At Browsers Bookshop and DoubleTree Olympia
Wednesday, April 10
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Thursday, April 11th
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DoubleTree Olympia Education, authors, and sales rep presentations, at the Doubletree Olympia, including 3 - 4 author podium slots of 10 - 12 minutes each, followed by a social signing period. 9:30 am Open Forum (coffee & pastries sponsored by The New Press) 10:00 am Education Presentation Champion Inclusion in Your Community Bookstores are bastions of intellectual freedom and inclusion. Yet our communities are facing an unprecedented spike in censorship attempts. What can bookstores do to support the titles, authors, and readers under attack? How can we take action and build coalitions that protect the freedom to read? Explore powerful ideas and practical strategies shared by Dr. Audrey Barbakoff, a nationally recognized intellectual freedom activist, librarian, and author of an #ownvoices picture book. 11:00 am Author Keynotes Meredith Adamo, Jessica Shattuck, Renée Watson and Suzy Vitello. Suzy Vitello will be joined in conversation by Sibylline Press publisher Vicki DeArmon for "Women’s Voices Over 50.” Women of a certain age are often not seen in the publishing industry, their manuscripts going unpublished and their books unread. Come hear how we’re all making inroads together in publishing and selling these books and how the model for doing it rests in collaboration—the specialty of women. 12:00 pm Book Signings |