Independent Bookstore Day
When:
Saturday, Apr 28, 2018 9:00a -
5:00p
Saturday, Apr 28, 2018 9:00a -
5:00p
Where:
Boston +
Surrounding areas
Boston, MA
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Festivals & Fairs, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
http://www.indiebookstoreday.com/
Bestselling novelist and Cambridge resident Celeste Ng will serve as the ambassador for the fourth annual Independent Bookstore Day (IBD), which will be celebrated at more than 490 participating independent bookstores across the country on Saturday, April 28.
“My favorite thing about independent bookstores is that they all have their own distinct personalities: each reflects not just the tastes but also the ideals of its community. From the second you walk in, you get a sense of what the people who shop there know and enjoy — as well as what’s currently on their minds, what they want to learn, and what they value: in short, what kinds of people they want to be,” said Ng, the author of Everything I Never Told You (Penguin Press, June 2014) and Little Fires Everywhere (Penguin Press, September 2017). “Bookstores are more than just repositories of knowledge, they’re living, breathing, evolving representations of our best selves. I love Independent Bookstore Day because it asks readers, writers, and booksellers to join in celebrating all that bookstores represent. It’s a gathering to remind ourselves that the written word can change both us and the world, and of what’s possible when we all come together.”
On Saturday, April 28, independent bookstores across the country will celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with special events in addition to exclusive books and literary items specially created for the event.
Stay tuned for updates on events at Boston-area bookstores.
Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is different. But in addition to authors, live music, cupcakes, scavenger hunts, kids events, art tables, readings, barbecues, contests, and other fun stuff, there are exclusive books and literary items that you can only get on that day. Not before. Not after. Not online.
Why are we celebrating independent bookstores?
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 serendipity. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent.
In a world of tweets and algorithms and pageless digital downloads, bookstores are not a dying anachronism. They are living, breathing organisms that continue to grow and expand. In fact, there are more of them this year than there were last year. And they are at your service.
List of participating Massachusetts bookstores:
Newtonville Books
Andover Bookstore
An Unlikely Story
Brookline Booksmith
Cabot Street Books & Cards
Trident Booksellers and Cafe
I AM Books
The Spirit of '76 Bookstore & Card Shop
Odyssey Bookshop, Inc.
Porter Square Books
The Bookloft
broadside bookshop
The Book Rack (HugoBooks, Inc)
Wellesley Books
Harvard Book Store
Belmont Books
Papercuts
The Carle Bookshop
MIT Press Bookstore
Buttonwood Books and Toys
Whitelam Books
New England Mobile Book Fair
Storybook Cove
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
Blue Bunny Books
