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Bookstore Romance: How Independent Bookstores Create Community and Inspire Love!

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Ford Hall Forum
With support from: Lowell Institute
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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From proposals to “I do.” Book-lovers find their perfect match at bookstores they love.

What is the most romantic place to get engaged? A bookstore, of course. The perfect wedding venue? A bookstore! Book-loving couples from all over America agree, and Bookstore Romance celebrates not only a couple’s love for each other, but also their love of books and bookstores.

In this talk, author Judith Rosen will join a panel of Boston-area booksellers, booksellers, including Trident Booksellers & Café co-owner Courtney Flynn; More Than Words Retail Business Manager Annie Sandoli; and Christina Pascucci-Ciampa, owner of All She Wrote Books, to discuss this swoon-worthy book and answer your questions about bookselling, book marketing, creating community, and love!

In Bookstore Romance: Love Speaks Volumes, former Publishers Weekly journalist Judith Rosen tells the stories of 24 couples who were engaged or married in their favorite independent bookstores. This irresistible book gives us an opportunity to celebrate love in its many forms, the love these couples share with one another, the love they share for their local indie bookstores, and the love these bookstores and booksellers pour into their communities every single day as they cultivate these special spaces - third spaces - where people of all sorts gather together and feel at home.

Presented with Brandeis University Press.

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Judith Rosen
Judith Rosen worked in publishing and bookselling for a dozen years before writing about them both as the long-time bookselling editor and New England correspondent for Publishers Weekly. Some of her interviews and articles have been collected in Writing for Your Life and in The Writer's Handbook.
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Christina Pascucci Ciampa
Christina Pascucci-Ciampa is the founder/owner of All She Wrote Books, located in Somerville, MA. All She Wrote Books is an intersectional, inclusive queer/feminist indie bookstore that supports, celebrates, and amplifies underrepresented voices through its thoughtfully curated selection of books spanning across all genres.
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Courtney Flynn
Courtney Flynn is the co-owner of Trident Booksellers and Cafe, an independent bookstore in the heart of downtown Boston that is in its 41st year of operation. When she is not at the store, she enjoys reading, cooking, and spending time with her kids.
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Annie Sandoli
Annie Sandoli currently serves as a Retail Business Training Manager at More Than Words (MTW), a leadership and employment training program that empowers youth who are in the foster care system, court involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. Annie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Thought and Political Economy from UMass Amherst and a Master of Liberal Arts in Journalism from Harvard University.
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