AURELIA: QTBIPOC & Southern Speciality Bookstore
A project in Louisville, KY by AURELIA LEO000days
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A Black woman-owned specialty bookstore for horror, science fiction & fantasy. #SignsofChange
Backers: 106
Average Pledge Per Backer: $26
Funded: $2,741 of $1,000
Dates: Aug 28th -> Sep 28th (31 days)
Project By: AURELIA LEO
Backers: 106
Average Pledge Per Backer: $26
Funded: $2,741 of $1,000
Dates: Aug 28th -> Sep 28th (31 days)
Project By: AURELIA LEO
$2,741
current pledge level
Last Updated: September 28 @ 20:20 -0400 GMT
274%
of goal
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Latest News
The Final Countdown 
September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
© Storygram Tours We’re near the very, very end of the campaign and I couldn’t be more excited! Thank you for all of the support and interest over this past month. Can we get to $3,000 in under 24 hours? (Read More)
Moonshot
September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We’re so close! Keep pushing! Donations and late pledges now accepted via PayPal: paypal.me/aurelialeo (Read More)
The Final Stretch
September 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Watercolor Lion / TBA Anthology Book Cover We've entered the last week of the Kickstarter campaign and I couldn't be happier! After fees, between pledges here and donations over at GoFundMe, we're only $290.58 away from total funding for the book... (Read More)
Building Momentum
September 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Leo Weekly We have 14 days to fully fund the book bike! Behind the scenes, I’ve been building momentum by getting some local coverage by Leo Weekly and cross-promotion here on Kickstarter! When not doing promo, I’ve been reading new work (to me)... (Read More)
Celebrating Community
September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We hit 50 backers last week and are still slowly climbing towards full funding! Thank you so much. AURELIA couldn’t and wouldn’t exist without y’all! I’ve finalized the new reward tiers which are a subscription box ($35), inventory... (Read More)
Day Eight: Local
September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Day 8 is here and we're still rolling! Make sure to share the campaign wherever you can so we can crack the first stretch goal, a fully funded book bike! Today will be the last daily update as I switch gears to weekly updates moving forward. Monday... (Read More)
Day Seven: Mobile
September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Day 7 is finally here, and the first week of the campaign is almost over. I’m so happy to see where we are so far! Today is a short update followed by a longer one tomorrow on what being local will mean for the mobile bookstore. Below, take a sneak... (Read More)
Speculative Fiction from and about the “South”
September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Speculative Fiction from and about the “South” Day 6 is here, and we’re almost at $1,500 raised! Between donations over the last few months and now this Kickstarter campaign (minus fees), that’s $2,119.51 raised in total!!! Let’s crack... (Read More)
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
September 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color I got my numbers a little mixed up last time. Day 5 is upon us! Can we crack the first stretch goal of $3,350 for a Fully Funded Mobile Bookstore this week? A video with closed captioning in English has been... (Read More)
Black & Indigenous Speculative Fiction
August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Black & Indigenous Speculative Fiction Day 3 is here! The first stretch goal has been annouced: $3,350 - Fully Funded Mobile Bookstore. Lets keep pushing to make that happen so we can bring more diverse spec-fic to Louisville’s streets,... (Read More)
Queer & Trans Speculative Fiction
August 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Queer & Trans Speculative Fiction What an exciting time! Since we're fully funded for the downpayment, the goal now is to fully fund the mobile bookstore before the end of the campaign! Each day, I plan to share an aspect of the upcoming... (Read More)
100% Funded in 1 Day!
August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Woah! Nothing more to say but woah... Starting tomorrow, I’ll be covering some QTBIPOC & Southern literature, comics, and so on to be featured in the shop. Until then, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Here’s my content kitties in the... (Read More)
Day Two: Happy #BookstoreDay
August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re almost 100% funded on the first day! I’m legitimately blown away!! This year has been a tough one, and the recent passing of Chadwick Boseman just compounded that sad fact. Thank you for believing in this project and continuing to uplift... (Read More)
Day One: Why AURELIA?
August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Woah! I barely had time to click submit, and we’ve already raised 1/4 of the goal. Thank you so much! I’ll have more to share tommorrow evening, but for now, some brief updates. Recently, I was featured by Louisville, Kentucky’s largest local... (Read More)
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