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First Things First...
6/17: Deadline to sign up for RAMP "Hot Summer Reads" email (more info) 7/7: Webinar: Bookseller Safety Tips with Spencer Coursen (register)
7/8: THIS! Hybrid Events Roundtable with John Cavalier, Jamille Christman and Rebecca Doel (register) 7/9: RAMP Winter Catalog Direct/Saturation Mail Info Session
(register) 7/15: Deadline to nominate a video to the VIndies (here) 7/16: Deadline to sign up for RAMP "Back to School/Work" email (more info)
7/19-7/22 NVNR New Owners Retreat (register) 9/27-10/1 NVNR 2021: Opening Doors (register)
You can still sign up for RAMP "Hot Summer Reads" email. The deadline to participate is today, June 17th.
Visit Rampbooks.com. And sign up for your winter catalog order while you are there!
Read This Next! Summer 2021
Your Summer Reading List, Energized!
The Summer Reading List, Energized!
Announcing Read This Next! 2021 Summer Edition
(Asheville, North Carolina) Southern indie booksellers have selected the 2021 Summer Read This Next! List: their favorite picks for new summer books. Titles are chosen from books publishing from July through September,
representing the full range of reader interests. Each of the fifteen has the enthusiastic support of southern booksellers, marking them as hand-sell favorites for the summer. Read This Next! is the "You've got to read this!"
list of the season.
Recent studies show that a switch towards plant-based diets is vital to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. To support our
planet’s environmental health, meals at SIBA-sponsored events, beginning with a gathering planned for October in Chapel Hill, NC, will feature a vegetarian menu as the primary option. Vegan, gluten-free,
and meat options will be available by special request.To reduce carbon footprint and support local farmers, SIBA will work with hotel and restaurant partners to locally source dairy, eggs, fruits, vegetables, fungi, and grains.
SIBA will request that BIPOC farmers and suppliers be given first consideration.
Webinar: Bookseller Safety Tips with Spencer Coursen
Wednesday, July 7 at 3:00 PM ET
Kelly Justice of Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA, will talk to Coursen about the things booksellers can do to make their stores and their staff as safe as possible. Spencer Coursen is a nationally recognized threat management
expert and author of The Safety Trap: A Security Expert’s Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World. He brings his expertise to booksellers to discuss the following topics and answer your questions:
General Security Guidelines: promoting a strong protective posture; access control; cameras; monitoring
Best practices for handling an unruly customer: expressing a threat vs posing a threat
"Cancel culture" is a phrase that has become an accusation hurled almost indiscriminately when people find their basic assumptions challenged or criticized. "Call-out culture" and "cancel culture" are
inherently antagonistic, which is good for bringing attention to a problem, but not very useful in resolving it. Professor Loretta J. Ross of Smith College asks, "What if, instead of calling people out, we called them in?"
The antidote to the outrage that fuels the internet and the media, Professor Ross believes, is “calling in.” Calling in is like calling out, but done privately and with respect. “It’s a call out done with love”
Read more about Ross's "calling in" model of having difficult conversasions on hard subjects.
In Brief:
Bookshop.org Presentation: How to Optimize Your Social Media Presence Wednesday, June 23rd at 4pm ET Featuring Colleen Callery of Books Are Magic and Uli Beutter Cohen, creator of Subway Book Review.
Email Sarah High for information
ABA's Children's Institute Registration Is Now Open Children's Institute will take place virtually from August 30-September 1. Register here
Zucchino appeared on the Reader Meet Writer series in January, shortly after his book was published in paperback. The book covers the events that lead up to, and the repercussions of what has been deemed the only successful coup in
American history -- The 1898 Race Massacre in Wilmington, North Carolina.
What booksellers have to say about Wilmington's Lie:
Rosemary Pugliese from Malaprop's in Asheville, NC: "This is truly a book to shake your world view. To know violence could occur so openly in the U.S., and be fairly hidden for decades, is to begin to face
how deeply ingrained racism is in our history - particularly in the South. Wilmington's Lie is a "must read," even as it sickens, shocks, and educates."
Samantha Flynn from Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC: "Zucchino brings the high standards of journalistic excellence for which he is known to this exposé of the despicable events of 1898. While there is
much we may never know about that painful period, this book provides a long overdue insight into the "white supremacy" movement after Reconstruction, and the horrific treatment of black citizens by its proponents to achieve
their ends."
General RMW Event information:
RMW events are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM Eastern
Each event is fully moderated and hosted, with plenty of time for author Q & A. Current host is Wiley Cash, author of When Ghosts Come Home (William Morrow, 2021)
All events are recorded and available to stream at SIBA's Reader Meet Writer TV YouTube channel.
