Convenience is overrated.
[Okay, let me step off my hyperbolic soapbox.]
Convenience is great. We can buy virtually any book we want and get it shipped to our door within a few days—or read it immediately on our devices.
And sometimes, the idea of fitting a bookstore visit into the frenetic rhythms of our daily lives feels like we’re offering our schedule a root canal.
But some things—human connection, supporting your community, inhabiting spaces built on ingenuity and creativity—are worth a bit of inconvenience.
Am I biased because I’m participating in two bookstore events this month?
Heck yeah I am.
But I do these events because I believe in them.
I believe we have an inherent need to connect with other humans.
I believe good stories are worth telling, and discovering, and sharing.
And local bookstores are some of the best places to engage with those stories.
(Better than in the Amazon reviews section, that’s for sure.)
That’s why I’m coming to Folk & Fable in Cary, NC this Saturday 4/18 from 1-4 pm.
If you’re local, come on out.
If you’re not—drift into a bookstore near you this weekend.
And if you still want to engage with a fantasy tale full of ghosts and guava-cardamom pastries…
See you in person (or in a good story),
Addison
Folk & Fable is this weekend—but if you’re available on Saturday 4/25, that’s Indie Bookstore Day, and I’ll be at MonkeyKat Books in my hometown of Sanford, NC to celebrate that afternoon from 4-6 pm!
