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.

Discussion topics include:

• The place of bookstores in Minnesota’s reading and educational ecosystem
• The efforts of booksellers to meet current readers and recruit future ones
• The role of bookstores as a stable haven for diverse perspectives
• What publishers and those in publisher-adjacent fields can learn from booksellers’ local perspective on the reading public

The panel discussion will be followed by a brief Q&A.

Where & When

Open Book (Target Performance Hall)

1011 Washington Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55415

Thursday, 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.**)

Check-in and networking begins at 11:30. The program starts at 12:00 and will run for about an hour.

Tickets

Tickets 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.

Food

Lunch will be provided for preregistered attendees.

Parking and Transit

There 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:

* Meters along 10th and 11th

* Guthrie ramp. Enter on 9th Ave (between Washington & 2nd Street S)

* Municipal parking ramp across from the Mill City Museum

* Transit information is available at www.metrotransit.org/trip-planner