Wilmette Public Library Hosts Panel of Independent Booksellers

On June 2 at 7:00 p.m., representatives from The Book Stall in Winnetka, Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston, and Women & Children First in Chicago will join together for a panel discussion about the current state of independent bookstores at the Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette.

At the program, “Independent Bookstores: Alive and Kicking,” Stephanie Hochschild of The Bookstall, Nina Barrett of Bookends & Beginnings, and Lynn Mooney of Women & Children First will discuss why indie bookstores are thriving and how are they meeting the challenges of new technologies, their changing relationship with publishers, and Amazon, the big gorilla on the block.

This event is part of the Wilmette Public Library’s One Book, Everybody Reads program, which is featuring author Richard Russo’s novels, Nobody’s Fool and Everybody’s Fool, this spring.

Community partners for the 2016 One Book program include The Book Stall, League of Women Voters of Wilmette, Make It Better, NS (Modern Luxury for the North Shore), Rotary Club of Wilmette, Village of Kenilworth, Village of Wilmette, Wilmette Beacon, Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce, Wilmette Harbor Rotary Club, Wilmette Life, Wilmette-Kenilworth Patch, Wilmette Public Schools District 39, and Wilmette Wine Cellar.