Back Pages Books opened in 2005 on Moody Street, Waltham's vibrant "restaurant row".  As the first bookstore in Waltham in over a decade, Back Pages has followed a path of using a small space to promote big ideas through a mixture of new and used books, author events, civic activism, and advocacy for the arts in Waltham.  In 2007, Back Pages relocated to the Lincoln Building which previously housed the original Jordan's Furniture store.  As one component of a larger arts initiative, Back Pages now occupies a space on the ground floor adjoining the Lincoln Arts Project gallery and Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts.  The unique collaboration between independent artists at Lincoln Studios, art galleries, BU CDIA, and the bookstore has contributed to Back Pages' rising name as a preeminent literary destination in the Boston area.

Hailed as the "Best of the New" for bookstores by the Boston Globe in 2005, Back Pages has hosted over 250 author events in  four years.  Past speakers include Pulitzer Prize winners Samantha Power, Franz Wright, Amy Dockser Marcus, and Junot Diaz as well as Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, acclaimed activists Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, and novelists Ha Jin and Andre Dubus III.  Back Pages has also been a principal supporter of young international writers including Thomas Glave, Helen Oyeyemi, and Edmundo Paz Soldan. 

Owner Alex Green writes a weekly column online about literature in and around Waltham and works closely with local writers and artists.  In order to further promote a vision of locally run book production and distribution, Back Pages Books opened Back Pages Publishers in March 2009. 

A visit to Moody Street's many restaurants, movie theater, arts spaces, and retail establishments would not be complete without a visit to Back Pages Books and we welcome you to visit us for an afternoon or evening out.  We look forward to seeing you in the store or on the web!

-The Staff of Back Pages Books