Support these DMV bookstores for Independent Bookstore Day

Gabby Allen
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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Calling all book lovers! Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 27 and dozens of local bookshops are celebrating.

IndieBound is hosting events throughout the country, including a few in the DMV for D.C.-area readers.

D.C. Bookstore Crawl:

DC Independent Bookstore Day and East City Bookshop are co-hosting a bookstore crawl in D.C. Participants are tasked to visit at least five local indie bookstores to win a prize from the fifth store they visit. Readers who visit all 19 participating stores have a chance to win a grand prize.

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Participating bookstores include the following:

  • Big Planet Comics

  • Bold Fork Books

  • Bridge Street Books

  • Bus Boys and Poets Books

  • Capitol Hill Books

  • Child’s Play!

  • East City Book Shop

  • Fantom Comics

  • The Lantern

  • Little District Books

  • Lost City Books

  • Loyalty Books

  • MahoganyBooks

  • Middle East Books

  • Politics and Prose

  • The Potter’s House

  • Sankofa Books

  • Second Story Books

  • Solid State Books

For a map of participating bookstores, click here.

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Northern Virginia Passport Program (includes Maryland and West Virginia):

Fifteen indie bookstores across Northern Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia are hosting a passport program. Though each store is celebrating on April 27, you can participate in the program through May 31.

The Blue Ridge Ledger reported that once you visit four stores, you can collect a book prize; those who visit eight stores get a tote bag; and if you visit at least 10 of the 15 participating stores by May 31, you’ll have a chance to win the Grand Prize.

Participating bookstores include the following:

  • Bards Alley

  • Birch Tree Bookstore

  • Curious Iguana

  • Fonts Books & Gifts

  • Hundred Acre Books

  • HOORAY for Books!

  • Middleburg Books

  • Old Town Books

  • One More Page Books

  • The Open Book Warrenton

  • Scrawl Books

  • Spelled INK LLC

  • A Thousand Stories

  • Winchester Book Gallery

  • WordPlay

Many independent bookstores throughout the DMV are hosting their own events, deals and discounts on books, goodies and merchandise. Be sure to check out your local shops to see what they have to offer.

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