24th / 2:00 p.m. / Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #3E (3rd floor)." In the middle of the flyer there's a manhole cover with a hexagon pattern and the inscription "W•U•Tel•Co"

    🕳 Networks of Philly with Mike Dank

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On Saturday, September 24th at 2 p.m., Mike Dank will give a presentation on the hidden internet infrastructure that surrounds us in Philly. Hope to see you there! ➡️ Link […]

  • Flyer with simplified illustrations of three pencils, with the following text: The Writing Room / silent group writing on Wednesdays / 5-8 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL / iffybooks.net / The flyer has an orange-pink-green gradient background.

    ✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

  • Flyer image with a rainbow gradient background, a simplified illustration of an index finger covering lips in the "shh" position, and the following text: Security Culture for Activists / free workshop! / Thurs 9/29 6:00 p.m. / FDR Meadows Picnic Grove (behind the big red barn) / 1954 Pattison Ave. at FDR Park / Presented by Iffy Books

    Security Culture for Activists Workshop at FDR Meadows

    FDR Meadows Picnic Grove 1954 Pattison Ave. at PDF Park, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    At this workshop we’ll discuss strategies for maintaining privacy when working on activist projects. We’ll focus on ways location data from your phone can be used against you, and how […]

  • Flyer with simplified illustrations of three pencils, with the following text: The Writing Room / silent group writing on Wednesdays / 5-8 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL / iffybooks.net / The flyer has a brown border.

    ✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

  • Flyer with a photo of a jack-o-lantern with 5 black dots forming a glider symbol from Conway's Game of Life. The text reads as follows: Philly 2600 Meetup / Friday, October 7th, 2022 / 6 PM – 9 PM / Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL

    Philly 2600 Meetup

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The next Philly 2600 meetup is Friday, October 7th at Iffy Books, starting around 6:00 p.m. See you then! The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, […]

  • Flyer image with a photo of a person sitting on a bike attached to a trailer, packed with blue bins. The text reads as follows: How I Moved House by Bicycle with Nelson Chu Pavlosky / Sat, October 8th / 2:00 p.m. EDT / Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL / iffybooks.net/event/how-i-moved-by-bike

    📦 “How I Moved House by Bicycle” with Nelson Chu Pavlosky

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On Saturday, October 8th at 2 p.m. EDT, Nelson Chu Pavlosky will give a presentation on how he moved from one house to another entirely by bike. It was a […]

  • Flyer with simplified illustrations of three pencils, with the following text: The Writing Room / silent group writing on Wednesdays / 5-8 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL / iffybooks.net / The flyer has a brown border.

    ✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

  • A flyer image with a command-line program showing a frequency table with "Multifamily housing," "K-12 School," and "Office" at the top of the list. The following text is overlaid in green: VisiData / Free workshop Thurs Oct 13 7:00 p.m. / Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #3E (3rd floor) / iffybooks.net/event/visidata

    VisiData Workshop with Dave Slinger

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    At this workshop you'll learn about VisiData, a lightweight command-line tool that can help you explore just about any kind of dataset, from spreadsheets to databases. Led by Dave Slinger. […]

  • A flyer with white text on a brown background. On the left side is a pixelized flower image, 13 pixels tall. The text reads "Permacomputing Meetup at Iffy Books / Sunday, October 16 at 1:00 PM EDT / Join the audio stream at iffybooks.net/permacomputing"

    💾🌾 Permacomputing Meetup

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, October 16th at 1:00 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL) or via […]

  • Book cover with an illustration of a woman writing in a notebook as two parrots fly toward here. The background is lush and green. The title is 'Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures,' edited by Christoph Rupprecht, Deborah Cleland, Norie Tamura, Rajat Chaudhuri, and Sarena Ulibarri.

