Welcome to MonkeyWrench Books

MonkeyWrench Books is an all-volunteer, nonprofit, collectively owned and operated radical bookstore in North Austin. We provide an extensive collection of radical and hard to find literature and media, and a space for community events. In order to offer a real alternative to the homogeneity of corporate bookstores, MWB stocks books, periodicals, pamphlets and zines from alternative publishers such as AK Press, Autonomedia, Black Rose Books, Common Courage, Seven Stories, International Publishers, Kerr, Monthly Review, South End Press,and Verso.

MonkeyWrench Books is more than just a bookstore. It is a library and educational resource. It is a place for meetings, film screenings, talks, benefits and book readings. It is also a relaxed space to network and make connections over a cup of organic coffee or tea.

Announcements

  • MonkeyWrench 7th Birthday Party: April 26th!

    Come help MonkeyWrench Books celebrate 7 years as a collectively-owned and operated, all-volunteer radical bookstore and community space with a veggie potluck and MonkeyWrencher of the Year Awards.

    The fun happens this Sunday, April 26th, starting at 6pm with the awards at 7pm.

    MonkeyWrencher of the Year Awards are given to community members and organizations that embody the spirit of MonkeyWrench. This year, awards will be given to:

    Proyecto Defensa Laboral/Workers Defense Project - a membership-based organization that empowers Latina/o immigrant workers to act collectively for racial and economic justice in the workplace through leadership development, education, organizing and collaborating with strategic allies.

    Treasure City Thrift - a collectively-run thrift store utilizing a sustainable economic model to show solidarity and provide resources to groups working for grassroots change.

    Leslie Cunningham - union activist and immigrant rights organizer.

  • A Last Sunday special event with Raj Patel, author of "Stuffed and Starved"

    Raj Patel's newest book, Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System, addresses a perverse fact: of the roughly 6.5 billion humans alive today 800 million are starving and 1 billion are overweight. To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It took him from the colossal supermarkets of California to India's wrecked paddy-fields and Africa's bankrupt coffee farms, while along the way he ate genetically engineered soybeans and dodged flying objects on the protester-packed streets of South Korea. Patel documents not only the systemic roots of a global food crisis, but also great cause for hope -- international social movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable, and joyful food system.

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