Winter Institute 2023

Affinity Group Pop-up Space

Thursday, February 23, 2023 9:00 AM to 5:15 PM EST
203, Level 2, Seattle Convention Center

While you will find individual Affinity Group spaces at the Sheraton for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Disability, and Neurodiverse communities, this room at the Seattle Convention Center will be open to all Affinity Groups during the event.

Affinity Group Pop-up Space

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 8:45 AM to 4:45 PM EST
203, Level 2, Seattle Convention Center

While you will find individual Affinity Group spaces at the Sheraton for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Disability, and Neurodiverse communities, this room at the Seattle Convention Center will be open to all Affinity Groups during the event.

Affinity Group Pop-up Space

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
203, Level 2, Seattle Convention Center

While you will find individual Affinity Group spaces at the Sheraton for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Disability, and Neurodiverse communities, this room at the Seattle Convention Center will be open to all Affinity Groups during the event.

Celebrate Romance After Party

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM EST
Cirrus, Level 35, Sheraton Grand Seattle

Join Harlequin Trade Publishing’s launch of Canary Street Press, the new romance-forward imprint. Featuring authors Adriana Herrera, Susan Mallery, Taj McCoy and Synithia Williams, swag, ARCs, and an Ice Cream Sundae Bar! Feb. 21, 2023, in the Cirrus ballroom, starting at 8:30pm.

Best Practices for Efficient Operations (Bookseller Panel)

Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:10 PM to 4:10 PM EST
602-604, Level 6, Seattle Convention Center

Join a panel of booksellers as they discuss ways that they have become more efficient in basic bookstore operations. The panel will review how to organize invoices for efficiency, provide samples of easy-to-use forms to streamlined processes, discuss how to communicate with staff around new operations procedures, and more. Come to the session to listen and also share your own best practices.

 

Speakers: Luis Correa, Avid Bookshop (Athens, Georgia); Emma Nichols, Norwich Bookstore (Norwich, Vermont); Lauren Nopenz Fairley, Curious Iguana (Frederick, Maryland); Darryl Peck, Righton Books (St Simons Island, Georgia)

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