A message about local bookstores

Like traditional crafts, independent bookstores are at risk. ͏͏͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ [NOVICA The Impact Marketplace]( YOUR GIFT CODE TO SUPPORT LOCAL BOOKSTORES AT BOOKSHOP . ORG [Photo by Pauline Loroy on Unsplash - paulinel]( [Photo by Pauline Loroy on Unsplash - paulinel]( Dear NOVICA Rewards Members, Like traditional crafts, independent bookstores are at risk. We’ve watched so many disappear over the years, taking with them the dynamic, thoughtful communities of readers that they once brought together. We love it when we find common ground with great organizations that are working to spearhead meaningful change. We’d like to introduce you to Bookshop.org, an online bookseller dedicated to preserving independent bookstores. Much like NOVICA, Bookshop.org is working to create a world in which genuine human connection, exploration and curiosity are valued above profit margins. In a little more than two years, they’ve raised over $21 million for local bookshops and now partner with over 1,400 sellers. We asked our friends at Bookshop.org for a gift code that we could pass along to our rewards members and they’ve provided us with the 10% off code below, which is double the amount of their standard gift codes. We hope you enjoy! Use code: NOVICABOOKS For 10% off Code expires September 30, 2022. [SUPPORT LOCAL BOOKSTORES]( [Best Sellers of the Week]( [I'm Going, Going, Back, Back to School]( [Black Love, Black Leads]( [Women in Translation from Independent Presses]( [Best in Recent Mystery Awards]( [Books to Thrill and Chill]( [The Summer Book]( Jansson, also beloved for bringing the Moomin characters to life, wrote the definitive Summer book, and not just because of the title. "The Summer Book manages to make you feel good as well as wise, without having to make too much effort...[it] says so much that we want to hear in such an accessible form, without ever really saying anything at all." – The Independent (London) [Read more →]( [Sidewalks]( Valeria Luiselli is an evening cyclist. A literary tourist in Venice, searching for Joseph Brodsky's tomb. An excavator of her own artifacts, unpacking from a move. In essays that are as companionable as they are ambitious, she uses the city to exercise a roving, meandering intelligence, seeking out the questions embedded in our human landscapes. [Read more →]( [em]( A constellation of connected characters provides a snapshot of Vietnam and the Vietnamese diaspora in North America from French colonization to life after the war. ... A brief, moving meditation on the nature of truth, memory, humanity, and violence: a powerful work of art. – Kirkus Reviews [Read more →]( [Here Be Icebergs]( The mysteries of kinship (families born into and families made) take disconcerting and familiar shapes in these refreshingly frank short stories. A family is haunted by a beast that splatters fruit against its walls every night, another undergoes a near-collision with a bus on the way home from the beach. Mothers are cold, fathers are absent – we know these moments in the abstract, but Lima-born writer Adaui makes each as uncanny as our own lives: close but not yet understood. [Read more →]( [In the Company of Men]( Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant fable reflects on both the strength and the fragility of life – and humanity's place in the world. Acutely relevant to our times in light of the coronavirus pandemic, In the Company of Men explores critical questions about how we cope with a global crisis and how we can combat fear and prejudice. [Read more →]( [Autumn]( And as summer comes to an end….The first in Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet: Autumn. A luminous meditation on the meaning of richness and harvest and worth, Autumn casts an eye over our own time: Who are we? What are we made of? Shakespearean jeu d'esprit, Keatsian melancholy, the sheer bright energy of 1960s pop art. Autumn is wide ranging in time-scale and light-footed through histories. [Read more →]( [SHOP AT BOOKSHOP . ORG]( You received this message because you are signed up to receive NOVICA News updates to this email address: {EMAIL} ©NOVICA 2716 Ocean Park Blvd, Ste 10 30, Santa Monica, CA 9 0405 At NOVICA, happiness is our mission, and love is at the core. Here are the [ten choices and one core value]( that we live by. [Unsubscribe](2FbWQ1ZW1haWw9QzM1QjUwOTAyODlBMDMwRDVGNzE3MjNEQjg5REQyMzMGOwBUSSIVMjg4MzY1ODIyMzkzODg5NgY7AFQ%3D--8d522b3e6a3bbe291a7705224fdeb3a41d02ced70a48cf2dffe82ad8d7ac445b) | [Email preferences](2FbWQ1ZW1haWw9QzM1QjUwOTAyODlBMDMwRDVGNzE3MjNEQjg5REQyMzMGOwBUSSIVMjg4MzY1ODIyMzkzODg5NgY7AFQ%3D--8d522b3e6a3bbe291a7705224fdeb3a41d02ced70a48cf2dffe82ad8d7ac445b) | [Privacy Policy](