Greetings!
Like everyone else we are glad to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror and we are looking forward to what 2021 can bring, but we did have some wonderful opportunities to talk together about books, mostly on zoom. One of the pleasant surprises about zoom was our ability to host folks from all over the country. A welcome change.
This issue is all about the events held and authors who joined us in 2020 and how grateful we are to have hosted them. We have included video links to the events recorded so you might have the chance to see them if you missed the chance. That was one of the best parts of the last year- getting together to talk books- even on zoom!
The one event I missed was having our annual December Baking Event- most often to celebrate the birthday of the bookstore near December 11th. I always figured it was the best of parties: attendees bake from a new baking book, a new signed book to cherish, an author talking about the book and a chance for that author to give us baking tips on our goodies we made from her recipes. We had just started to have young bakers join us over the years.
Let's hold a good thought for next year- we all want to get back to celebrating life events; eating together, baking and sharing. Since we couldn't host it, I completely bypassed that Byrd's Books is now nine years old. Let's make our 10th birthday December 2021 a big deal!
Thank you for putting up with publisher printing delays, book cancellations, extreme shipping delays and all the irregularities of this year/season. We are disappointed by our website's performance and ordering process and hope to make changes to that early in 2021.
We are grateful for your support of our store - and independent bookstores and small businesses everywhere. #ShopLocal #ShopSmall,
Happy New Year,
Alice (and Steve)