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Indie Bookstore Day 2020

8/26/2020

This year's Indie Bookstore Day was postponed from April & we've been waiting patiently to celebrate with you! We hope you'll join us this Saturday, August 29th to show your love for indie bookstores, as we show our love for you. We have a lot of really cool giveaways, special events from the official IBD event planners, and a special virtual event with our owner, Mary. Keep reading to see how awesome your weekend is about to get!

The second giveaway you should be aware of is for an Indie Bookstore Day tote bag. We have 3 of them to give away to the first 3 customers who spend $50 or with with us on Saturday, August 29th. The winner will be announced on Monday, August 31st.

Make your purchase online, via email, or over the phone from 9am to 5:30pm. You don't have to be able to pick this one up, we will ship it with your order, if you need your books shipped!

This year, we are offering several giveaways. You can enter this one for a tote bag full of goodies by making ANY purchase from us on Sat. August 29th from 9am to 5:30pm. This goodie bag must be picked up by the winner; we cannot ship.

You can win Edgar Allan Poe enamel pins, a Little Engine That Could t-shirt, a Banned Books heat-reactive mug, a Bookstore Day candle, buttons & bookstore swag--all packed away into a commemorative bag!

Finally, the Grand Prize Giveaway of 2020's Indie Bookstore Day. You can enter by spending $30 or more with us online, over the phone, or via email this Saturday from 9am to 11:59pm. The winner will be announced on Monday, August 31st.

If you win, you will get a $40 gift card to Foggy Pine Books & a private, in-store shopping experience! This shopping appointment is good for up to 3 people for up to an hour & a half, masks are required, and the appointment must be made before the end of 2020.

Want to spend less with a chance to win big? Then the Raffle is perfect for you. Buy a raffle ticket for $5 & you will be entered to win 1 of 2 private, in-person shopping experiences. The winner will be announced on Monday, August 31st.

This shopping appointment is good for up to 3 people for up to an hour & a half, masks are required, and the appointment must be made before the end of 2020.

You can buy your ticket online here, over the phone, or via email.

Giveaways & raffles aren't the only special things we have going on this year! We also have some EXCLUSIVE Indie Bookstore Day items for you to snag!

We have:
(2) Shuri Poster Signed by Nic Stone ($5.99)
(2) copies of Space Bandits ($26.99)
(5) Supa Capes ($10.99 & free DOAAFK swag bag w/ purchase)
(5) Bookstore Day Frostbeard Studio Candles ($11)

The double-sided Supa Capes say #DoGood on one side and Reading Makes You A Superhero on the other. You will get a free Diary of a Friendly, Awesome Kid swag bag with your purchase of a Supa Cape for $10.99.

Do you just want something free? We have "Reader Born & Raised" stickers available for anyone who wants one, all day long on Saturday! We also have 5 reader's journals, Read for Joy by Katherine Center, that we will be giving out for free to the first 5 people who make a purchase with us! We also have Foggy Pine Books bookmarks that we'll be giving away, as well, to anyone who asks.

Foggy Pine Events

Join us via FB Live while Mary reads Watty Piper's classic children's book, The Little Engine That Could. The storytime begins at 3pm ET and we can't wait to "see" you there!

We will be giving away a Little Engine That Could shirt to one of the storytime attendees! All you have to do to win is be there until the end of the storytime!

We are still meeting virtually for our August Book Club so come and join us online for a lively discussion of A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow. If you haven't finished it (or didn't like it) we still want to hear from you! We are meeting here @ 7:30pm and we hope to "see" you there!

WEATHER PERMITTING we will be continuing our (very new) tradition of Saturday tent sales! From 12:30pm to 5:30pm we will have tables of used & new books out in front of the store for you to browse through. Masks and social distancing are REQUIRED--we cannot provide masks so please bring your own. See y'all soon!

Virtual Events

Join us for a fun and interactive drawing demonstration with illustrator and author Lisa Brown. Her books include Goldfish Ghost, The Airport Book, The Phantom Twin, Mummy Cat, Long Story Short, and others. The event begins at 10 am PT/1 pm ET and is presented via Zoom.

IBD is excited to host a discussion and drawing class with Gene Luen Yang, author of the graphic novel Dragon Hoops. The event begins at 10:30 am PT/ 1:30 pm ET and you can follow this link to the Zoom meeting room.

Authors Renee Watson (Ways to Make Sunshine) and LeBron James (I Promise) will be hosting an event for middle-grade students that's sure to be tons of fun. They will be joined by Isaac Fitzgerald (How To Be A Pirate) as moderator. Join us at 11 am PT/2 pm ET for this engaging and hilarious event.

