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Around the World with Fireside Books |
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Written by Shelf Awareness
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 13:34 |
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[From Shelf-Awareness] This summer children are enjoying a global odyssey at Fireside Books and Gifts in Forest City, N.C. Three Saturdays per month in June, July, and August the store is hosting "Around the World with Fireside Books." Each event focuses on a different country and includes activities inspired by that particular land: story time, crafts, music, food and appearances by authors and other special guests.
The idea came about when store owner Linda Parks, manager Valerie Jones and media specialist Suzanne Ledford were brainstorming for a summer program centered on a theme. "We wanted something that was fun but also educational," said Jones. "We decided it would be interesting and beneficial to expose children to other cultures and show them things about places they might not ever get to visit."
The ultimate aim of the program is to promote literacy, and at each event a story related to the spotlighted country is read aloud. "We really want to encourage literacy and education and instill in children a love of reading," Jones said. The program is geared toward children aged four to ten, although attendees have ranged from two to 14 years old. A customized "passport" is made for each participant, with his or her picture, and it's stamped for each country they visit. Those who make it to all nine events will receive a prize. "We've had a pretty good return rate on the same children coming back," noted Jones. "Parents are looking for things to do that aren't expensive and that don't require them to travel far."
The Around the World journey kicked off with a visit to Australia, followed by Peru, Japan and France. Last Saturday the featured country was South Africa--with face painting, a "safari" through the store and samples of biltong (beef jerky and dried fruit carried in pouches by warriors) on the agenda. This weekend attendees will voyage to Russia. A Fireside Books employee who lived in Russia for several years will lead the day's festivities, including painting wooden eggs in Fabergé style. "We have a lot of hands-on activities, a lot of participation," Jones said. "Most of the parents stay around in the store during the event, and they seem to be enjoying it just as much as the kids."
While visiting France, children were taught how to count to ten in French, learned the history of medieval coats of arms and the meanings of the different symbols, sampled French bread dipped in chocolate, a traditional afternoon snack for schoolchildren, and were treated to a reading of Bonjour, L'Enfant!: A Child's Tour of France. At the Japan event, a local martial arts expert gave a demonstration. A highlight of the Peruvian adventure was meeting some special guests: author Helen Moore and her husband, Norman Moore, a music teacher at an area school who taught the kids songs about Peru and llamas. After Moore read her book Trek with Floyd, children got acquainted with the story's inspiration, Floyd, a llama.
Next month, after visits to Egypt and Italy, the program will conclude with Mexico. Jones said, "That will be our finale, and we plan to have a big piñata party."--
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2008 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 07 July 2008 13:36 |
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2008 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced
The best in Southern Literature as chosen by the people who would know. . .Southern Independent Booksellers
 Columbia, SC - July 7, 2008 - The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 SIBA Book Award, celebrating the best of southern literature, as chosen by the people who would know. . .independent booksellers throughout the South. | The 2008 SIBA Book Award Winners:
FICTION: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam Books
"Asheville, N.C resident Sarah Addison Allen has made a fan out of us! In her first novel, Allen gives us great characters, a pinch of magic and a beautiful cover that draws us in." ~Two Sisters Bookery
POETRY: The House On Boulevard Street by David Kirby, LSU Press
"Kirby's narrative poems are so amazing and thought-provoking, funny in places you would never expect, and wise and humble. Like the very best in poetry, they need to be read out loud. You have the feeling you have set out on a journey with a fascinating companion, lost track of the way, and when you are sure you are lost you suddenly find yourself, if not exactly where you intended to be then in a new place even better than you expected to find." ~Inkwood Books
COOKBOOK: A Love Affair with Southern Cooking by Jean Anderson, William Morrow
"Black-eyed pea hummus--yummy!" ~Park Road Books
NONFICTION: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, HarperCollins
"A fascinating and beautifully written book that is about so much more than merely eating locally." ~City Lights Bookstore
CHILDRENS: Deep in the Swamp by Donna Bateman, illustrated by Brian Lies, Charlesbridge
"I absolutely love selling this book to children. The swamp in the book is in Georgia, but relates to our Louisiana swamps, too. I love giving kids books about their own land and heritage. Beautiful illustrations on every page."~The Raven Bookstore
Each year, hundreds of booksellers across the South vote on their favorite hand-sell books of the year. These are the Southern books they have most enjoyed selling to customers; the ones that they couldn't stop talking about; the ones most often pushed into a customer's hands with the words "You have got to read this!" The SIBA Book Award was created to recognize great books of Southern origin, as determined by people whose business it is to know great books-the independent booksellers of the South.
