Thirty authors and creators have rallied to show their commitment to bookstores and comic shops across the country. Their support is launching Binc’s year-end campaign, “I Stand with Book and Comic Stores.” The campaign kicked off with a generous $15,000 matching gift from Penguin Random House. All gifts will be matched up to a total of $15,000. Binc supporters will get an audiobook of their choice from Libro.fm. This offer is available until Dec. 31, 2024. 

To donate and have your donation matched for greater impact, click here.

November: Native American Heritage Month

November 25: 2024 Golden Poppy Awards Finalists Announcement

November 28: CALIBA Office Closed in Observance of Thanksgiving

November 29: Plaid Friday

November 30:Indies First on Small Business Saturday

December 2: Celebrate Cider Monday

December 3: Giving Tuesday

December 3: Golden Poppy x Shelf Awareness Finalists Emails Sent Out

December 24: Celebrate Jólabókaflóð

December 25: Christmas

December 25-January 2: Hannukah

December 26-January 1: Kwanzaa 

January 1: New Years

January 5-15: 2024 Golden Poppy Awards Voting Period

January 30: 2024 Golden Poppy Awards Winners Announcement and Virtual Party

Celebrating some bookstore milestones:

1 - Casita Bookstore, in Long Beach, is celebrating their 2nd birthday all month long, from Nov. 16th-Dec. 5th!🥳

2 - Sonoma Readers’ Books, in Napa, is celebrating their 33rd year on Small Business Saturday, 11/30, with giveaways and special prizes.🎂

3 - Vroman’s Bookstore, in Pasadena, will be celebrating their 130th anniversary(!!) on Saturday, Nov. 23rd.🎉

4 - Copperfield’s Books Petaluma is recognizing their Children’s Specialist, Patty Norman’s local non-profit, the Bookstormer Foundation, on their 5th anniversary.💐

5 - East Bay Booksellers, in Oakland, giving a walk through of their new temporary space, opening on 11/30.🤞

6 - A Great Good Place for Books, in Oakland, is showing off their holiday spirit and celebrating their 19th anniversary with their festive window display.

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7 - Napa Bookmine featured in Shelf Awareness highlighting their booksellers: "Booksellers are magic and our crew is ready for a great holiday season!"

8 - libros con alma, in Los Angeles, showing off their amiguis book club.

9 - PostalWorks Silver Lake is counting down to Thanksgiving and providing cookbook inspiration for holiday menus.

10 - River House Books, in Carmel, is prepping for cozy season with a “‘tis the season to get cozy” table display. 

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Open Minded

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Hannah

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The Witches of El Paso

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Valentina

Operations Manager

A Master of Djinn

P. Djèlí Clark

9781250267689

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