Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Authors Share Their Favorites
[0:08]Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
[0:11]Moms don't have time to read books.
[0:13]Happy Independent Bookstore today.
[0:15]I am a huge fan of Independent Bookstore's.
[0:17]My favorite is book Hampton in East Hampton, New York,
[0:19]because I've been going since I was about three years old.
[0:21]And it always has great selections and super knowledgeable employees.
[0:25]And I just love being there.
[0:26]What about all the authors from my podcast?
[0:28]What do they think?
[0:29]Hey, Zibi.
[0:30]My name is Bethany Saltman, and I'm the author
[0:32]of strange situation, a mother's journey
[0:35]into the science of attachment.
[0:37]My favorite Independent Bookstore is the golden notebook
[0:41]in Woodstock, New York.
[0:43]Why?
[0:43]Because they have an amazing selection,
[0:46]and they special order books for me every year
[0:48]for my daughter for Hanukkah.
[0:49]Hi, it's Fiona Davis, author of the Lions of Fifth Avenue.
[0:53]And I want to give a shout out to Little Joe's books
[0:55]in Katona, because they not only sell books,
[0:58]they also sell ice cream.
[0:59]Hi, my name is Bonnie Toy, and I'm the author of Why We Swim.
[1:03]My favorite bookstore is Green Apple Books in San Francisco,
[1:06]because they love books,
[1:08]and they have impeccable taste.
[1:10]Hi, my name is Kendra Adashi.
[1:12]I am the author of The Lazy Genius Way.
[1:15]And my favorite Independent Bookstore
[1:17]is scuppernog books in Greensboro, North Carolina,
[1:20]just where I live.
[1:21]It's an really cute downtown.
[1:23]They've got coffee, a great selection, a friendly staff,
[1:27]everything, an Independent Bookstore should be.
[1:29]Hi, my name is Liz Astrop.
[1:30]I'm the author of Don't Wait Up Confessions of a State Work Mom.
[1:34]And my favorite Independent Bookstore
[1:36]is book soup in West Hollywood, California.
[1:40]When I moved here many years ago,
[1:42]I would spend a lot of my spare time roaming the aisles
[1:46]of that store and just marveling at how cozy and wonderful
[1:51]and homey it felt and just dreamt of having a book one day
[1:56]in that store.
[1:57]And I was lucky enough to have my book signing there
[2:00]when it came out and it meant so much to me,
[2:03]because I've spent so much time there
[2:05]and got to be on the shelves
[2:07]with these amazing, amazing authors.
[2:10]And I love it there so much.
[2:12]And I can't wait to go back and spend hours and hours
[2:15]and hours there.
[2:16]Thank you, book soup.
[2:18]Hi, I'm Erin Geiger-Smith, author of Thank You for Boating
[2:21]and the Young Reader's Edition.
[2:22]My favorite Independent Bookstore
[2:24]is the corner bookstore in New York City.
[2:26]It's a beautiful sort of browse.
[2:27]And when my son was young, they ordered a book
[2:29]just to surprise him.
[2:30]I'm Heather Cabot, and I'm the author of The New Shardin' A.
[2:32]And my favorite Independent Bookstore,
[2:34]although I have many, is Diane's in Greenwich, Connecticut.
[2:38]I love Diane's because of the amazing selection
[2:41]of books for young readers.
[2:43]I absolutely love taking my kids to shop there
[2:45]and I have such a knowledgeable staff.
[2:47]Hi, I'm Jennifer Rosner, author of The Yellow Bird Things.
[2:51]One of my favorite indie bookstores is Prairie Lights
[2:54]in Iowa City, Iowa.
[2:56]I was lucky enough to spend lots of time in that bookstore
[2:59]when I attended the summer writing festival there.
[3:01]And I just love it.
[3:02]Hi, Zibi and Zibi fans.
[3:04]I'm Kristi Winston Harvey, the author of Six Novels,
[3:08]including my latest feels like falling.
[3:11]And I just wanted to wish all of the Independent Bookstores
[3:14]out there a very happy Independent Bookstore day.
[3:18]I, for one, am so grateful for Independent Bookstores
[3:21]for all they did to inspire my love of reading,
[3:24]for all that they have done for me as an author,
[3:27]especially now during this really extraordinary time.
[3:31]If any of you have been to a virtual event
[3:32]with an author or an in-person event with an author,
[3:35]if you were lucky enough to do so,
[3:37]then you probably got that benefit
[3:39]from an Independent Bookstore.
[3:40]So we are so grateful to all of our bookstores out there.
[3:43]I wanted to give a shout out to one in particular,
[3:45]South Main Book Company in Salisbury, North Carolina,
[3:48]which is my hometown.
[3:49]Store has been around for decades
[3:51]of indifferent iterations in downtown Salisbury
[3:54]and the new owner, Alyssa, purchased the store
[3:57]right before the pandemic hit,
[3:59]which as you can imagine,
[4:00]was probably really scary,
[4:02]but she has risen to that challenge.
[4:04]The town has really embraced her
[4:05]and she has done an incredible, incredible job
[4:08]with South Main Book Company.
[4:10]It's one of my favorite stores.
[4:11]And if you need a copy of Feels Like Falling
[4:15]or any of my other five novels,
[4:17]she has signed copies of all of them available at the store.
[4:20]So happy Independent Bookstore to Alyssa and South Main
[4:24]and to all of the incredible Independent Bookstores out there.
[4:27]We love you, we're grateful for you
[4:29]and we are wishing you your best year yet.
[4:32]This is Raven Leilani.
[4:34]And my favorite bookstore is Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn.
[4:37]They're really wonderful, super passionate about books.
[4:40]And they happen to be the very first bookstore I went
[4:43]and signed my first books.
[4:45]So they made this process for me
[4:47]as a debut author, really, really special.
[4:49]I am Candace Bush.
[4:51]Now out here in the Hamptons,
[4:53]rules for being a girl out in hardcover.
[4:56]Is there still sex in the city out in paperback?
[4:59]Now, my favorite bookstore canyos in SAG Harbor
[5:04]on Main Street, don't miss it.
[5:06]Hi, this is Alyssa Alden.
[5:07]And I'm the author of Motherland.
[5:09]And I'm a love living in London.
[5:12]And my favorite Independent Bookstore
[5:15]is the Hickory Stick in Beautiful Washington D.O.
[5:19]And the Trail County Connecticut.
[5:21]Hickory Stick is the best book lovers bookstore.
[5:24]I know they're amazing writers.
[5:27]They're amazing creators.
[5:29]And I have been a customer of theirs for many, many years.
[5:33]And I'm always go out of my way to support them
[5:36]as best I can.
[5:37]So if you're in the liturgy of the area,
[5:39]and even if you're not,
[5:40]please visit the Hickory Stick in Washington D.O.
[5:43]And tell them that Alyssa Stick too.
[5:44]Hi, it's Rebecca Strel here,
[5:46]author of the Dinner Listen in Five Years.
[5:48]I love all Independent Bookstore equally,
[5:49]but one that is very close to my heart
[5:51]is booksuit here in LA.
[5:53]It is on sunset, close to where I live.
[5:55]And it is my favorite,
[5:56]absolute favorite way to spend a Sunday.
[5:58]Happy Independent Bookstore Day.