First NoVa Indie Bookstore Crawl To Include Arlington Business

ARLINGTON, VA — As part of Independent Bookstore Day, locally-owned bookstores in and near Northern Virginia will team up to host a bookstore crawl to boost visits to their businesses.

Independent Bookstore Day is a nationwide event on Saturday, April 27 with thousands of participating businesses. The event seeks to promote the locally-owned businesses and often includes special activities and promotions at each location.

To generate visits to the region's bookstores, 15 independent bookstores will host a first NoVa Indie Bookstore Crawl starting on Independent Bookstore Day (April 27) through May 31. To join the crawl, customers can go to any participating location for a bookstore crawl passport and get a stamp at every participating bookstore they visit. Visiting four stores will get customers a free advanced reader's copy of their choice. Eight visits will get them a tote bag. Ten visitors will get an entry to win a grand prize gift basket with each store contributing an item.

The bookstore crawl participants include Arlington's own independent bookstore .

Here are the locations for the NoVa Indie Bookstore Crawl:

• Bards Alley, 110 Church St. NW, Vienna, VA 22180
• Birch Tree Bookstore, 11 West Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176
• Curious Iguana 12 North Market Street Frederick, MD 21701.
• Fonts Books & Gifts, 6262 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, VA
• Hundred Acre Books - 172 E Davis St, Culpeper, VA
• HOORAY for Books!, 1555 King St, Alexandria, VA
• Middleburg Books, 17 South Madison Street, Middleburg, VA
• Old Town Books, 130 South Royal Street, Alexandria VA
• One More Page Books, 2200 N Westmoreland St., Arlington, VA
• The Open Book Warrenton, 104 Main Street, Warrenton VA
• Scrawl Books, 11911 Freedom Drive, Reston, VA
• Spelled Ink, 132 W Main Street, Orange, VA
• A Thousand Stories, 750 Center St., Herndon, VA
• Winchester Book Gallery, 7 North Loudoun Street, Winchester, VA 22601
• WordPlay, 50 W Main Street, Wardensville WV 26851

As part of its bookstore crawl celebration, One More Page Books has scheduled a number giveaways and book-related activities, including a Willy Wonka-inspired golden ticket hunt.