INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with us on SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH in store and online!
IBD is the national celebration of indie bookstores, books, authors and the entire bookish community. To show their support for indies, publishers produce exclusive merchandise that is only available at participating bookstores on Bookstore Day.
Come support Bookshop West Portal and browse our selection of indie exclusives and the new additions to our open air shopping experience in the courtyard!
This year there will be exciting virtual events and panels throughout the day for all ages. See the schedule below for details.
ANNOUNCING OUR NEW EXTENDED HOURS: MONDAY - SATURDAY FROM 11 AM - 6 PM
SCHEDULE OF VIRTUAL EVENTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH
4:30 PM - An Evening with Two Brilliant Friends Independent Book Store Day Kick-Off Event: Join MARY NORRIS and ANN GOLDSTEIN in celebration of the forthcoming release of Elena Ferrante’s The Lying Life of Adults
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH
KIDS & YA
10:00 AM - LISA BROWN hosts a drawing class with Goldfish Ghosts
10:30 AM - Create graphic novels with GENE LUEN YANG (Dragon Hoops)
11:00 AM - Middle Grade Fun with RENEE WATSON (Ways to Make Sunshine), NINA MATA (I Promise), and ISAAC FITZGERALD
12:00 PM - World-Building in YA Feminist Fantasy Fiction with KAT CHO (Wicked Fox), RENA BARRON (Kingdom of Souls), and REBECCA KIM WELLS (Shatter the Sky)
ADULT
1:00 PM - AMOR TOWLES for his short story exclusively in print for IBD (You Have Arrived at Your Destination)
2:00 PM - Writing the West with REYNA GRANDE (The Distance Between Us), RISHI REDDI (Passage West), and LAUREN FRANCIS- SHARMA (Book of the Little Axe)
3:00 PM - TELLING THE STORIES OF THE PANDEMIC: ALLSTAR AUTHOR PANEL from Alone Together: Stories of Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19 (all profits from the book benefit the Book Industry Charitable Foundation)
4:00 PM - Bookstore Day Ambassador Showcase with TAYARI JONES (An American Marriage and Silver Sparrow), LAUREN GROFF (Fates and Furies and Florida), and EMMA STRAUB (All Adults Here, Modern Lovers, and The Vacationeers)
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