Events

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation and Publishers Weekly are sponsoring a number of additional scholarships to send booksellers to the 2019 Children’s Institute in Pittsburgh.

Booksellers and publishers attending Children’s Institute 2019 in Pittsburgh this June may now register for half-day and full-day bookstore tours.

The fifth annual event will be celebrated at more than 575 participating independent bookstores across the country on Saturday, April 27.

This year’s map will encourage customers to post pictures of themselves in a featured bookstore.

Denise Chávez, owner of Casa Camino Real Book Store and Art Gallery, has been distributing books to refugees in her hometown of Las Cruces; more than 2,500 books were collected through the book drive. 

The American Booksellers Association’s seventh ABC Children’s Institute will be held June 26–28 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh–Green Tree in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

More than 1,000 indie bookstores, schools, and libraries are participating in the 100th annual celebration, taking place from April 29 to May 5, 2019.

Following the “Indie Bookstores Give Back on Small Business Saturday” campaign, more than 80 participating stores submitted proposals for an opportunity to win an event with the bestselling author.