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First Things First...
8/15: SIBA Board Ballot closes (
one vote per store) 8/17: NVNR Bookseller Orientation (
register) 8/19: Coffee with the SIBA Board (register) 8/30-9/1:
Children's Institute (register) 9/27-10/1 NVNR 2021 Fall Trade Show: Opening
Doors (register)
We have two board seats up
for grabs and five fantastic candidates! These folks will be contributing directly to the long term vision of SIBA and will be your direct link to SIBA policy and governance. STOP NOW AND VOTE! It's really simple and it will literally
take less time than it took you to read this message! Don't dilly dally - decide to dedicate your diligence in doing your democratic duty to determine SIBA's direction! VOTE NOW!
John Cavalier, SIBA Board President Cavalier House Books Denham Springs, LA
Meet the candidates for your SIBA Board. Ballots must be cast by August 15, 2021
The slate: Errol "E.R." Anderson, Charis Circle, Decatur, GA Julia R. Davis, The Book Worm Bookstore, Powder Springs, GA Janet Geddis, Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA Candice Huber, Tubby & Coo's
Mid-City Bookshop, New Orleans, LA Doloris Vest, Book No Further, Roanoke, VA
Errol "E.R." Anderson (they/them or he/him) is the Executive Director of Charis Circle, the non-profit programming arm of Charis Books and More, the South's oldest feminist bookstore located in Decatur, GA. E.R. manages the programming,
fiscal, and daily operations of Charis Circle. E.R. reads everything from poetry and essays to horror and how-to, but they are a sucker for gritty stories gracefully told. When not running around Charis, E.R. loves reading,
writing, taking care of his dogs, playing in the woods, and learning about classic cars and trucks.
Julia R. Davis
Julia Davis took ownership of The Book Worm Bookstore, Powder Springs, GA in November 2020 when the former owner retired. Ms. Davis’ passion for promoting self-love and literacy has become the foundation that The Book
Worm stands on. Julia also hosts a series of children’s events, appropriately titled “I Love ME!” designed to encourage children to love themselves as they are. In February 2014, Ms. Davis published her
first children’s book “I Love me because….I’m DIFFERENT.” Currently, there are EIGHT published picture books ONE Chapter Book, and various self-love items in the continually growing I LOVE
ME! Book Series.
Janet Geddis
Janet Geddis (she/her) is a business owner, writer, speaker,
and community leader. The owner of Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia, Janet is involved with regional and national book industry organizations, presenting at least twice a year at conferences and volunteering her time for advisory
boards. She began her first term on the SIBA Board in 2018. Known for her inventiveness (she was the first bookstore owner to use crowdfunding to gather some startup funds in 2010!) and positivity, Janet volunteers
in Athens and in the book world whenever possible. Recently she and Avid were featured in a WebMD film, a Facebook video series,
and even a one-on-one interview with Stacey Abrams.
She is a contributor to podcasts and radio programs, including shows on Georgia Public Broadcasting and NPR.
Candice Huber
Candice Huber (they/them) is a sixth-generation New Orleanian who owns New Orleans’ only queer-owned and genre focused bookstore, Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, named after their grandparents. They established TALES
Publishing in 2018, which has thus far published three books. They are also a writing, editing, publishing, and virtual event consultant and host The Writers’ Forum on WRBH Reading Radio, focusing on interviewing science
fiction and fantasy authors. Candice serves on the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee and the Science Fiction & Fantasy Task Force for the American Booksellers Association and is helping to develop the Store Operations
module for the new Bookseller Certification program. They are an avid genre fiction reader, board game player, and nerd.
