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Last Call to Submit Proposal for an Event With Jason Reynolds in 2019
American Booksellers Association member stores that signed up to participate in the “Indie Bookstores Give Back on Small Business Saturday” campaign (#IndiesGiveBack) received an e-mail on Wednesday, November 7, inviting them to submit an event proposal for author Jason Reynolds to visit their community this spring.
Through the #IndiesGiveBack campaign, booksellers donated special-edition copies of Reynolds’ Ghost to young readers in underserved communities on or around Small Business Saturday, November 24.
Booksellers who signed up to participate should look for an e-mail from ABA with the subject line “Submit Your Proposal for a Visit From Jason Reynolds!” Included in the e-mail is a form that booksellers can fill out to submit a proposal for Reynolds to visit their community in spring 2019 for an event with Title I students as well as a second open-to-the-public event.
The deadline to submit is Monday, December 10.
Award-winning author Reynolds served as the 2018 Indies First spokesperson, and to support his mission of providing children in low-income communities with access to books that reflect their own experiences, the American Booksellers Association and American Express worked together with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing to make available 20,000 special edition copies of Ghost, the first book in Reynolds’ New York Times bestselling Track series, this holiday season.