    🦜 Reading Group: Multispecies Cities

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On Wednesday, October 19th, we'll discuss our first collection of short stories, Multispecies Cities, which gathers work from writers across Asia and the Pacific to imagine futures that emphasize the […]

  • Flyer image with white text on a black background: Iffy Books will be at WOPR SUMMIT at TEMPLE’s MAZUR HALL on Friday, October 21st! We’ll be open 5–9 p.m. at 319 N. 11th St. #3E

    Tabling at WOPR Summit & Opening at 5 p.m.

    Mazur Hall at Temple University 1835 N 12th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Iffy Books will be tabling at WOPR Summit 0x01 on Friday, October 21st. We'll be there roughly 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. That means our shop at 319 N. 11th […]

  • A black-on-white illustration of a person facing to the left, wearing a baseball cap and a backpack with a solar panel on the back. The words "IFFY SOLAR" are next to the backpack, and there's a spiral sun in the sky.

    ☀️ Solar Circuit Bending Workshop

    The Rail Park 1300 Noble Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On Sunday, October 23rd at 2:00 p.m. we'll meet outdoors at The Rail Park to build tiny solar-powered musical instruments. Each participant will receive a free kit with a breadboard, […]

  • Flyer with simplified illustrations of three pencils, with the following text: The Writing Room / silent group writing on Wednesdays / 5-8 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL / iffybooks.net / The flyer has a brown border.

    ✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

  • Black text on a colorful gradient background. The headline uses a font with a tiny illustration of Piglet carrying each letter: FUNDRAISE LIKE HELL. The text continues: "$10-$30 sliding scale at the door: all proceeds benefit Project SAFE / A reading from Kim Kelly's "Fight Like Hell" and panel by Project Safe: What Can Sex Workers' Labor Organizing Teach the Contemporary Labor Movement? / OCT 30 1PM @ Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL" At the bottom right there's an illustration of a hand holding two syringes.

    Fundraise Like Hell: A Benefit for Project SAFE with Kim Kelly

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    ➡️ Video Stream Link ➡️ Donate to @PHLRUA on Venmo What can sex workers' labor organizing teach the contemporary labor movement? Join Kim Kelly (author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold […]

  • Black text on a light green background: "The Writing Room at Iffy Books / Wednesdays 5:00–8:00 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL." The following characters appear above the text: !@#$%^&*()_+

    ✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

  • Flyer with an illustration of a laptop with a Twitch-style video stream onscreen. There's also an illustration of a snail. The text reads as follows: The Degrowth of Social Media / a short film by KC Legacion / Friday, November 4th at 8:30 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL / Iffy Books / iffybooks.net/event/degrowth-film

    🐌 The Degrowth of Social Media: a short film by KC Legacion

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    THE DEGROWTH OF SOCIAL MEDIA a short film by KC Legacion Based on their master’s research, KC Legacion has produced a short film that reimagines social media in ways that […]

  • Flyer image with a green border, a background image of squares with arrows pointing between them, and the following text: Virtual Zine Swap / 5–6th Nov (12:00–20:00) / Let's get swapping! / Iffy Books / ZINE CAMP 2022 / BRING YOUR USB STICK

    Zine Camp 2022 in Rotterdam: Virtual Zine Swap

    WORM (Rotterdam) Boomgaardsstraat 71, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Virtual Zine Swap & IFFY Books November 5–6, 2022 12:00–20:00 Also this year the Virtual Zine Swap is active again. This is a program which can accessed both at the […]

  • Flyer with the following text: "Philly Zine Fest / Saturday, November 5th 2022 / Organized by The Soapbox / Anthology 2022 / PhillyZineFest.org" The illustration around the text includes a caterpillar turning into a chrysalis, a butterfly, a skeleton with a shield fighting a satyr with angel wings and a trident, a person with four books on a table, and a sunflower with a face looking down.

