SATURDAY [April 30]: “First thing, let’s kill all the chain bookstores” is what Shakespeare meant to say. OK, probably not really, and while any bookstore is a good bookstore (says the woman with a forthcoming book), indie bookstores are always the best. Indie bookstores don’t only offer a place to buy books: they’re a piazza for all things cultural, social and intellectual. On Independent Bookstore Day head to your favorite indie bookstore and check out the IBD exclusive items on the website, including a plush Curious George sporting one of the two shirts he’s ever worn. This one has the IBD logo on the back; his only other shirt touted Harvard. At Inkwood, Florida native Craig Chapman will sign copies of his new book, Real Food Real Kitchens at 2 p.m. Inkwood Books, 216 S. Armenia Ave., Tampa. 813-253-2638; Mojo Books & Records, 2540 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa. 813-971-9717. indiebookstoreday.com.
This article appears in Apr 28 – May 4, 2016.