04.10.25 CALIBA Bookseller News & Information

April 10, 2025

in Bookseller Newsletter,

CALIBA Del Mar Spring Forum: May 7, 2025 - Registration Open!

IN THIS ISSUE

CALIBA Office:

*NOMINATIONS CLOSE TUESDAY* CALIBA Board of Directors

CALIBA Programs:

*AUTHOR PANELISTS* Del Mar Spring Forum

CALIBA Mentorship Program

Industry News:

Warwick's featured in Shelf Awareness

Fireside RWC featured in Scot Scoop

Golden Poppy Awards featured in Binc's newsletter

The Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award Winner Announced

*THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING* the Oakland Spring Forum

Resources:

Supporting Trans, Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming Staff and Community - SIBA Discussion

Participate in Your Democracy with 5 Calls

A Message form the ABA: Overview of the 2025 Tariffs

*16 DAYS UNTIL* Independent Bookstore Day

Banned Books Week: October 5-11, 2025

Bay City News Partnership

Grants & Scholarships:

BINC: The Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Scholarship

SCBWI Impact and Legacy Fund Independent Bookstore Grant

2025 Diverse Voices Fellowship Opportunity

Books Across Borders Fellowship

Marketing Assets:

2025 Summer Reading Guide

Independent Bookstore Day

Children's Book Week

Libro.fm Marketing

Bookshop.org for Bookstores

Dates and Deadlines

Bookseller Shoutouts

Bestseller Lists

Classifieds

CALIBA Currently Reading

Bookseller Resources

NEW MEMBER CORNER

Welcome to CALIBA, On Waverly!

Owners: Cynthia and Jennifer Huie

Establisted: December 2023

About Our New Member: On Waverly is an Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) centered shop and creative space located in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown. Founded in 2023 by sisters Cynthia and Jennifer Huie, On Waverly is dedicated to showcasing the incredible talents of AAPI artists, authors, and makers. Our passion lies in curating a diverse collection of unique products and hosting engaging events that inspire and spark meaningful conversations.

LA WILDFIRES UPDATE

The fires are contained, but the work to rebuild continues. We will continue to update the LA Wildfires Mutual Aid Google document to share ways that you can support bookstores affected by the fires. You can find this document plus resources for booksellers affected by the fire on the CALIBA LA Fires Resource page.

CALIBA STAFF

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Alecia Reddick

Supporting Staff

alecia@caliballiance.org

JOIN CALIBA'S DISCORD!

Email Valentina to join.

Current CALIBA bookseller membership required.

*13 SEATS REMAINING*

FOR PBS' BOOKSTORE FINANCES COURSE

Bookstore Finances

Registration is open!

Course begins: Monday, April 14th

Tuition: $400

Discount code: CALIBAbf

CALIBA will reimburse booksellers for completion and certification of each live course. For those auditing courses, 1/2 of the cost will be reimbursed with proof of attendance.

Little Free Library - Friendly Bookseller

BECOME A PARTICIPATING BOOKSTORE WITH LITTLE FREE LIBRARY

Tap into Little Free Library's book-loving network by becoming a participating bookstore!

Email Lexie Neeley to get involved!

CALIBA OFFICE

CALIBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS: NOMINATIONS CLOSE TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH

CALIBA’s Board of Directors invites you to join the dynamic team that helps steer the organization to best serve our indie bookselling community.

If you are interested in nominating yourself or another bookseller, email Recruiting Committee Chair, Mark O’Neal.

Nominations to the board will close on April 15th. Ballots will be sent to bookstore principal members on May 1st and voting will close on May 15th.

CALIBA PROGRAMS

CALIBA Spring Forum - Del Mar, May 7, 2025.

DEL MAR SPRING FORUM: AUTHOR PANELISTS

CALIBA is meeting at Hilton Garden Inn (Del Mar) for a day of lively conversation, education, rep picks, and networking on Wednesday, May 7th.

AUTHOR PANELISTS

Del Mar Spring Forum Keynote Speakers: Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz

Keynote Breakfast Featuring Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz

Join us for the kick off event featuring best-selling authors Charlie Jane Anders (Lessons in Magic and Disaster) and Annalee Newitz (Automatic Noodle) as they celebrate their new titles.

Author Panel: Down the Rabbit Hole

A darkly-fun panel featuring Olivie Blake, author of Girl Dinner; Kashana Cauley, author of The Payback;

Mona Awad, author of We Love You, Bunny; and moderator, Julie Slavinsky (Warwick's, San Diego).

The Book Business: Then and Now

A look at the Book Industry's past and how to change our futures. Presented by two industry veterans: Vicki DeArmon (Sibylline Press) and Alison Reid (Camino Books, Del Mar). The session is both educational and a celebration of Vicki's new memoir Foghorn: The Nearly True Story of a Small. Publishing Empire.

