It is a new event being held by A Good Book Bookstore in Sumner on Thursday, August 8, 2019 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
To quote the details on their Events page:
"Author Swizzle will be a quarterly evening for local authors to share and sell books. There will be mingling. There will be snacks. There will be a Swizzle drink. There will be laughter and congratulations.
Readers come swizzle with authors. Writers, let us know you are coming. Invite your friends and family, bring yourself, some books to sell, and a snack to share."
I remember a post in the group on the book of faces (I'm not going to type its actual name) a few months ago where a few of our authors were thinking of splitting the cost for setting up a table to sell their books in the Huckster's Room at Norwescon, so this event caught my eye. I believe we have a number of both traditionally published and self-published authors in the group who are probably looking for ways to get the word out about their books - and hopefully sell a few in the process. Am I right?
If you fit in either of those categories and have a work or two (or more) that you have copies of you would like to sell, this may be the event for you. If you are in the area and have time in your schedule, I suggest you contact the bookstore as requested and let them know you are coming (information at the end of this post). Since this is something they plan to hold quarterly, if you cannot set up at a table this time, perhaps a future Swizzle will make its way onto your calendar.
Don't have anything ready to sell? That's okay. Stop in as a reader. Support a local author or two. Get your purchases signed on the spot. Have fun talking with writers and readers! Bring a reader friend or two.
This promises to be a fun night and if any Sockmonkey Writers plan on setting up a table or attending as readers, please, comment and let us know!
A Good Book Bookstore is located at 1014 Main St., Sumner, WA 98390. Their phone number is (253) 891-9692 and their website can be found here.
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Is this event open to anyone with books to sell, or specifically PC Sock Monkeys? This looks like an awesome bookstore, looking forward to checking it out!
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe it is open to anyone local (from Washington, at the very least) - but the event itself didn't specifically limit anything. I just knew a few were looking for the opportunity and decided to pass this event along to the group and whoever might want to take part in it - as a reader or as a seller of their books. I believe the owner plans on making this a regular event and is not expecting it to be the same group of authors every time (due to personal schedules, etc.), so it will likely be a different experience each time. The bookstore is really a fun place. I hope you get to visit. Please let us know how the event was, if you do end up going!
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