Winners have been announced for the 2026 Linda Cannon Program Grants, sponsored by Parson Weems in memory of Linda Cannon, the Parson Weems co-owner who in 2017 won NAIBA's inaugural Kristin Keith Sales Rep of the Year Award. Two bookstore winners received $250 each for funding a project or program:
Frenchtown Bookshop, Frenchtown, N.J. "Thirteen local students were chosen by Hunterdon County librarians as their libraries' 'Most Enthusiastic Readers.' Your welcome grant allowed us to give each winner a signed book (from children's author Adam Gidwitz, who spoke at the ceremony) and a Frenchtown Bookshop gift card to fuel their further reading." --Scott Sheldon
Huxley & Hiro Booksellers, Wilmington, Del. "We are most grateful for this honor as community outreach has been at the heart of our mission, our passion, and also our success as an indie bookstore in a world with a lot of corporate competition." --Claire van den Broek