    📚 Tabling at Philly Zine Fest 2022

    Mitten Hall at Temple Univesity 1913 N Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

    We'll be tabling at Philly Zine Fest! (And the shop will be open 12–8 p.m. as usual.) The Philly Zine Fest returns live and in person! Saturday, November 5, 2022 […]

  • Black text on a light green background: "The Writing Room at Iffy Books / Wednesdays 5:00–8:00 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL." The following characters appear above the text: !@#$%^&*()_+

    ✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

  • Flyer image with the FFmpeg logo (a green zig-zag line) and the following text: Learn to transcode video & audio with FFmpeg Thurs, November 10th 7:00 p.m. free! Iffy Books 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL iffybooks.net

    🎥 FFmpeg Workshop

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On Thursday, November 10th at 7:00 p.m. we'll host a free workshop on FFmpeg, an essential command-line tool for transcoding audio and video files (i.e., converting them from one format […]

  • Flyer with a psychedelic illustration by Andrew Jeffrey Wright, featuring a modular synthesizer with colorful cables, several Furby dolls, and a brick factory on a cloudy sky background. A furby at the bottom is saying, "We are the music makers, we are the dreamers of the dream." The flyer text reads as follows: Meantime presents Velocities Saturday November 12th 11 AM to 7 PM Free A day of live quadrophonic sound performances, Now & Then Marketplace and Food Trucks! The Chocolate Factory 2201 Margaret Street Philadelphia, PA 19137

    ☀️ Solar Circuit Bending Workshop at The Chocolate Factory

    The Chocolate Factory 2201 Margaret St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On Saturday, November 12th from noon to 2 p.m. we're running our Solar Circuit Bending Workshop at The Chocolate Factory (2201 Margaret St., PHL). It's part of a music & […]

  • Flyer with a photo of a jacket sleeve, with about a dozen darned repairs done with colorful thread. The text reads as follows: Iffy Books Hands-On Darning Workshop Sun, November 13th 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL iffybooks.net

    🪡 Hands-On Darning Workshop

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    On Sunday, November 13th at 1:00 p.m. we'll host a darning workshop and mending session. Total beginners welcome! Register:

  • Black text on a light green background: "The Writing Room at Iffy Books / Wednesdays 5:00–8:00 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL." The following characters appear above the text: !@#$%^&*()_+

    ✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

  • Flyer with a rainbow gradient background, a photo of a tourniquet with a "time" label, and the following text: BLEEDING CONTROL CLASS / Thurs, November 17 / 7:00 p.m. / Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL / iffybooks.net/event/bleeding-control-nov-17

    Bleeding Control Basics

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Presented by Philadelphia SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury assessment, basic bleeding control, and tourniquet […]

  • Flyer with a teal background, a cartoon Mastodon smiling and waving, and the following text: An introduction to Mastodon & the fediverse at Iffy Books Sat, November 19th 1:00 p.m. 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL iffybooks.net/event/mastodon-onboarding

    🐘 An introduction to Mastodon & the fediverse

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Are you looking for an alternative to Twitter? Join us Saturday, November 19th at 1:00 p.m. for a Mastodon/fediverse onboarding session with Nelson Chu Pavlosky (@skyfaller@jawns.club). Nelson is an admin […]

  • A flyer with white text on a brown background. On the left side is a pixelized flower image, 13 pixels tall. The text reads "Permacomputing Meetup at Iffy Books / Sunday, November 20 at 1:00 PM EST / Join the audio stream at iffybooks.net/permacomputing"

    💾🌾 Permacomputing Meetup

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, November 20th at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL) or via […]

  • Black text on a light green background: "The Writing Room at Iffy Books / Wednesdays 5:00–8:00 p.m. / 319 N. 11th St. #3E, PHL." The following characters appear above the text: !@#$%^&*()_+

    ✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5–8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized […]

  • Photo of four slices of tofu browning on a skillet, with a metal spatula flipping one of them. Superimposed text in blue says "We're closed Thursday, November 24!"

    Closed Thursday, 11/24

    Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    We'll be closed on Thursday, November 24th. On Friday we'll open at noon and close at 9 p.m. Photo by CakeWalk