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Never heard of Independent Bookstore Day? Maybe that's because 2015 is the first year that Utah shops are celebrating this noble made-in-California attempt to direct a little more traffic through the doors of locally owned bookstores. Two of Salt Lake City's bookstores, The King's English Bookshop and Weller Book Works, will be among 400 independent stores celebrating this Saturday. Throughout the day at Weller, visitors can munch on free bagels and coffee, and listen to a lineup of authors—Heather Fisher, Bonnie Glee, Jenniffer Wardell—as they read from their books. More interactive activities include scavenger hunts, book binding, a literary-based improv workshop and a contest for the best alternative book-cover design. Over at The King's English, start the day with a cozy, family-friendly reading: the hour-long Seuss-a-Thon. Then, get ready for a slightly more raucous afternoon with a game-show-style literary trivia contest featuring 16 local author-competitors—including Robert Kirby and Ann Cannon—with local author Brodi Ashton serving as quizmaster. If Independent Bookstore Day makes you nostalgic for the days when turning a page actually meant touching paper, before people were plugged in and tuned out; if it brings back memories of losing yourself in the corners and stacks of bookshelves or of the scent of new bindings and fresh ink, then let yourself return to those days and rediscover why independent bookstores are local gems worth treasuring. (Katherine Pioli)Independent Bookstore Day @ The King's English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-484-9100, KingsEnglish.com; WellerBook Works, 607 Trolley Square, 801-328-2586, May 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., WellerBookWorks.com
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Weller Book Works
- 665 E. 600 South, Trolley Square, Salt Lake City SLC-Downtown UT 84102
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801-328-2586
- WellerBookWorks.com