Doloris Vest
Doloris Vest (she/her) is co-owner (with husband Craig Coker) of Book No Further, located in Roanoke, VA. The store opened in 2017 and relocated to a larger store in 2019. Book No Further offers new and gently used books, and features
the work of local and regional fiction and non-fiction authors. After working in journalism and public relations Doloris spent 20-plus years in corporate marketing and non-profit management. Her stint as executive director for
the Botetourt Chamber of Commerce piqued her interest in owning her own business. Doloris has volunteered with a number of local non-profits and currently serves on the board of Blue Ridge Literacy. She also writes for regional
publications and maybe, one day, will finish one of the three novels she has underway.
VOTE HERE Deadline is August 15, 2021 One vote per store. You must log in under your store's account to vote.
Coffee Break with the Board
The SIBA Board's "Coffee with the Board" is the third Thursday of every month via Zoom. The next meeting will
be August 19th at 1 pm ET
Booksellers are invited to log on and talk to board members about anything on their mind. The board is eager hear from SIBA booksellers and to listen to their ideas of how SIBA can do better.
Booksellers and Other Attendees Orientation: Tuesday, August 17th at 1:00 PM Eastern | REGISTER
Reasons why you should register for New Voices New Rooms now:
1. Booksellers who register before September 1st will receive "the Show Box" filled with books and goodies.
2. Registered booksellers have early access to the "Readers of the Last ARC" Galley Room, which will be launched at our orientation on Tuesday.
We strongly encourage stores to have their entire staff register for NVNR. The show is free to all SIBA members and filled with valuable education and resources for booksellers at all levels -- from owners and managers to the front
line staff.
It is an easy matter to "like" and "share" anti-racist social media posts to demonstrate solidarity, but if your social media activism is not reflected in your company's own internal policies you may be exploiting
people instead of supporting them.
“Performative allies share their knowledge about inequity with others, but don’t use their privilege and resources to make real change,” says Xochitl Ledesma, Catalyst’s Director of Leading for Equity & Inclusion. (via)
Nominations Open for BIPOC Bookseller Award Nominations are open for the Duende-Word BIPOC Bookseller Award, an annual award honoring three BIPOC booksellers who lead
and support their communities. In its second year, the BIPOC Bookseller Award is a collaboration between Duende District Bookstore and The Word,
a nonprofit organization working to build an inclusive publishing community. Awards will be given in three categories--Activism, Innovation and Leadership--and each award will come with a $1,000 prize (up from $700 in the award's
inaugural year).
Nominations will be open until August 22. More information can be found here.
Reader Meet Writer: September
The Fall season of Reader Meet Writer is just weeks away!
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 Night She Disappeared with Lisa Jewell Thu Sep 9th 6:00pm - 7:00pm | REGISTER
Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You.
Her novels have sold over 5 million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into twenty-nine languages. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaJewellUK, on Instagram @LisaJewellUK, and on Facebook @LisaJewellOfficial.
Einstein: The Fantastic Journey of a Mouse Through Space and Time with Torben Kuhlmann Sat Sep 11th 11:00am - 12:00pm | REGISTER
Time is relative! Award-winning, illustrator Torben Kuhlmann’s brilliant new book bends time and imagination!
Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South with Margaret Renkl Thu Sep 16th 7:00pm - 8:00pm | REGISTER
“People have often asked me how it feels to be the ‘voice of the South,’” writes Renkl in her introduction. “But I’m not the voice of the South, and no one else is, either.” There are many
Souths—red and blue, rural and urban, mountain and coast, Black and white and brown—and no one writer could possibly represent all of them. "
When Ghosts Come Home with Wiley Cash Thu Sep 23rd 7:00pm - 8:00pm | REGISTER
When the roar of a low-flying plane awakens him in the middle of the night, Sheriff Winston Barnes knows something strange is happening at the nearby airfield on the coast of North Carolina. But nothing can prepare him for what
he finds: a large airplane has crash-landed and is now sitting sideways on the runway, and there are no signs of a pilot or cargo.
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 All the Little Hopes
As someone who was believed she was going to be a detective after reading Nancy Drew, I related to their quest for the perfect crime to solve. This is a beautiful coming of age story with just the right amount of mystery and heartache.
