Please join us on Small Business Saturday, the day we all Shop Small and support small businesses around the country.
As part of the celebration the American Bookseller’s Association has asked authors around the country to sell on the floor of independent bookshops. We are fortunate to host New York Times bestselling author Mark Slouka, author of “Brewster” as he joins our staff from 1:00 p.m. on that day. (To read more about the book, see below)
Another special treat will be Bethel author Janet Ettele, who will join our staff from 11-1. Come and greet Janet as she joins in on this historic day in the book selling world!
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Also, Byrd’s Books is hosting Danbury Animal Welfare Society (D.A.W.S.), as they wrap your purchases for tips- to support their worthy cause of rescuing and adopting animals into homes. (I hear they are bringing a dog!)
To celebrate the day, we will have a special display of Connecticut titles on sale at 20% off for Small Business Saturday only.
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As a reminder, we’re located at 126 Greenwood (next to Verizon) and we’re open from 10 to 6 with plenty of parking and a rear entrance behind English Apothecary. So stop by on November 30th, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and do your part to help make this Small Business Saturday one of the biggest shopping days of the year for small businesses. See you soon!
About Brewster and author Mark Slouka:
The year is 1968. The world is changing, and sixteen-year-old Jon Mosher is determined to change with it. Racked by guilt over his older brother’s childhood death and stuck in the dead-end town of Brewster, New York, he turns his rage into victories running track. Meanwhile, Ray Cappicciano, a rebel as gifted with his fists as Jon is with his feet, is trying to take care of his baby brother while staying out of the way of his abusive, ex-cop father. When Jon and Ray form a tight friendship, they find in each other everything they lack at home, but it’s not until Ray falls in love with beautiful, headstrong Karen Dorsey that the three friends begin to dream of breaking away from Brewster for good. Freedom, however, has its price. As forces beyond their control begin to bear down on them, Jon sets off on the race of his life–a race to redeem his past and save them all.
Mark Slouka’s work has been called “relentlessly observant, miraculously expressive” (New York Times Book Review). Reverberating with compassion, heartache, and grace, Brewster is an unforgettable coming-of-age story from one of our most compelling novelists.
Mark Slouka is the author of four previous works of fiction including Lost Lake, a New York Times Notable Book, and The Visible World, a finalist for the British Book Award. His 2011 essay collection, “Essays from the Nick of Time,” was the winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Speilvogel Award. A contributing editor at Harper’s, Slouka’s work has also appeared in Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories. He lives in Brewster, New York.
