Name: Banned Books Week Book Fair (For Grown-ups)
Start: 2022-09-20T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-09-20T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Frederick Social

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Apr 19

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Apr 19

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We are thrilled to announce that Elna has been selected as one of the 2024 James Patterson Bookstore Bonus recipients!

This bonus recognizes the hard work of booksellers nationwide! Elna chose to use this bonus to help fund our book drive for a local Title I school (the deadline to reach our goal is today)! As a former teacher, she knew she wanted to give back to her local community and share the joy of reading with others.

Join us in congratulating and thanking Elna for her infectious generosity! If you'd like to fund books for our book drive, click the link in our bio.

Don't forget to check out Patterson’s new book, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians.
@jamespattersonbooks

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Apr 18

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Here are the top 20 bestselling books from January—March! Our readers have the best taste!

Books featured:

1. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
2. Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler
3. The Little Frog’s Guide to Self-Care by Maybell Eequay
4. Fly with Me by Andi Burke
5. Trading Places by Emily Duvall
6. Bride by Ali Hazelwood
7. The Women by Kristin Hannah
8. The Scarlet Shedder: Dog Man #12 by Dav Pilkey
9. Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
10. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
11. Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
12. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
13. Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
14. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
15. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
16. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
17. A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
18. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
19. Creative ACT by Rick Rubin
20. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

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Apr 17

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We have exciting news! We will be participating in the Nova Bookstore Crawl Passport Program starting on Indie Bookstore Day!

Visit any participating bookstore on April 27 and receive a Bookstore Crawl Passport at checkout. See how many bookstores you can visit beginning April 27 - May 31. Receive a stamp on your passport at checkout and receive the following prizes at each milestone:

1. Visit 4 Indie Bookstores = Win one ARC (advanced reader copy)
2. Visit 8 Indie Bookstores = Win one ARC and one tote
3. Visit 10 Indie Bookstores = Win one ARC, one tote, & be entered to win the grand prize raffle by turning in your passport with ten stamps to any participating bookstore on or before June 2.

Special thanks to Birch Tree Books and Middleburg Books for organizing and creating this bookstore crawl!

@bardsalley @birchtreebookstore @fontsbooks @hoorayforbooks @middleburg.books
@hundredacrebooks @oldtownbooks
@scrawlbooks @spelledinkshop @openbookwarrenton @onemorepagebooks @wordplaywv

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Apr 16

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New releases are here! Swing by and browse. 📖

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Apr 15

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Help us give 500 books to a local Title I school! We have four more days to reach our goal! We want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has purchased books so far. Currently, we have raised enough funds for 389 books! Help us get 111 more by purchasing one book, five books, ten books, or thirty books (an entire classroom) on our website! We will receive these orders and bring the books to the school on the day of the presentation! Ready to give? Click the link in our bio.

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Apr 6

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Today is the day! Bring your little ones (and their favorite plushie) to Dancing Bear Toys at 11 am for an interactive story time with author/illustrator Ashley Belote! Ashley will read her new picture book Don’t Wash Winston, a heartwarming and funny story about a child who is scared to wash their beloved bear. Following story time, kids will be invited to use our “plushie wash station” and complete a craft. 📖🐻

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

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Apr 5

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What book are you currently reading to escape the real world!? 📖

Also, follow us on TikTok if you don’t already! 💕

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Mar 30

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We now carry Manga! Sam (she/her) and Cydney (she/they) are super excited to share their favorites with you. Swing by and check out our selection!

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Mar 29

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Here are eleven fiction titles we recommend reading for the Trans Rights Readathon! Today is *technically* the last day of the readathon, but we encourage you to continue reading books with trans-rep and by trans authors year-round!

The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. Learn more and find extensive book rec lists here: @transrightsreadathon

Books featured:

📖 Really Cute People by Markus Harwood-Jones

📖 The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

📖 Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly

📖 Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

📖 Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

📖 For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

📖 Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

📖 Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

📖 Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

📖 The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

📖 Bellies by Nicola Dinan

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Mar 29

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Help us give 500 books to a local Title I school!

Adam Rubin (author of Dragons Love Tacos) and Liniers are coming to Frederick on Thursday, May 2!

Adam Rubin and Liniers will visit a local Title I school in Frederick during the day. For most of these students, this event will be their first opportunity to meet phenomenal picture book creators! Receiving a signed copy of their book will make the experience even more memorable…but many students cannot afford to purchase a book.

That is why we would like to give a free signed copy of The Truth About the Couch by Adam Rubin and Liniers to every student who attends their presentation at the Title I school. But we need your help…

Our goal is to give away 500 books purchased by generous individuals and businesses in our community! Can we count on your support? We are committed to funding a portion of books to help reach our goal, and we encourage others to purchase single or multiple copies through our website between now and April 19.

To help us reach our goal, you can purchase one book, five books, ten books, or thirty books (an entire classroom) on our website! We will receive these orders and bring the books to the school the day of the presentation! Ready to give? Click the link in our bio!

Thank you for your support!

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Here are nine nonfiction titles we recommend reading for the Trans Rights Readathon!

The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. Learn more and find extensive book rec lists here: @transrightsreadathon

Books featured:

📖Transgender History by Susan Stryker

📖Whipping Girl by Julia Serano

📖A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson

📖The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

📖Tar Hollow Trans by Stacy Jane Grover

📖The Out Side compiled by The Kao, Min Christensen, and David Daneman

📖Rainbow History Class by Hannah McElhinney

📖Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays

📖Trans Bodies, Trans Selves edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth

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