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SUMMARY:In-person Event: Bookstores Rock!
DESCRIPTION:Join the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable for our final in-person panel of the year. We’ve convened booksellers from our most dynamic community-oriented bookstores\, including Big Hill Books\, Milkweed\, Black Garnet Books\, and Wild Rumpus\, to share their perspectives on supporting the diverse reading communities upon which all our work depends. \nDiscussion topics include: \n\nThe place of bookstores in Minnesota’s reading and educational ecosystem\nThe efforts of booksellers to meet current readers and recruit future ones\nThe role of bookstores as a stable haven for diverse perspectives\nWhat publishers and those in publisher-adjacent fields can learn from booksellers’ local perspective on the reading public\n\nThe panel discussion will be followed by a brief Q&A. \nWhere & When \nOpen Book (Target Performance Hall) \n1011 Washington Avenue S.\, Minneapolis\, MN 55415 \nThursday\, May 8\, 2025 (**Please note that due to scheduling conflicts\, this event is on a Thursday\, not a Wednesday as is typical for MBPR panels.**) \nCheck-in and networking begins at 11:30. The program starts at 12:00 and will run for about an hour. \nTickets \nTickets are $20 for members and students. They are $25 for nonmembers with advanced reservation. If space allows walk-ins\, those without reservations will be charged $30 at the door. \nFood \nLunch will be provided for preregistered attendees. \nParking and Transit \nThere is a small side lot next to the Open Book building (just past the building on the right as you are heading east on Washington; for those heading west\, turn on 10th or 11th and go down the alley to access the lot). If the Open Book lot is full\, other options are: \n* Meters along 10th and 11th \n* Guthrie ramp. Enter on 9th Ave (between Washington & 2nd Street S) \n* Municipal parking ramp across from the Mill City Museum \n* Transit information is available at www.metrotransit.org/trip-planner
URL:https://publishersroundtable.org/event/in-person-event-bookstores-rock/
LOCATION:Open Book\, Target Auditorium\, 1011 Washington Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55415\, United States
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