A play behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and awesome happening successful literate culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and typical guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. April is, arsenic it turns out, a awesome period for book lovers: nan first large activity of pre-summer titles arrives, St. Jordi Day (and Shakespeare’s birth/death-day) is April 23rd, and of people Independent Bookstore Day is nan past Saturday of nan month. And while each time tin and should beryllium Indie Bookstore Day, we’re getting into nan tone of nan vacation this week—just successful clip for you to deed up your local(s) connected Saturday 4/26! Kicking things off, it’s Shelf Awareness editor-in-chief John Mutter, present to show Drew astir watching and reporting connected nan indie bookstore segment for astir 20 years. Then, different bookseller roundtable, this 1 featuring bookstore-bar-coffee-shops, including: * Jennifer Caspar, Village Well Books & Coffee (Culver City, CA) Plus, James Folta sounds Sappho and Jonny Diamond reads—gasp!—Jonny Diamond for National Poetry Month! Remember folks: nan champion clip to stop linking to aliases buying books from Amazon was yesterday—but nan second-best clip is today. Support your section independent bookstore—because I guarantee, they’re fresh to support you. .
* Catherine Johnson and Lani Martin, Flyleaf (Grosse Point, MI)
* Amanda and Anthony Stromoski, Rough Draft Bar & Books (Kingston, NY)
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