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Independent Bookstore Day

Aug

28

2020

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day Saturday August 29, 2020

Even if your local independent bookstore is not open for browsing, you can still support independent bookstores every day and celebrate Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday. Independent Bookstore Day was rescheduled for this Saturday, August 29, when the original April 25 festivities had to be postponed. Because social distancing measures are still so necessary for …

Apr

21

2020

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Gathers Some Delights

Last month, Seattle Independent Bookstore Day and the national celebration of Independent Bookstore Day were officially postponed. Both were originally scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2020, but are tentatively rescheduled for Saturday, August 29, 2020. Although we have to wait for the in-person festivities (and exclusive merchandise) until a safer time in public health, participating …

Mar

24

2020

Seattle-area Bookstores Postpone Sixth Annual Independent Bookstore Day

Out of an abundance of caution and concern for everyone, this year’s Seattle Independent Bookstore Day, originally scheduled for April 25, has been postponed. August 29, 2020, a Saturday, is the tentative new date. Visit our SIBD web page seattlebookstoreday.org. It lists all of the bookstores involved in this year’s event. Many, if not most, …

Mar

3

2020

From The Seattle Times: Madison Books,
a Neighborhood Gem

by Paul Constant for The Seattle Times (originally posted Jan. 21, 2020) Nourishing “long roots”: In a year, Madison Books has forged an essential role in one of Seattle’s oldest communities Decades before Seattle Center was built, Madison Park was where Seattle came to have fun. Early settlers in Pioneer Square would escape the hustle …

May

7

2019

Emily and Wayne outside Island Books

We Are the [Seattle Independent Bookstore] Champions!

originally posted April 29, 2019 by Emily Adams for her blog at svcascadia.com: The last Saturday in April is Independent Bookstore Day across the United States. In Seattle, it is also Seattle Bookstore Day, home to the Seattle Bookstore Challenge. Each of the past four years I have taken the challenge and visited each of the participating stores, …

May

3

2019

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day passport 2019

Everett, WA’s HeraldNet Covers Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Challenge

‘Lit crawl’ draws bookworms to compete in daylong marathon Four local bookstores took part in this year’s Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Challenge by Evan Thompson for HeraldNet, Tuesday, April 30, 2019 The bookworms began arriving as soon as The Neverending Bookshop opened its doors at 9 a.m. Saturday in Edmonds. They were there to get …

Apr

26

2019

Indie Bookstore Day display at Island Books

Seattle Bookstore Day 2019!

From the Island Books tumblr April 23, 2019 Seattle Bookstore Day is in its 5th year running, and we couldn’t be more excited! Island Books plans on celebrating all of April 27th with a schedule of activities (listed below). If you don’t know much about this wonderful holiday, Independent Bookstore Day was started in Northern California …

Apr

25

2019

Seattle indie Bookstore Day bookish adventure photo

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Challenge 2019: Planning Tips for Success

From the blog surpriseslikespringrain.com April 20, 2019 Hello friends! If you’ve been following along with my Instagram adventures or this blog for a while, then you know that last year I completed the 2018 Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Challenge! *crowd goes wild* For those of you who are new here, let me explain: Every year, …

Apr

12

2019

storefront of Madison Books in Seattle

Madison Books in Seattle OPEN April 27, 2019!

From Shelf Awareness April 11, 2019 by Alex Mutter Seattle’s Madison Books Plans IBD Opening When Madison Books opens in Seattle, Wash., on April 27, Independent Bookstore Day, it will be the first new, general-interest, independent bookstore in the city’s Madison Park neighborhood since 2005. The roughly 400-square-foot bookstore is a sister store to Phinney Books, …

Mar

5

2019

Independent Bookstore Day 2019 logo

Independent Bookstore Day Is Coming: Saturday April 27, 2019

What are your plans for Independent Bookstore Day? Saturday, April 27, 2019 will be the fifth annual Independent Bookstore Day. IBD celebrates independent bookstores around the country. Independent bookstores are not just stores, they’re community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real …

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