Indie Bookstore Day Returns Sat 4/26!
Indie Bookstore Day Festivities
Happy Spring, book peeps! We’re so excited that Indie Bookstore Day (IBD) is almost here! This is the biggest book community celebration of the year, with over 1400 indie bookstores participating across the country, including yours truly!
It’s our “Bookapalooza,” with specials running all week, exclusive IBD goodies and the Libro.fm Golden Ticket Scavenger Hunt on Saturday 4/26, our 1% for the Good giveback campaign, and plenty of bookish fun.
INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY + BOOKSTORE SPIRIT WEEK
Thursday 4/24, 12pm to 8pm -
LIBRARY APPRECIATION DAY
show off your library card...
Friday 4/25, 12pm to 9pm -
BCB SPIRIT DAY + FOURTH FRIDAYS
sport your fave BCB gear...
Saturday 4/26, 12pm to 8pm -
INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY + LIBRO.FM GOLDEN TICKET SCAVENGER HUNT
tell us about your fave audiobook...
Sunday 4/27, 12pm to 5pm -
BOOK BAG DAY
show off your bookish tote...
+ get an extra 5% off at BCB Retro Row!
Don’t forget to shop the Libro.fm Bookshop Appreciation Sale and visit our Bookshop.org partner page - every purchase supports Bel Canto Books and bookstores across the country!
We hope to see you in the stores, online, and out in the community, enjoying all the fun and making memories with your friends, family, and neighbors. Follow along on Instagram and learn more here.
Book Clubs Galore
Book clubs are free to join and attend. We greatly appreciate your support of our work and our featured authors and encourage you to buy from our stores, Bookshop.org, Libro.fm, and/or request books from your local library.
We now have eight (8!!!) book clubs to choose from:
Bel Canto-run book clubs:
Burning Issues Book Club - meets virtually on the last Sunday of every month at 12pm PT; focuses on environmental and social justice
Bel Canto Book Club - meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 6:30pm at Union LB; focuses on our theme of the month
Graphic Novel Book Club - meets virtually on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 10am PT; focuses on graphic novels and memoirs
Community-run book clubs:
Algalita Book Club - meets at the Algalita offices; focuses on sustainability and environmental justice
Movies N’ Books Club - meets at the Art Theatre of Long Beach; focuses on book-to-movie adaptations
Queer Book Club - meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 7pm at BCB Retro Row; focuses on books by and about the queer community
The Conscious Tea Book Club - meets monthly at KUBO LB; an Asian affinity book club focused on political education, intersectionality and awareness amongst the Asian community
TIMPLA Cookbook Club - meets quarterly at KUBO LB; a book club and potluck focused on cooking, culture, and community-building
Learn more about our book clubs and kindly RSVP here.
Jho’s Book of the Month
The bestselling book, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES, by Peter Wohlleben has been transformed into a gorgeous and engrossing graphic novel by co-author Fred Bernard and illustrator Benjamin Flao. We read and discussed the book in our Graphic Novel Book Club this month, and I was blown away by the artistry, readability, and storytelling of this amazing collaboration. I pored over Flao’s absolutely stunning watercolor illustrations and learned way more about evapotranspiration, mycelium networks, and the grandeur and complexity of primary forests than I ever learned in high school Biology class. This coffee table sized graphic novel is a great gift for yourself and all your nerdy, nature- and art-loving friends and family!
I can’t wait!