The Killing Hills with Chris Offutt Thu Jun 17th 7:00pm - 8:00pm | REGISTER
Chris Offutt is the author of the short-story collections Kentucky Straight and Out of the Woods, the novel The Good Brother, and three memoirs: The Same River Twice, No Heroes,
and My Father, the Pornographer. His work has appeared in Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays, among many other places. He has written screenplays for Weeds, True Blood,
and Treme, and has received fellowships from the Lannan and Guggenheim foundations.
My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black with Terry Roberts Thurs Jun 24th 7:00pm - 8:00pm | REGISTER
Terry Roberts' direct ancestors have lived in the mountains of Western North Carolina since the time of the Revolutionary War. His family farmed in the Big Pine section of Madison County for generations and is
also prominent in the Madison County town of Hot Springs, a consistent setting in his novels. His newest book, My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black, is a literary thriller set on Ellis Island and is due out from Turner
in Spring 2021.
This week on Circle of Sites
Read more about SIBA's Circle of Sites Program (aka the "banner for dues" program) and find out whether your store is eligible to participate and
receive free membership dues.
What booksellers are saying about The Killing Hills
Part thriller, part hill country drama Chris Offutt spins a yarn of small town vendettas investigated by a native son called home from across the globe. Personal turmoil and family ties abound but the result is an atmospheric and
satisfying whodunit. -- Jamie Fiocco from Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC Buy from Flyleaf Books.
This was a blast! Hill country Kentucky noir with characters that both repulse and endear. A tough combo that works well with the plot of familial vengeance that piles up the bodies without understanding the cause that makes the
blood boil so hot. Superb. --Pete Mock from McIntyre's Books in Pittsboro, NC Buy from McIntyre's Fine Books
Even with a name like The Killing Hills and a body discovered in the first few pages, I still look back on the murder mystery as the book’s B Plot. Chris Offutt paints Appalachia brilliantly, --Ian McCord from Avid Bookshop
in Athens, GA Buy from Avid Bookshop
A dazzling and devastating look into the life of one of the most unique voices of modern lit. Read to learn how an Ogbanje navigates the highs and lows of success. You may have more in common with a god than you think. (would ‘spirit’
be a better substitute for ‘god’ here? I can’t recall if they refer to themselves as ‘god’ or ‘godly’ throughout) Emezi paints their world with a set of custom brushes. No matter the
angle of your view, the picture comes to life in this book. Although these letters are personal and specific, the messages relayed will resonate with a wide audience. The prose, as always, is visceral, raw, and unflinching.
The words center around heartbreak and personhood, destruction and growth. A sibling book to their astounding debut, Freshwater.
Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi (List Price: $27.00, Riverhead Books, 9780593329191, 5/11/2021) Reviewed by Caroline Bergeron, Garden District Bookshop in New
Orleans, Louisiana
Linda-Marie: Reading:The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Beautifully written and powerful novel about intergenerational trauma, told through the eyes of the women who strive to overcome it, even
when the present continues to inflict pain and loss. Watching:Sweet Tooth. Very much enjoying this timely, post-pandemic fantasy storytelling. Listening: Celtic and Appalachian-inspired music on Pandora.
Lucy: Reading: For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten - “The Beauty and the Beast” meets “Little Red Riding Hood” in this moody medieval-esque fantasy full of lush descriptions and aching emotion. Listening:No Compromise from NPR - This podcast series on the “No Compromise” movement within the gun rights community just won a Pulitzer, and it is both informative and terrifying, but also has a wit
to it that’s much appreciated. Watching: Sweet Tooth on Netflix - I binge watched this show in one night and am very upset that there is not more. I admittedly didn’t read the comic when a friend gave it to me as it seemed rather dark
/ gruesome, but if that is actually the tone of the comics that does not carry over to the series (as much).
Nicki: Reading:The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington (I'm on a Carrington binge), and My Broken Language by Quiera Alegria Hudes which
is a real surprise and delight. Listening:Hope Amid Tears: Beethoven Cello Sonatas with Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax Watching: Whatever happens to be running on Masterpiece Theatre. There are vintage outfits and English accents and occasionally dead bodies.
SP:
Reading:The Letters of Sylvia Beach. Beach was the legendary owner of Shakespeare and Company, the equally legendary Parisian bookshop and Lost Generation literary and cultural center. She published Ulysses--when no
other publisher had the courage--and was proof that booksellers can change the world. Listening: The album Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast, aka Michelle Zauner, the author of Crying in H Mart.
Watching: Rewatching True Blood. It's sticky, squicky, squirmy, sexy, campy fun but it does make me nervous when I take the dog out at night.
1. Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659 2. Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204 3. Sooley John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680 4. The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345 5. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216 2. The Premonition Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554 3. World Travel Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco,
$35, 9780062802798 4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 5. Noise Daniel Kahneman, et al., Little, Brown Spark, $32, 9780316451406
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The Summer Reading List, Energized!
Wednesday, July 7 at 3:00 PM ET
Calling people in instead of calling them out.
The Killing Hills with Chris Offutt
My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black with Terry Roberts
