FARMINGTON – Two special events on Small Business Saturday will take place at Devaney, Doak & Garrett Booksellers on Saturday, Nov. 29: Indies First Comes To Farmington and Maine Attorney General Janet Mills performs The Book With No Pictures.
Indies First comes back to Farmington for this Small Business Saturday. The brainchild of author, Sherman Alexie, the event is designed to support independent bookstores across the U.S. through author participation.
Instead of giving readings and book signings, authors spend part of the day working as booksellers. By doing so, people are revitalizing the local economy, supporting small businesses, and encouraging reading.
DDG Booksellers is pleased to add both Jennifer Finney Boylan and Maria Padian to their staff for the day. There will also be a very special reading of B.J Novak’s, The Book With No Pictures, by Maine Attorney General Janet Mills.
Jennifer Finney Boylan is the author of 13 books, including Stuck in the Middle With You and She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders. She has appeared on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and Larry King Live. A former professor at Colby College, she is currently a writer-in-residence at Barnard College. Her book, Stuck in the Middle with You, is a memoir detailing the parenting of her children through a transgendered lens. She will be working at DDG from 10 a.m. to noon.
Maria Padian is the author of three Young Adult books, the latest being Out of Nowhere. She is a graduate of Middlebury College and The University of Virginia. Her first book, Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress, was chosen as an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and received a Maine Lupine Honor Award and Maine Literary Award. She will be working from noon to 2 p.m.
The reading of The Book With No Pictures has an added perk. Author B.J. Novak is sponsoring a video contest for the best, most entertaining reading of the book. The winner will receive $5,000. If Attorney General Mills’ reading is chosen as the winner, the money will be distributed by event sponsor DDG to buy books for the libraries of local schools. Be sure to come out and give the Attorney General the best audience possible to support our schools! The reading will begin promptly at 1 p.m.
For more information regarding this event, contact DDG Booksellers, 193 Broadway, Farmington at 778-3454, or by email at info@ddgbooks.com.
