We’re Celebrating National Indie Bookstore Day and Flintridge Bookstore’s 15th Birthday!
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day and Flintridge Bookstore’s 15th Birthday (outside and inside)
Independent Bookstore Day this year is Saturday, April 30. This annual event is celebrated with literary parties nationwide. It is also the bookstore’s 15th birthday, and we’re planning lots of activities for all ages.
Flintridge Bookstore has invited local authors for meet and greets and signings . We also have two local artists displaying their work. Plus, giveaways, a drawing for various genres of books, Where’s Waldo challenge, and more. Please come to join the festivities!
Local bookstores continually need the support of their communities. Indie Bookstore Day is a way to show appreciation for the contributions made by these small businesses. This special day also provides an opportunity for Flintridge Bookstore to offer our neighbors and all our customers engaging programs that enhance their regular shopping experience.
Here is a tentative schedule of appearances and activities throughout the day, starting at 10:30 AM and ending at 3 PM:
AUTHOR MEET & GREETS/SIGNINGS
10:30 AM-12:30 PM
KIM FAY, Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food and Love (Fiction) – National Bestseller & #1 Indie Next Pick. A witty and tender novel that follows two women in 1960s America as they discover that food really does connect us all, and that friendship and laughter are the best medicine.
JOHN GLIONNA, Outback Nevada: Real Stories from the Silver State (Essays) – An exploration of the far-flung corners of Nevada, introducing readers to the state’s charming and courageous Americans. Written during Glionna’s work as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
RACHEL MONTEZ MINOR, The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars (Ages 3-6) – A lyrical celebration of the connections between parents, children, and the universe from actress, dancer, and singer Rachel Montez Minor (Illustrated by Annie Won).
DANNIE & DALLAS RAINES (KABC Meteorologist), Chester and the Hot Air Balloon (Ages 5-12) – a charming tale featuring family pet, Chester, and Dallas up in the sky in a hot air balloon, introducing meteorological, climatological and earth science themes (Illustrated by Britanny Doney).
1:00-3:00 PM
HARLAN LEBO, Citizen Kane, A Filmmaker’s Journey (Movie History) – A comprehensive history of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs behind the creation of one of the greatest films of all time, Orson Welles’s classic Citizen Kane.
TORI McCULLOUGH, Women of Walt Disney Imagineering: 12 Women Reflect on Their Trailblazing Theme Park Careers (Memoir Anthology) – Each chapter written from an Imagineer’s unique perspective and experience by women who spent their careers telling stories in three dimensions for the public.
OLIVER UBERTI, Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World (Cartography/Graphic Design) – An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society—visualized through the world of data. Winner of 2021 British Cartographic Society Awards.
POETRY READING 2:00-3:00 PM
CHARLOTTE INNES, Twenty Pandemicals – Beautifully crafted poems depicting the collective doubts and hopes of America’s anxious lockdown months – from a review by Ned Balbo
BETH RUSCIO, Speaking Parts – Lyrical meditations reminding us that to speak for others also allows us to speak most eloquently for those many interior aspects of ourselves. – from a review by David St. John
ARTISTS 10:30 AM-3:00 PM
PURSES BY LUCIA, Tote bags, zipper purses, and more by Lucia Vigil Francis
LITTLE MUSE DESIGNS, Seed bead and gemstone jewelry by Anthe Wosczyna
