Three Bookshop Owners/Authors Unite for Virtual Event

Three authors who also own bookstores are holding a virtual event called "Bookshop Authors Unite!" on Thursday, July 23, at 7 p.m. Eastern to support the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc).

The authors are Jeff Kinney, owner of An Unlikely Story, Plainville, Mass., Ann Patchett, owner of Parnassus Books, Nashville, Tenn., and Peter H. Reynolds, owner of the Blue Bunny Bookstore, Dedham, Mass.

The three will share what "led each of them to take a leap of faith and invest in their own bookstores and how the stores have changed their lives and work." They'll also talk about the challenges of bookselling during the coronavirus pandemic and about the important work that Binc does supporting stores and booksellers in need. Jeff Kinney will moderate.

Staff members from all three bookstores have been working together to arrange the details and promote the event. Registration is open to the public through any one of the three bookstores' Facebook pages and websites. There is no charge to attend, but participants will be encouraged to make a donation to Binc. Other booksellers, industry professionals, educators and librarians, as well as fans of the authors, are encouraged to join the event.

Binc executive director Pamela French said, "We are incredibly grateful to these friends of Binc, Ann Patchett, Jeff Kinney, and Peter H. Reynolds, and all those organizing the Bookshop Authors Unite! conversation. We already know that it's sure to be an enlightening, funny and informative discussion. These bestselling authors are in a unique position to understand Binc's mission, being bookstore owners themselves. And we couldn't be more grateful for their continued and ongoing support of Binc and their dedication to our shared mission of helping booksellers and bookstores thrive."

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