• Meet RAMP!
• *TODAY* RAMP 101 Session with Suzanne Shoger 2/22 at 11AM
• Sign up by March 15 for your FREE summer catalogs!
• Spring Forum Oakland - Register Now!
• Tentative Schedule
• USA Today Books Page
• Golden Poppy Awards
• Request winner bookmarks for your store
• Join a Golden Poppy Committee!
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Bookseller Resources

Featuring opening speakers: Caro de Robertis and Justinian Huang!

We are confirming authors, and we are building education sessions. Take a look at the schedule so far. Registration is open!

Online registration closes on March 22. We welcome registration at the door.

Need a hotel room? Book by March 14th to secure CALIBA's discounted rate. 

Scholarships available.

Sistah Scifi was featured on USA Today! Will your store be next?

Every week, USA Today spotlights an independent bookstore on the USA Today Books page! For an opportunity to be featured, ABA member bookstores can fill out this google form and pitch your bookstore to USA Today.

The Golden Poppy Book Awards recognize the most distinguished books written by writers and artists who make California their home.

2024 Committee members needed!

• Select your preferred genre,
• Receive books to review, and
• Connect with others on your committee to determine the best five titles for the Golden Poppy Award Ballot. 

Find everything you need to celebrate the 2023 Golden Poppy Winners.

Download shelf talkers and posters.

Request bookmarks.

Golden Poppy Resources: digital toolkit, lists, and awards ceremony

Happy one year anniversary, Octavia's Bookshelf!!

Malik Books - History Comes Alive at Westfield Culver City celebrating Black History Month all month. Check it out!

On February 24th, Sistah Scifi is hosting a day full of inspiration and exploration into Afrofuturism at Chabot Space and Science Center.

Please be sure and @ us so that we can feature your social media in our newsletter!

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• February: Black History Month

• *TODAY* February 22: 11AM - RAMP 101 with Suzanne Shoger

• March: Indie Press Month

• March 13: Deadline to nominate a bookseller for the James Patterson Bookseller Bonus Program

• March 31: Last day to sign up for Independent Bookstore Day general participation

• April 3: Oakland Spring Forum

• May (date tba): Spring Forum SoCal

• Sept. 17 & 18: Fall Trade Show - Pasadena Hilton

Click herefor the Los Angeles Times & Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

Click herefor the San Francisco Chronicle & Northern California Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

• Reading Group Choices for Sale
• Childrens Book Specialist - Book Passage, Corte Madera
• Calling all LA Bookstores and Pop-Ups! - Bookstore Crawl 2024

• Join the CALIBA Edelweis Community - Email Valentina
• Golden Poppy Awards 2023 Resources: digital toolkit, finalist and winners lists, and awards ceremony
• The Brown Bookshelf
• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Binc Foundation's Mental Health Program
• Panorama Picks - Books in Demand at US Libraries

Click here for a complete list.

Support CALIBA

Publishers support CALIBA when bookstores participate.

Bookstore Participation = Publisher Sponsorship = CALIBA = Bookstore Education, Advocacy, Networking +++

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