• Golden Poppy 2024 Submissions are Open
• $100 Off Banner Promotions for the Month of March!
• Oakland Spring Forum - Sponsorships & Galley Room
• Bookseller Shoutouts
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Resources

CALIBA presents the 2024 Golden Poppy Awards celebrating books written and illustrated by creators who have made California their home.

Books with publication dates between November 1, 2023, and October 31, 2024, are eligible.

• Choose from twelve categories.
• $50 per title, $25 for California-based publishers.

Our booksellers are ready to read!

Sponsorship Opportunities!

Sponsorships help us keep Spring Forum affordable for booksellers and fund bookseller grants to attend. Please help us get as many booksellers to the event as possible.

Sponsorships include your logo on our website and all printed material, acknowledgment at the Forum, one welcome bag insert, eblasts/banner promotions, and rep picks.

Note: Find Galley Table Placement at the bottom of the sponsorship form.

Invites and confirmations have been sent out to publishers for author appearances. Thank you everyone for your thoughtful author submissions.

Click here to check out the schedule!

Call for Authors for Spring Forum: SoCal coming soon!

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

• March: Indie Press Month

• March 1: Deadline for RAMP Summer Catalog submissions

• 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

• Anti-Censorship Resources
• 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 +++

Ann Seaton, Stonyford 415-561-7686 ext. 101