Join bestselling YA fantasy authors Kat Cho (Wicked Fox, Vicious Spirits), Rena Barron (Kingdom of Souls, Reaper of Souls), and Rebecca Kim Wells (Shatter the Sky) as they discuss world-building in YA feminist fantasy fiction. This event starts at 12 pm PT/ 3 pm ET.

Explore the very near future with Amor Towles as he reads from the exclusive, Bookstore Day edition of his story You Have Arrived At Your Destination. This event will take place at 4pm ET.

Join authors Reyna Grande (The Distance Between Us), Rishi Reddi (Passage West: A Novel), and Lauren Francis-Sharma (Book of the Little Axe) REYNA GRANDE (THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US), as they discuss reexamining the history, culture, and myths of the West through their fiction.

Join co-hosts Jennifer Haupt, editor of Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19, and Garth Stein, Author Leadership Circle Campaign Chair for Binc, for readings and conversations with Alone Together contributing authors Faith Adiele, Gayle Brandeis, W. Ralph Eubanks, Jamie Ford, Major Jackson, Sonora Jha, Scott James, Jessica Keener, Jean Kwok, Roberto Lovato, Ada Limón, Claudia Castro Luna, Kevin Sampsell, and Luis Alberto Urrea.

Join three of Bookstore Day's past Author Ambassadors for a lively discussion of books, bookstores, and the writing life. Tayari Jones (An American Marriage, Silver Sparrow), Lauren Groff (Fates & Furies, Florida), and Emma Straub (All Adults Here, Modern Lovers, The Vacationeers and owner of Books Are Magic in NYC).

Let us know which events you're most excited for and know that we can't wait to see you this weekend! Read on!

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November News & Updates

11/5/2019

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Hello fellow bookworms! As we head into the next few weeks, many of us are looking for ways to give back out of our abundance. We are excited to share with you an opportunity to do just that this holiday season. We have set up a donation program to benefit OASIS by providing books for all their littlest clients during the holidays. Get 25% off any children's or YA book that is purchased for donation and Foggy Pine Books will match that with a book donated for an adult. Together, we can spread the joy of reading and be sure that no one is without a gift this season!

While you're here picking out the perfect donation title, don't forget to snag a copy of our beautiful holiday catalog. Filled to the brim with lovely books and great gift-giving ideas, you're sure to find something for the reader on your list. Can't swing by the store but still want to shop? Browse from the comfort of your couch on our brand new website. That's right - we've been hard at work and we finally get to share our online store with you! We can't wait to hear what you think!

There are a few other changes ahead as we move toward the end of the year and the calendars start filling up. The Swap Shop is ending in December and will no longer be accepting donations. All items will still be available for $1 per item or $5 for a bag. Swing by and take a peek - you never know what you will find! We have also decided, after a show of hands, to change the meeting time for the Fantasy & Sci-Fi Book Club. The club will meet on Thursdays at 6 pm starting January 2020. If you're not already part of a book club, we would love to have you try us on for size!

Not ready to commit to monthly book club meetings? An author visit may be just what the doctor ordered. We have local author Jim Hamilton in the store this month, doing a reading from his debut novel, The Last Entry. Come by this Friday and see what all the buzz is about!

We will be closed for Thanksgiving to allow our staff time to visit with family & friends. We'll be open our regular hours on Black Friday & Small Business Saturday. Come see us first thing Saturday and be entered to win one of THREE amazing giveaways - a set of books, a $30 gift card, or a canvas totebag! If you're one of the first ten purchasing customers, you will get 25% off your total order. Can't make it in first thing? We are also offering 10% off all books purchased between 5-9 pm. All purchases entitle you to a free, warm cup of coffee/tea/cider/cocoa and some Jane cuddles. So many reasons to shop local!

Looking for things to do this month? In addition to today's author visit, we have quite a few things events to join in this month. We have two regular book clubs that meet once a month to discuss our shared read. You can learn more about them here. The inaugural meeting of the brand new Silent Book Club is November 12th at 1pm. Learn more about that here. It's also NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and we're holding 4 more write-ins this month. Come write with us and get free coffee & snacks then, during the last write-in, we'll have cake to celebrate your writing all month! There's always a lot happening at Foggy Pine Books so keep an eye on our calendar & we hope to see you at an event.

November is shaping up to be a busy month but that doesn't mean we've taken a break from reading over here at the store. Check out our staff picks and let us know what's on your list this month! Hint: You can click each cover to buy online from our new store!