May 04 2015
Saturday saw two inaugural events for Indie bookstores, one in the USA, the other in Canada. In the USA, Independent Bookstore Day took off with a bang with about 400 indie bookstores across the country taking part (for background to this event see previous news stories). In Canada, independent booksellers celebrated Authors for Indies Day, with writers volunteering at their local indies to engage with customers and handsell books. Shelf Awareness provide a comprehensive report on both events.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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