Tampa Bay-Area Bookstores Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day April 27

TAMPA BAY, FL — On the last Saturday of April, communities across the country come together to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day.

Many of the participating stores are selling exclusive books and literary items Saturday, while others host events, including contests, author visits and more.

A number of Tampa Bay-area bookstores are among those celebrating this year’s 11th annual Independent Bookstore Day.

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In Safety Harbor, Portkey Books will host both “Dragon and Donuts: ‘Iron Flame’ Book Club” and Crescent City & Croissants: ‘House of Flame and Shadow’ Book Club. And Tampa’s Oxford Exchange will offer shoppers “Blind Date with a Book” picks, where they choose a wrapped mystery book based on limited information provided about it.

Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg will host a kids’ book sale, a Mammamia Gelato pop-up, storytime with author Natalia Sylvester and an interactive storytime with the Sparks Collaborative Ensemble.

Bookstore1Sarasota will host a local author book fair Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sixteen writers are participating in the event.

Check out Patch’s comprehensive list of Tampa Bay-area booksellers:

• A. Parker’s Books and Book Bazaar, Sarasota
• Back in the Day Books, Dunedin
• Black English Books, Tampa
• Bookareaderville, Lakeland
• Book + Bottle, St. Petersburg
• Book Corner Tampa Bay, Brandon
• Bookends, Lakeland
• The Book Rescuers, Pinellas Park
• The Books at Park Place, South Pasadena
• The Book Shack, Dade City
• Bookstore1Sarasota, Sarasota
• Book Swap, Palm Harbor
• Crash Books, Lakeland
• Cultured Books, St. Petersburg
• Elysian Fields, Sarasota
• The Gilded Page, Tarpon Springs
• Inklings Book Shoppe, Lakeland
• The Island Bookshop, Venice
• Lighthouse Books, Dade City
• Little Bus Books, Lakeland
• Mojo Books & Records, Tampa
• New Journeys Books & More, Seffner
• Oxford Exchange, Tampa
• Over the Books, Brandon
• The Paperback Exchange, New Port Richey
• Portkey Books, Safety Harbor
• Pressed, Lakeland
• Sam’s Books, Oldsmar
• Shelf Indulgence, Sarasota
• Tombolo Books, St. Petersburg
• The Unbound Bookery, Lakeland
• U.S. 41 Books, Spring Hill
• Wilson’s Book World, St. Petersburg

Have a bookstore to add to the list? Email Tiffany.Razzano@Patch.com.