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===Bookselling=== [[File:2009-0811-StP-BlairFlats-CGB.jpg|thumb|right|"Common Good Books, G. Keillor, Prop." in St. Paul]] On November 1, 2006, Keillor opened an [[independent bookstore]], "Common Good Books, G. Keillor, Prop." in the [[Blair Flats|Blair Arcade Building]] at the southwest corner of Selby and N. Western Avenues in the Cathedral Hill area in the [[Summit-University]] neighborhood of [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Webb |first=Tom |date=December 2, 2011 |title=Keillor's bookstore outgrows St. Paul space and will move to Macalester College campus |url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_19456988 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213129/http://www.twincities.com/ci_19456988 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=May 28, 2013 |work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In April 2012, the store moved to a new location on Snelling Avenue across from [[Macalester College]] in the [[Macalester-Groveland|Macalester-Groveland neighborhood]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Craine |first=Tatiana |date=May 7, 2012 |title=Garrison Keillor's Common Good Books re-opens in new location |url=http://blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2012/05/garrison_keillors_common_good_books_re-opens_in_new_location.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529101027/https://blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2012/05/garrison_keillors_common_good_books_re-opens_in_new_location.php |archive-date=May 29, 2013 |access-date=May 28, 2013 |work=Citypages.com |df=mdy}}</ref> In April 2019, Keillor sold his interest in the bookstore.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Emma Nelson Star |title=Garrison Keillor's bookstore in St. Paul gets new owner, name |url=https://www.startribune.com/garrison-keillor-s-bookstore-in-st-paul-gets-new-owner-name/508717972/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=Star Tribune|date=April 18, 2019 }}</ref> The store was renamed Next Chapter and is in the same location.<ref>{{cite web | last=Grossmann | first=Mary Ann | title=Common Good Books begins Next Chapter, as Garrison Keillor's bookstore changes hands | website=Twin Cities | date=2019-04-18 | url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/04/18/common-good-books-garrison-keillor-st-paul-minneapolis-bookstores-nex-chapter/ | access-date=2024-11-29}}</ref>
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