Next month is a busy one for SIBA, and filled with opportunities for SIBA booksellers. Here is a heads up on what to expect, so mark your calendars accordingly!

On May 1 the new batch of Read This Next! books are posted. Booksellers can see a sneak peak below, along with links to the May Edelweiss collection, flyer, and graphics, as well as brief comments from your fellow booksellers. Pay attention to these titles, each of them have multiple positive reviews from your colleagues, in some cases nearly a dozen enthusiastic reviews.

Booksellers who ordered the Summer Catalog should see your orders drop the week of May 8. If you haven't done so yet, visit the RAMP website for free marketing materials: shelf-talkers, social media and email graphics, bookmarks and lots of other fun things to help stores get the most out of their catalog. While you are there, you can also order your fall holiday catalogs , which needs to be done by June 1.

On May 11 SIBA booksellers can check in with their board members at the virtual SIBA Board Office Hours. Ask questions, voice your concerns, hear what the board is working on. Since nominations are currently open for new board members so this would also be a good time for booksellers interested in running to talk to the current board about their experience serving.

May 15th is the deadline to nominate someone for the Katie Trocheck Abel Award. This award honors the daughter of the beloved author Mary Kay Andrews, and seeks to celebrate the often unheralded acts of kindness that take place all the time in our bookselling world. You know someone who deserves that kind of recognition, so take a moment to give it to them.

On May 18, SIBA is hosting a virtual event "Supporting Trans/Nonbinary Staff & Community." The event is bookseller-focused, but all members of the book industry are invited to attend. This is an important topic that may be affecting your colleagues and staff, and is almost certainly affecting your customers. Make time to attend. You can also submit questions ahead of time anonymously.

May 22nd NVNR hosts the second of its now quarterly Owners Retreats. The first, held in January, proved to be so productive that SIBA and NAIBA store owners asked it to become a regular event throughout the year. The May retreat will be virtual, there will be an in-person retreat at NVNR23 in August, and then another virtual retreat for the fall in October. Your best support and resource are your fellow store owners.