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COMING SOON!

AUGUST 2023: THE THIRD ANNUAL MARGINS BOOKSELLING MONTH

Celebrating BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, & Neurodiverse Booksellers!

Bookstore or Bookseller? Learn more about getting your store on the map and sign up for bookseller events!

Bookstores sign up here.

Booksellers sign up here.

Map

HAVE YOU EXPLORED THE MAP?

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The interactive #MarginsBookselling map features over 100 bookstores!

Find your local store, plan a road trip, or find a store to support online.

Events

STAY TUNED FOR OUR 2023 LINE-UP!

PAST EVENTS SCHEDULE

October 5, 2022, 5 pm MST/7 pm EST

Bookseller Workshop: The Future of Bookselling
A roundtable discussion with our COO Michelle Malonzo, Christine Bollow (Loyalty Bookstores), Andy Hunter (Bookshop.org), and Angela Maria Spring (Duende District).
RSVP HERE.

October 11, 2022, 4:30 pm MST/6:30 pm EST:

THE FAMILY IZQUIERDO: A reading and conversation with Rubén Degollado & Nneoma Amadi-obi! Hosted by our friend Duende District in partnership with The Word. RSVP HERE.

October 14, 2022, 5:30 pm MST-7:30 pm MST:

Shop at MATTER: 2134 Market Street, Denver, CO
Join writers & creatives from the margins as we gather for inspiration + community. We will spend the first hour hanging out & writing, and the second hour in conversation. Light snacks & beverages will be provided. 

October 18, 2022, 5 pm MST/7 pm EST:

#MarginsBookselling Presents: Lisa Lucas in conversation with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to discuss CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS! A very special event for all BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Disabled, & Neurodiverse indie booksellers! RSVP HERE.

October 19, 2022, 5 pm MST/7 pm EST:
Bookseller Workshop: Novel Model Bookstores: A Blueprint for the Future of Independent Bookselling
A roundtable discussion with Kathy Burnett (Brain Lair Books), BrocheAroe Fabian (River Dog Book Co.) and Candice Huber (Tubby & Coo's)! 
RSVP HERE.

October 26, 2022, 5 pm MST/7 pm EST:

#MarginsBookselling Presents: Nicole Counts in conversation with Camonghne Felix (DYSCALCULIA) and Nicole Cuffy (DANCES) for a pre-publication bookseller event! A very special event for all BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Disabled, & Neurodiverse indie booksellers! RSVP HERE.



Watch this space and follow our socials for more events to come!

 

Joy Ambassadors

JOY AMBASSADORS

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2022 marks the launch of the Joy Ambassador program at The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary during this years #MarginsBookselling Month. 

The Joy Ambassador Program began as a way to honor the joy, abundance, and the multitude of lived realities for marginalized storytellers. Joy Ambassadors are literary artists who help center the joy in stories from these communities, helping to breathe space for that radiance and sense of possibility.

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JASMINE GUILLORY

Jasmine Guillory is a New York Times bestselling author; her novels including The Wedding Date, the Reese's Book Club selection The Proposal, and By The Book. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Bon Appetit, and Time, and she is a frequent book contributor on The Today Show. She lives in Oakland, California.

 

Learn more about Jasmine.  

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LAURA TAYLOR NAMEY

Laura Taylor Namey is the New York Times and international bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, The Library of Lost Things, When We Were Them, and two forthcoming titles entitled A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak and Echo Park. A proud Cuban-American, she can be found hunting for vintage treasures and wishing she was in London or Paris. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two children. This former teacher writes young adult novels featuring quirky teens learning to navigate life and love. She holds a BA in Elementary Education from the University of San Diego and is the winner of the Peggy Miller Award for excellence in young adult fiction.

Learn more about Laura.

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ANGELINE BOULLEY

Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She is a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Angeline lives in southwest Michigan, but her home will always be on Sugar Island. Firekeeper's Daughter is her debut novel.

Learn more about Angeline.

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The Margins Bookstores Journal celebrates our community of #MarginsBookstores. Learn more about your favorite bookstores & keep your travel notes as you explore them. 

Buy the journal through your favorite shop or via Bookshop.org

A portion of the proceeds will directly support participating bookstores. 

THE MARGINS BOOKSTORES JOURNAL

Illustrated by Kah Yangni
Chronicle Books

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MARGINS BOOKSTORES GEAR

Support the #MarginsBookstores every day with
these t-shirts, tote bags, and coffee mugs. 

All purchases will directly support the participating bookstores.

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ABOUT #MARGINSBOOKSELLING

#MarginsBookselling is a celebration of BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Disabled, and Neurodiverse booksellers and their communities. This is a community collaboration coordinated by The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary.

We are excited to showcase approximately 100 booksellers via our map and database that are working to center diverse voices and stories.

A giant thank you to Bridget Watson-Payne, Natalie Butterfield, and the entire team at Chronicle Books for the incredible work that brought together the Margins Bookstores Journal, beautifully illustrated by Kah Yangni.

We thank Kathy Burnette, Founder of Brain Lair Books, Candice Huber, owner of Tubby and Coo’s, Christine Bollow, Programs & Marketing Manager at Loyalty Bookstores, Isis Asare, owner of Sistah SciFi, and The Word board member Deidre Dumpson, for their insight, feedback, and time on the 2022 #MarginsBookselling Planning Committee. 

A message from The Word:

The Word is based in the city of Denver on the homelands of the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe peoples in the area known as Colorado which was traditionally home to at least 48 contemporary indigenous communities, each of which has made innumerable contributions to our region. We recognize that the map in this work has taken its form through genocide, theft, and forced removal. We acknowledge that these lands are unceded and continue to be indigenous lands. We recommend the following resources as a starting point for learning how we may each work to stop perpetuating systems of oppression and erasure:

 

Information about the Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Information about the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

 

National Congress of American Indians

Native Land Digital

The Native Governance Center

LANDBACK Movement

 

Find contemporary and historical native children’s books bibliographies

Members of the Margins Bookselling Planning Committee have made donations to LANDBACK as we acknowledge and support this movement.

We invite you to donate as well here.

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

#MarginsBookselling celebrations would not be possible without our major sponsors:

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A warm, deep thank you to our additional sponsors:

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