Ronald Rice

Local children's author and Nicola's Books customer, Nancy Shaw will be in the store to discuss her contribution to the new book, My Bookstore. In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers, 84 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes.

She will also be discussing her new children's book, Elena's Story.

Location: Street: 2513 Jackson Ave City: Ann Arbor, Province: Michigan Postal Code: 48103-3818 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Please join us as we are launching our activities for "Small Business Saturday" with writer Michael Tisserand signing My bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop. Tisserand penned the chapter in the book featuring Octavia Books.

In My bookstore, you’ll read some of our greatest authors’ stories about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. The relationship between a writer and his or her local store and staff can last for years or even decades. Often it’s the author’s local store that supported him during the early days of his career, that continues to introduce and hand-sell her work to new readers, and that serves as the anchor for the community in which he lives and works.

My bookstore collects the essays, stories, odes, and words of gratitude and praise for stores across the country in 80 pieces written by our most beloved authors. It’s a joyful, celebration of our brick-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops. Octavia Books will donate a portion of sales to Stay Local New Orleans. And, all day long, we will be celebrating "Small Business Saturday" and "Thanks for Shopping Indie" week with special offers and activities.

Location: Street: 513 Octavia St City: New Orleans, Province: Louisiana Postal Code: 70115-2055 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

In My bookstore our greatest authors write about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. The relationship between a writer and his or her local store and staff can last for years or even decades. Often it's the author's local store that supported him during the early days of his career, that continues to introduce and hand-sell her work to new readers, and that serves as the anchor for the community in which he lives and works.

My bookstore collects the essays, stories, odes and words of gratitude and praise for stores across the country in 76 pieces written by our most beloved authors. It's a joyful, industry-wide celebration of our bricks-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops.

Carrie Ryan, author of The Dead -Tossed Waves and The Forest of Hands and Teeth contributes her story feautring us, Park Road Books, as one of her favorite bookstores.

Location: Street: 4139 Park Road Additional: Park Road Shopping Center City: Charlotte, Province: North Carolina Postal Code: 28209-2229 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Join us as we celebrate the release of My bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop. We'll have an all day celebration complete with treats and prizes. Thanks Katrina Kittle for her wonderful essay about Saturn Booksellers, which is included in My bookstore.

Location: Street: 133 W Main Sreet City: Gaylord, Province: Michigan Postal Code: 49735-1345 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Join us as Jon Clinch, author of Finn, Kings of the earth, and the forthcoming The Thief of Auschwitz, celebrates the Northshire with his contribution to My bookstore; a collection of essays featuring 75 authors paying enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous tribute to their favorite bookstores and booksellers.

The relationship between a writer and his or her local store and staff can last for years or even decades. Often it's the author's local store that supported him during the early days of his career, that continues to introduce and hand-sell her work to new readers, and that serves as the anchor for the community in which he lives and works."My bookstore "collects the essays, stories, odes and words of gratitude and praise for stores across the country in 76 pieces written by our most beloved authors. It's a joyful, industry-wide celebration of our bricks-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops.

Location: Street: 4869 Main St Additional: City: Manchester Center, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05255 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

We were thrilled when we found out Bainbridge Island author Jonathan Evison was going to write about us in My bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read and Shop. And now that the book is coming out, we want to have a party to celebrate -- not just our bookstore, but classic indie bookstores everywhere, and all the other local businesses that make our Island such a close-knit community. We are inviting you to join us, and Jonathan Evison, in a community potluck at our store to celebrate the best of Bainbridge! Details will follow soon!

Location: Street: 157 Winslow Way E. City: Bainbridge Island, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98110 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Atkinson, D.C.-based author of Day of Battle, An Army at Dawn, and other works, is one of seventy-six contributors to this anthology of essays, odes, and tributes to the special relationship between writers and their local bookstores. Edited by Ronald Rice, a publishing industry veteran, this collection is a heartfelt celebration of the vital joys of browsing, perusing, and community spirit unique to independent bookshops.

Street: 5015 Connecticut Ave NW City: Washington, Province: District Of Columbia Postal Code: 20008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

My bookstore EVENT

Is this exciting, or what? When asked to write about the bookstore he loves, author Luis Alberto Urrea described Anderson’s! Now we are so pleased to feature the book, My bookstore, a compilation of bookstore love letters by the nation’s great writers. Come celebrate with Mr. Urrea and our community! TUESDAY, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville

Location: Street: Anderson's Bookshop Naperville Additional: 123 W Jefferson Ave City: Naperville, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60540 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

We're in a book and we're throwing a party!

My bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop is anenthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers in which 76 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes.

We are completely honored to be included in the book, with an essay written about Maria's Bookshop by author Kate Niles, who makes her home here in Durango.

In the book our greatest authors write about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. The relationship between a writer and his or her local store and staff can last for years or even decades. Often it's the author's local store that supported him during the early days of his career, that continues to introduce and hand-sell her work to new readers, and that serves as the anchor for the community in which he lives and works. My bookstore collects the essays, stories, odes and words of gratitude and praise for stores across the country in 76 pieces written by our most beloved authors. It's a joyful, industry-wide celebration of our bricks-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops. Perfectly charming line drawings by Leif Parsons illustrate each storefront and other distinguishing features of the shops.

Local novelist and poet Kate Niles has written a charming ode to Maria's for the book, and she'll read it here for the release party. We'd love to have you bring your own brief essay to share, too!

Location: Street: Maria's Bookshop Additional: 960 Main Ave City: Durango, Province: Colorado Postal Code: 81301-5122 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Square Books will celebrate reading, books and local authors by hosting the event READ THIS, BEGINNINGS & ENDS at My bookstore on November 12. The event features the three books listed below and will be attended by Oxford writers as well as other literary figures in the community.

READ THIS is a book that offers lists of favorites that have flown under the radar, but off of bookstore shelves. First published on Hans Weyandt's blog for Micawber's Books, each list includes a bookseller's top fifty books, anecdotes, and interviews about the life of being a bookseller, reader, and engaged citizen. All proceeds will go to American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE). There will be a discussion by Square Books' Owner Richard Howorth, General Manager Lyn Roberts, and Buyer Cody Morrison who are all featured in the book with lists of their handpicked favorite books.

BEGINNINGS & ENDS is a collection of the best opening and closing lines from the novels, short stories, memoirs and personal essays of contemporary Oxford writers. Authors featured include Richard Ford, John Grisham, Larry Brown, Barry Hannah, Willie Morris and Tom Franklin. Editor Ron Borne, along with selected writers featured in the book, will be in attendance to read, answer questions and sign copies.

My bookstore collects the essays, stories, odes and words of gratitude and praise for indie bookstores across the country in 84 pieces written by our most beloved authors. It's a joyful, industry-wide celebration of our bricks-and-mortar stores and a clarion call to readers everywhere at a time when the value and importance of these stores should be shouted from the rooftops. Perfectly charming line drawings by Leif Parsons illustrate each storefront and other distinguishing features of the shops. Jack Pendarvis, who writes about his favorite bookstore, Square Books, will be in attendance to answer questions, make people laugh and sign copies.

Location: Street: 160 Courthouse Sq City: Oxford, Province: Mississippi Postal Code: 38655-3914 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)