New Vienna Bookstore's Scavenger Hunt Is Saturday (ICYMI)

VIENNA, VA -- Vienna's soon-to-be bookstore Bards Alley will not be open in time for National Independent Bookstore Day Saturday, April 29, but it is still getting the community involved in the festivities. The bookstore is hosting a free scavenger hunt around town Saturday for bookworms of all ages.

Participants can find books around town wrapped in brown paper with Bards Alley stickers. The genre of the books will be marked. Books will be hidden in local businesses, public spaces in town and at the Taste of Vienna event held at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department.

“Independent bookstores lead readers to new books,” said Jen Morrow, owner of Bards Alley. “We are excited to connect Vienna readers with books that will be published later this summer and in the fall. That means that people who find our books will be among the first in the nation to read them.”

Morrow hopes to create a space for book lovers of all ages. Bards Alley will open its space to book clubs, author readings, book signings, children’s story time, poetry and writer workshops. The store will offer locally-made food, and adults can enjoy wine and craft beer. The bookstore will new fiction, classic literature, non-fiction, biographies, young adult literature, children’s books and book-themed gifts.

Independent Bookstore Day became a nationally-recognized event in 2015. Find out more about the event and other local bookstores online.

Image via Bards Alley