Author "Speed Dating"

Aisha Muharrar, author of Loved One
J. Penner, author of A Fellowship of Bakers
Dana Elmendorf, author of Grave Birds
G. T. Karber, author of Murdle Jr.: Sleuths on the Loose
Muon Thi Van, author of You Make the World
Philip Fracassi, author of The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre
Bridget Crocker, author of The River's Daughter
Alex Killian, author of In-Between Places

Author Reception/Meet the Authors

Gerardo Iván Morales representing D. Esperanza, author of Detained: A Boy's Journal of Survival and Resilience
Suzanne Enoch, author of A Duke Never Tells
Susie Ghahremani, author of Rosemary Long Ears
Michelle Huneven, author of Bug Hollow
Jennifer Safrey, author of After Happily Ever
Paul Bradley Carr, author of The Confessions

FULL EVENT AGENDA

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MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

The CALIBA Office will be pairing booksellers interested in learning from each other to help their businesses thrive. Click here for more info.

INDUSTRY NEWS

🎉 Booksellers, tell us what you’re doing for Independent Bookstore Day. Share your plans with Hannah.

Warwick's, La Jolla, Calif., hosted the launch event for Cindy Jenson-Elliott's "The Doomsday Detectives," illustrated by Theo Nicole Lorenz (Tu Books/Lee & Low).

The Doomsday Detectives at Warwick's (Shelf Awareness)

New Indie bookstore Fireside Books & More opens in Redwood City (Scot Scoop: Carlmont High School's Student News Site)

Golden Poppy Awards Showcase Peer-to-Peer Fundraising for Binc (Binc Foundation Newsletter)

THE ANNA DEWDNEY READ-TOGETHER AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED

My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Startling Lyons and Illustrated by Tonya Engel (Reycraft Books) is the winner of the ninth annual Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OAKLAND SPRING FORUM!

Thank you to all the booksellers, authors, and sales reps that attended the Oakland Spring Forum last Tuesday, April 1st.

We hope you all had a great time learning and hanging out with each other for a day of camaraderie at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center!

We’ve gathered some stats for all of the participants.

🌸 108 Booksellers from 43 Bookstores

🌸 19 Authors from 14 Publishers

🌸 17 Sales Reps

Booksellers, visit our website to see more photos, access our evaluation survey (this will help us improve future events) and apply for travel reimbursements.

OAKLAND SPRING FORUM EVENT RECAP

RESOURCES

SUPPORTING TRANS, NONBINARY, INTERSEX AND GENDER-NONCONFORMING STAFF AND COMMUNITY

SIBA will be hosting a discussion on Wednesday, April 23rd at 9am PDT. Click here to register for the zoom event.

Click here to submit topics to the panel.

PARTICIPATE IN YOUR DEMOCRACY!

Call your representatives. Let them know what you expect them to do for you. It only

takes 5 minutes with 5 Calls.

Click here for more details.

A MESSAGE FROM THE ABA: OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 TARIFFS

Update: On Wednesday, April 9, the Trump administration announced that they would be pausing tariffs on most countries, but increase tariffs on goods from China to 125%, according to media reports.

Click here to read the full article.

16 DAYS UNTIL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY: ABA REMINDERS

From the ABA:

"The Indie Bookstore Day Map is Live!

Customers can now find all participating Indie Bookstore Day stores on the IndieBound Indie Bookstore Day Map. The webpage also features the bookstore crawls and passport programs that have been shared with us.

Submit Your Store Events!

There’s still time to submit your store’s Indie Bookstore Day plans to appear on our How Bookstores Are Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day 2025 list.

This list is updated weekly and will be shared with press who contact us about Independent Bookstore Day plans."

BANNED BOOKS WEEK: October 5-11, 2025

Sign up now to receive a free Banned Books Week kit from the American Booksellers Association! Banned Books Week kits are sent annually to participating stores and include materials to decorate your store and educate customers about the freedom to read. Supplies are limited and will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis only for ABA member stores.

The deadline to request a kit is April 30th

Find details and sign up now!

BAY CITY NEWS PARTNERSHIP: POTENTIALLY REACH 8 MILLION RESIDENTS

Bay City News is reimagining its new book beat through partnerships with booksellers, libraries, author groups and publishers.

Share your events, ideas and contributions with the newsroom to get into their newsletter. Feel free to send them your newsletters!

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

The Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize: A $12,500 prize for booksellers and comic retailers to pursue your current book-length writing project. Apply Now

SCBWI Impact and Legacy Fund Independent Bookstore Grant: SCBWI is providing three independent bookstores from around the globe with a $1,000 grant to host a public program or bookstore event featuring a children's book author or illustrator. Applications open on May 15 and close on July 15. Click here for more grant details.

2025 Diverse Voices Fellowship Opportunity: CABS-Minnesota is committed to diversity in the used and rare bookselling profession and is currently seeking applications for its 2025 Diverse Voices Fellowship. Click here for more details and how to apply.

Books Across Borders Fellowship: Apply now to attend an International Book Fair! The booksellers selected will be treated to customized itineraries at their fairs, including specially developed panels, meetings, and receptions with publishers, authors, booksellers, and more. There are six potential fairs!