-- Merry Quarles from Foxtale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA Buy from FoxTale Book Shoppe
I grew up reading Nancy Drew books and the impact it has on these girls lives is amazing. Do not miss this adventure into the past.. --Mandy Harris - Angel Wings Bookstore Buy from Angel Wings Bookstore
Filled with many interesting characters, All the Little Hopes is a wonderful story of a family’s love and hope for each other and their daily hopes and prayers that their loved ones and neighbors will make it home from
the war. --Mary Patterson from The Little Bookshop in Midlothian, VA Buy from The Little Bookshop
Pure working-people’s south and heart and grit, with a dash of WW2 and Nancy Drew. I loved the two girls (especially Bert) and the Brown family, and several other characters pulled into the story. I didn’t want the story to end!
— Cathy Graham from Copperfish Books in Punta Gorda, FL Buy from Copperfish Books
A young Chinese immigrant calls Child Services on her mother. Like the threads whirling through her mother and stepfather’s New York City sweatshop where she was forced to work as a girl, Anna Qu’s debut memoir is full
of the fragments of a traumatic childhood and the challenges of piecing together the truth—about trauma and the generational pattern of cruelty, about immigration and identity, labor and self-worth, and ultimately, the love
we deserve, awaiting us.
Linda-Marie: Reading: Terciel & Elinor by Garth Nix, a wonderful step back into the dangerous, magical world of the Old Kingdom, in this prequel to Sabriel. Listening: British Folk Music station on Pandora.
Watching: Continuing to enjoy The Heart Doctor on Acorn, and feeling wistful about late summer’s arrival in the natural world when I go on my daily walks.
Lucy: Reading:The Devil and the Heiress by Harper St. George - Violet and Christian’s journey (literally and figuratively) was thrilling to go on, and I appreciate the way St. George wove their relationship
together so as to make their love, their fight, and their reconciliation feel honest to who they were. Listening: To a fun Tik Tok sound by Kathy Ellen Davis that some of you have used in videos this last week! They’re all super cute, and I can’t wait to hear said sound more as it spreads through the
book world! Watching: My cats mess up my rug even though I FINALLY bought rug grip for it…
Nicki: Reading: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, a mesmerizing story that asks us if there really is a difference between "human" and "monster," Radical Vision, a Biography of Lorraine Hansberry by Sonica Diggs Colbert, which shows us a writer whose impact went far beyond the theater, and Beatrix Potter by Linda Lear, because my mother told me she loved it. Listening:Richter: Exiles with the Baltic Sea Philharmonic & Kristjan Jarvi, which is not exactly easy or peaceful to take in. Watching: Nada. Seriously. I turned off the television this week.
SP: Reading: My horoscope, which this week included this sentence: "Your library of self-wisdom always deserves a robust card catalog system." Listening: This is the week for a new Cocaine & Rhinestones podcast episode and since it was all about Tammy Wynette, you really can't go wrong
with her 1968 album Stand By Your Man. Musically, at any rate. Watching: Dazed and Confused (1993). One of those movies I can't not watch and which gets better every time I don't not watch it.
1.Billy Summers Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982173616 2. Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659 3. The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345 4. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474 5. The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead
Books, $27, 9780593329825
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. American Marxism Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972 2. I Alone Can Fix It Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298947 3. Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743 4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 5. This Is Your Mind on Plants Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
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Errol "E.R." Anderson
Julia R. Davis
Janet Geddis
Candice Huber
Doloris Vest
The SIBA Board's "Coffee with the Board" is the third Thursday of every month via Zoom. The next meeting will
be August 19th at 1 pm ET
Booksellers and Other Attendees Orientation:
What is performative allyship?
The Night She Disappeared with Lisa Jewell
Einstein: The Fantastic Journey of a Mouse Through Space and Time with Torben Kuhlmann
Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South with Margaret Renkl
When Ghosts Come Home with Wiley Cash
