**No newsletter next week, we will hopefully see you at Spring Forum!**

• Binc - Susan Kamil Scholarship for Emerging Writers
• Spring Forum Oakland - Wednesday, April 3rd
• CALIBA Board of Director Nominations Are Open!
• Banned Books Week Sept. 22-28
• ABA's Survey
• Binc News
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Bookseller Resources

Online registration has closed.

Registrations at the door are welcome!

Find downloadable notes for some of the education and rep pick sessions at caliba-annex.org. We'll have a limited number printed and available at the Forum.

CALIBA’s Board of Directors invites you to join the dynamic team that helps steer the organization to best serve our indie bookselling community. 

If you are interested in nominating yourself or another bookseller, email Recruiting Committee Chair, Mark O’Neal.

Nominations to the board will close on April 15th. Ballots will be sent to bookstore principal members on May 1st and voting will close on May 15th.

Sign up now to receive a free Banned Books Week kit from the American Booksellers Association! Banned Books Week kits are sent annually to participating stores and include materials to decorate your store and educate customers about the freedom to read. Supplies are limited and will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis only for ABA member stores.

The deadline to request a kit is SUNDAY, March 31

The ABA Wants to Know About Your Experience With Publishers

ABA has meetings with publishers to advocate on behalf of bookstores throughout the year. Once a year we have our more official, lengthier meetings with publishers and their teams, including key decision-makers. These meetings are coming up, and we’d love your input.

Please respond to this brief 10-minute survey, no later than 11:59 pm ET on Sunday, April 7, 2023, to help inform our agenda for these meetings. (Note: You will need input from staff who receive books.)

• Amor Towles announced as new Binc ambassador
• The Denver Publishing Institute scholarship was awarded to Elayna Trucker, Napa Bookmine. Congratulations, Elayna!
• Lots of options to Shop to Support Binc. Latest is with The Ellerkamp Company. For each roll of wrapping paper sold to stores March 20–April 20 Ellerkamp will donate $4 to Binc.

• March: Indie Press & Women's History Month

• March 31: Last day to sign up for Independent Bookstore Day general participation

• April 3: Oakland Spring Forum

• April 19: Deadline to apply for the 2024 Diverse Voices Fellowship

• April 27: Independent Bookstore Day

• May 22: Spring Forum San Pedro

• June 10-12: Children's Institute

• Sept. 17 & 18: Fall Trade Show - Pasadena Hilton

• Sept. 22-28: Banned Books Week

Click here for the Los Angeles Times & Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

Click here for the San Francisco Chronicle & Northern California Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

• *New* Independent Retail Marketing Manager - Simon & Schuster
• Night Manager - City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco
• Frontline Bookseller - City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco
• 2024 Diverse Fellowship Opportunity - Antiquarian Book School Foundation
• Executive Director - Books Inc. Reading Bridge
• Bookseller, Children's Department - Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Art Store, Berkeley
• Reading Group Choices for Sale
• Childrens Book Specialist - Book Passage, Corte Madera
• Calling all LA Bookstores and Pop-Ups! - Bookstore Crawl 2024

• Join the CALIBA Edelweis Community - Email Valentina
• Golden Poppy Awards 2023 Resources: digital toolkit, finalist and winners lists, and awards ceremony
• The Brown Bookshelf
• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Binc Foundation's Mental Health Program
• Panorama Picks - Books in Demand at US Libraries

Click here for a complete list.

Support CALIBA

Publishers support CALIBA when bookstores participate.

Bookstore Participation = Publisher Sponsorship = CALIBA = Bookstore Education, Advocacy, Networking +++

Ann Seaton, Stonyford 415-561-7686 ext. 101