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Sign up for Margins Bookselling Month!

  • Aug 31, 2022
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Updated: Sep 6, 2022



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

It's that time of year again!


Our second annual #MarginsBookselling Month, a celebration of bookstores and booksellers from the margins, is well underway and we invite you to participate in this year's celebration. The main festivities will take place in October but we've planned events all year round to celebrate YOU!


In 2022, we’ve already:

-- Created the monthly Margins Bookselling Newsletter, an industry newsletter where we take center stage

-- Hosted exclusive bookseller pre-pub events and

-- We're planning even more workshops, opportunities to build community, and more!


During our inaugural year in 2021, we created

-- a beautiful map (https://findmarginsbookstores.thewordfordiversity.org/) to uplift bookstores and for readers to discover bookstores in their area they might not have been aware of before,

-- a journal published by Chronicle Books with details about the participating stores,

-- Libro.fm gave away free audiobook subscriptions,

-- we hosted virtual events with authors like Michelle Zauner, Mariame Kaba, and R.O. Kwon,

-- created the #MarginsChoice Award,

-- and spotlighted participating stores on our social media as did like Reese’s Book Club and Bookshop.org.




If you are a bookseller who would like to participate, please fill out this form.


If you are a bookstore owner or manager who would like to participate, please fill out this form.

 
 
 

20 Comments


Michael Jom
3 days ago

Para los lectores interesados en los sorteos, consultar los resultados de la noche puede ser una tarea rápida. Nueva york noche permite buscar información sobre los números publicados y conocer los resultados de cada jornada.

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Check-visa
Aug 09

The creation of a dedicated monthly Margins Bookselling Newsletter that puts independent and marginalized booksellers at the center is a genuinely smart and necessary step. It finally gives the industry a consistent platform to hear directly from the people who are usually overlooked.

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Jesuslara2004
Jul 21

#Margins Bookselling Month is a great initiative that supports diverse booksellers, independent bookstores, and inclusive communities through events, workshops, and collaborations. It encourages readers to discover new voices while helping local bookstores grow and connect with more people. In the food industry, capsicum oleoresin is widely used to provide consistent color, flavor, and natural heat in sauces, seasonings, snacks, and many processed food products.

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Chenlee1122
Jul 20

#MarginsBookselling Month is a wonderful initiative that celebrates diversity in bookselling and brings readers, authors, and independent bookstores together. Events like these help promote inclusion, strengthen communities, and encourage people to discover new voices and stories. After enjoying a good book, many people like to relax with a refreshing Strawberry milk drink, making reading time even more enjoyable.

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Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Jul 09

Excelente iniciativa que celebra la diversidad y da visibilidad a librerías y libreros de diferentes comunidades. Es inspirador ver cómo este proyecto fomenta la inclusión, la representación y el amor por la lectura. Mientras leía este interesante artículo, también consulté la lotería de hoy. Gracias por impulsar espacios tan valiosos para todos.

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