Good morning, friends.

I hope you’re all doing well. I’m on my way to Denver for Winter Institute and look forward to seeing many of you there, including at our SIBA sunrise breakfasts on Monday and Tuesday. If you signed up for them with Charles of Eagle Eye, please email me directly for details about Tuesday’s breakfast location.  For this morning’s coffee recap, I’m pulling out three items from last week’s newsletter that I don’t want you to miss!

• Read more about the winners of this year’s Southern Book Prize: Rednecks by Taylor Brown (St. Martin’s Press) in Fiction, The Mango Tree by Annabelle Tometich (Little, Brown and Company) in Nonfiction, and Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo (Bloomsbury YA) in Young Readers. We have created a handy marketing toolkit, including a poster, a flyer, and social media graphics for booksellers to use in their stores.

• Place your order for SIBA’s summer indie reading guide! The deadline to claim your FREE 500 copies is March 15!  The ordering process is easy, but we’re here to help with any questions.

• Check out this spotlight on member store Turning Page Bookshop in Goose Creek, South Carolina, a welcoming space for literary and communal gatherings that prides itself on promoting local interest and diversity.

As always, please let us know if you have questions, want to offer suggestions, or just say hello. We’re here for you!

Sincerely,
Linda-Marie Barrett
Executive Director