Books are nominated in five categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cooking and children's. For a book to be eligible, it must be set in the South, and it must have been published within the calendar year. Only SIBA-member booksellers can submit nominations and vote on the selection of finalists. In 2008, for the first time, winners were selected by a jury of SIBA booksellers.
Taking the SIBA Book Award to a New Level:
2008 is a landmark year for the SIBA Book Award, marking its transition to a new level of visibility and public awareness. Since it was first begun in 1999, the SIBA Book Award has become one of the most successful initiatives of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Today, nearly ten years later, the list of award-winners represents some of the finest examples of Southern literature, and the award has become a fully entrenched respected entity among Southern booksellers and publishers. Beginning in 2008, the SIBA Book Awards Ceremony will be held as part of the Decatur Book Festival on Labor Day Weekend in Decatur, GA. The festival, which attracts upwards of 60,000 attendees each year, is open to the public and promises to garner increased exposure for the Awards and the award-winning books and authors. Finalists and winner authors will be invited to attend and be recognized for their work, and SIBA booksellers will participate in the ceremonies. The Decatur Book Festival will host a private reception for the authors and SIBA's core members after the public awards ceremony, and the awards themselves will be included in the general festival publicity.
For more information about the SIBA Book Awards and the Decatur Book Festival, please visit SIBA's website at www.sibaweb.com and The Decatur Book Festival Site at www.decaturbookfestival.com
The Decatur Book Festival is sponsored by The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Lenz Marketing and the generosity of these fine organizations | | | About Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) is a trade association which represents booksellers in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Find a SIBA Bookstore. SIBA exists to empower, promote, and celebrate core member bookstores in a spirit of partnership. Independent, privately held, brick and mortar bookstores in our region constitutes the core members. Included in our membership are owners, managers and employees of independent bookstores, publishers' representatives, publishers, wholesalers and producers of "sideline" bookstore goods. Librarians, book reviewers, writers and other "friends of the trade" are also represented in our membership.
SIBA was formed to unite in one organization individuals and businesses actively engaged in the writing, selling, publishing, distribution and/or promoting of books in the Southeast United States. SIBA provides a forum to discuss common problems and share ideas; offers educational programs and workshops for the benefit of its members; and strives to promote a high standard of ethics and business practices among the membership.
For information on advertising opportunities & rates for SIBA publications and promotions, contact Nicki Leone at
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Book of the Year & Bookseller of the Year Winners Honored |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 30 May 2008 12:12 |
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The Celebration also honored the 2008 Book Sense Book of the Year Award winners, the Publishers Weekly Bookseller and Rep of the Year winners, and the 2008 Lucile Micheels Pannell Award winners. 
