Independent Bookstore Day 2026

Join us for a day of giveaways, free workshops, food and drink specials, and more as we celebrate indie bookstores!

Saturday, April 25, is Independent Bookstore Day! Come celebrate with us at 716 SE Grand Avenue from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m for a day full of books, community, festivity, and surprises!

🎧 Libro.fm Golden Ticket! One lucky browser will win 12 free audiobook credits.

🎡 Prize Wheel! Earn a spin with every purchase, with opportunities to win free books, merch, gift cards, and more!

📸 Photo booth!

👀 Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe Merch Drop

 Free tote bag! Be the first to rep our new merch, anyone spending $100 or more will get a free tote.

🙊 More surprises to come!

Schedule Preview: 

🎈 Doors open at 9:00 a.m.

🧑‍🎨 Craft all day with collage-bookmark making supplies provided by our awesome neighbors SCRAP.

🎨 From 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. we’re very excited to have Tom Alvarado and his crew offering bookish-flash tattoos in-house! (Please note this will be first-come, first served will likely sell out. More info coming soon on designs and potential appointments.)

📖 At 11:00 a.m. we’ll be joined by local author, Leslie Barnard Booth, for a special story time.

📝 From 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., preview Literary Arts programs for writers with a free pop-up Writing with Tarot workshop with Miranda Schmidt. Following the workshop Miranda will be offering free 10 minute tarot reads for creative questions for writers from 3:30-4:30.

📚→ We are honored to be among many amazing Central Eastside indie bookstores and recommend you make a day of it by visiting our friends at Mother Foucault’s, Postcard (in Cargo), and Propeller (in Urbanite).

About Independent Bookstore Day:

Independent Bookstore Day (Indie Bookstore Day, or “IBD”) was established in 2013 to promote, celebrate, and highlight the value of the Independent bookstore community. The day has been observed on the last Saturday of April every year since 2013. This year there are over 1,200 stores participating across the country.

Independent Bookstore Day is organized by the American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, that works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.