Griffin Bay Bookstore Annual Sale

Anniversary Open House on Saturday, November 5, 10:00 am—6:00 pm

20% off on all books in the store

It’s that time of year again, and Griffin Bay Bookstore will hold its annual Open House and Sale on Saturday, November 5, 10:00 am—6:00 pm to celebrate 37 years of bookselling. You’ll find the bookstore brimful of the latest in fiction and nonfiction, with 20% off on all books on the shelves.

The annual Open House and Sale is Laura Norris’ way of thanking our island community for loyal support and ongoing patronage. Be sure to stop in for homemade cookies and coffee or apple cider, and shop to your heart’s content.

If you want to start on holiday shopping and take advantage of the sale, check these out:

See what’s new for bird lovers such as—Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls by Paul Bannick, or for the explorers in your life there’s Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders.

Foodies and cooks will be drawn to a yummy-looking new cookbook, British Columbia from Scratch: Recipes for Every Season. Mario Batali’s latest is simply ambitious—Mario Batali: Big American Cookbook.

If you’ve been hooked on the PBS series devoted to Gerald Durrell’s tales of Corfu, you’ll find the newly-released DVD of the zany family’s sojourn there. You also find new paperback editions of Durrell’s Fauna and Family, Fillets of Plaice, and Beasts in my Belfry ready and waiting.

There is also a new edition of Shirley Jackson’s work, and a book of essays by Ursula Le Guin. There’s new fiction for inveterate readers: Maria Semple’s Today Will Be Different will bring some comic relief into your life. Bruce Springsteen’s memoir, Born to Run and his newly-released CD are on hand. Upstream, Mary Oliver’s book of essays will appeal to fans of her poetry. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition should belong to children who’ve loved the series.

As usual you’ll find the bookstore stocked with wide range of gift items, perfect for getting you started on your holiday shopping. There’s an ample supply of Advent calendars, stationery, boxed cards, holiday cards, thank you notes, journals, the traditional-looking Moleskines, others more colorful and zany. There are plenty of 2017 day planners and calendars to get you off on the right foot in January. And jigsaw puzzles and games galore for both children and adults. For long wintry nights, Griffin Bay Bookstore can help you keep a steady supply of good music and DVDs—a great, handpicked selection of movies and boxed sets of BBC productions. For the literary minded in your life, there are boxed notepads from fictional hotels and movies with great colors and fonts—Kellerman’s Hotel from Dirty Dancing, The Taft from The Graduate, and from Vertigo, The Overlook Hotel.

Griffin Bay Bookstore is part of IndieBound, an off shoot of the American Bookseller’s Association, developed to promote the benefits of independent bookstores across America as well as the benefits of shopping or buying locally. When you shop locally and support your independent bookstore you discover what’s new, what’s great to read. And you nurture your own community and its well being, just one more reason to attend Griffin Bay Bookstore’s Open House and Anniversary Sale on Saturday, November 5, 10:00—6:00 p.m.! It’s a community tradition.      

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