Khaled Hosseini accepts his 2008 Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Fiction. | Accepting his Book Sense Book of the Year Award in the Fiction category for A Thousand Splendid Suns (Riverhead/Penguin), Khaled Hosseini, said, "Thank you so much for this show of faith in my writing ... support that came long before the publication of [ The Kite Runner], and then for handselling the hell out of my books." Sharing his memories of biking to his neighborhood bookstore in Kabul as a boy, he described a growing love of literature fostered by the reading suggestions and encouragement from the store's owner. "I fell in love with books in that store," Hosseini said, "and you can't become a writer of books if you're not a lover of books." Saluting the assembled independent booksellers at the Celebration, he said, "Those of you who chose to make a living in this craft [of bookselling] are cultural ambassadors in the communities you have chosen to serve.... Without that very unique brand of word-of-mouth ... [many writers'] careers would not have taken off." |
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A Joyous, Groundbreaking Celebration of Bookselling: ABA Launches IndieBound |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 30 May 2008 12:13 |
ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz announces the launch of IndieBound. | In the spirit of the Boston Tea Party, booksellers declared a new era of Independents at Thursday night's Celebration of Bookselling, sponsored by Ingram Book Company/Ingram Publisher Services. The American Booksellers Association -- building on a rising tide of localism -- launched its new program, IndieBound, to enthusiastic applause in an SRO ballroom. The program is designed to unite booksellers, readers, indie retailers, local business alliances, and others in support of local activism and local economies and to lead an Independent Revolution. ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz told the hundreds of attendees that "the times -- they are a-changin'" and the moment is right for a program centered on localism. "America has clearly reached a tipping point -- the big store on the highway doesn't do it anymore ... as [shoppers] are turning to the people in their communities -- they are turning to people who believe the same things they believe in." |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 30 May 2008 12:14 )
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Friday, 30 May 2008 11:59 |
Nationwide Independent Bookstore Movement Announced at BookExpo America American Booksellers Association Launches IndieBound; Localism Emphasized  Los Angeles, CA May 29, 2008 Responding to both the consumer shift towards shopping at independent retailers and the growing emphasis on the ideas of localism and sustainability, the American Booksellers Association today launched IndieBound at its annual Celebration of Bookselling at BookExpo America. IndieBound will bring together booksellers, readers, indie retailers, local business alliances, and others who believe that healthy local economies help communities thrive. Following a year of study and planning, the Association has designed a program to tap into a growing national movement, creating new and interesting ways for independent booksellers and other independent businesses to better communicate their core strengths -- independence, passion, community -- to their customers. IndieBound is an outgrowth of ABA's successful Book Sense marketing program, and will continue many of its established features, including bookseller recommendations and bestseller lists. (Details may be found here.) "America has clearly reached a tipping point -- people are choosing Main Street over malls. Nationwide, people are renewing their ties to friends, neighbors, and institutions in their cities and towns," said ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz, "Independent booksellers have long been valued community centers for culture, connection, and fun, and through IndieBound we believe that booksellers and other indie retailers are at the forefront of a movement that is already being embraced by shoppers." A community based website, IndieBound.org, has launched today as well, and will serve as the gateway to the entire indie community, with access to The Declaration of IndieBound manifesto, blogs, and user profiles. The website features The Indie Next List ("Great Reads From Booksellers You Trust") and the Indie Bestseller List, and it will add more content and community-building features in the coming months. Growth of the IndieBound movement will be apparent nationwide throughout the year. Through a "Literary Liberation" box mailing, ABA is sending its independently owned members IndieBound posters, bookmarks, and many other book-related display items during the first two weeks of June. And, importantly, IndieBound materials can be used either in the bookstore or shared with other local independent retailers. "Independent booksellers in stores of all sizes will soon proudly be telling their customers and other indie retailers that 'we're IndieBound,'" said ABA President Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona. "Locally owned, indie booksellers introduce readers to great new writing, contribute far more to the health of their local economies, and play a crucial role in maintaining the unique character of their communities. I can't wait to begin working together with other indie retailers to spread the IndieBound movement." About American Booksellers Association Founded in 1900, the American Booksellers Association is a not-for-profit trade organization devoted to meeting the needs of its core members -- independently owned bookstores with storefront locations -- through education, information dissemination, business products and services, and advocacy. ABA exists to protect and promote the interests of independent retail book businesses, as well as to protect the First Amendment rights of every American. The association actively supports free speech, literacy, and programs that support local and independent retail shops. A board of nine booksellers, representing thousands of members, governs the Association. ABA is headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. | American Booksellers Association Meg Zelickson Smith email:
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