Join Bookmarks staff as they discuss the authors and books that were confirmed for the 2020 book festival prior to its cancellation. Bookmarks will still feature these authors in a variety of events throughout the summer and fall. This is a free online event. Email info@bookmarksnc.org to register.
Join Bookmarks staff as they share books on their home shelves. Attendees are encouraged to share their books as well. This month’s theme is “books that make you nostalgic” or the oldest book in your collection. This is a free online event. Email info@bookmarksnc.org to register.
Dr. White will discuss “Scottish Genes, African Tapestry: My Family’s North Carolina Enslavement, Endurance of Post-Reconstruction Violence, and America’s Current Racial Dilemma.” Over the past decade, Dr. White has faced the challenge of raising a transracial family in the South, reckoned with being descended from one of the largest slaveholding families in America, and faced […]
Reader Meet Writer is an event series hosted and produced by SIBA, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. This event will feature author Sarah M. Broom and her 2019 National Book Award-winning memoir The Yellow House. Free to attend but registration is required. Info@bookmarksnc.org.
Bookstore Romance Day is a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate romance fiction -- its books, readers, and writers -- and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the romance community. Join us to celebrate with book suggestions, activities, and an author event in the evening. Events to be held in […]
Join us to discuss This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar. All are welcome. Email info@bookmarksnc.org to register.
Hear from eight authors with new books recently released or coming soon. Bookmarks’ Parapalooza! Events feature authors reading one carefully chosen paragraph from their newest book. Attendees get to hear a sample from each book and ask questions of each author. Authors include: Susan Abulhawa, Ashley Blooms, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, Randall Kenan, Charlie Lovett, and […]
Join us to discuss Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Email jamie@bookmarksnc.org.
Bookmarks is proud to host the Winston-Salem chapter of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club. Discussions will always be hosted by women of color, but people of all colors and […]
Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country, usually on the last Saturday of April. Due to COVID-19 this year, the celebration has been rescheduled to August. This will be a day long celebration at Bookmarks. Join us for activities, trivia, and giveaways. Presented with support […]
Join us for our monthly book trivia with Caleb! Email caleb@bookmarksnc.org to register.
