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Independent Bookstore Day in NYC
Saturday, May 2, 2015 / #bookstoredaynyc / #bookstoredayThe first EVER! national holiday for indie bookstores is coming on May 2!
Over 20 NYC bookstores will be celebrating their first ever national holiday all day long on Saturday, May 2 with special activities, events, author visits, and lots of fun.
How can you get involved?
- Visit your local bookstore! (duh.)
- Check out what’s going on at NYC stores; see how many you can visit in one day!
- Share pictures, stories, and book stacks with #bookstoredaynyc and #bookstoreday, and we’ll be reposting you from here, all day! And follow us here.
- Finish the day off right by coming out to our official Afterparty.
- Help out and get in touch! We (the coalition of NYC stores!) can be reached at info@bookstoredaynyc.com.
Join us at our Afterparty!
The day will culminate in a celebratory Afterparty at The POWERHOUSE Arena in DUMBO, hosted by Emma Straub (emmastraub), Jami Attenberg (jamiatt), and Angela Flournoy, with sponsors Tumblr, Book Riot (bookriot), & Lit Hub (thelithub), and beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery. Free with RSVP to info@bookstoredaynyc.com.Massive thanks to illustrator & author Brian Floca for generously creating our fantastic #bookstoredaynyc artwork. Posters and postcards will be available in stores soon!
IT’S COMING IT’S COMING!
IT’S COMING IT’S COMING
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My grandmother’s photographs of hippies playing recorder, tambourine, and ribbon dancing in Central Park, NYC, 1967. She was a small-town catholic girl and stalked them for a long time before she figured out they were out of their minds on drugs.
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