The Hickory Stick Bookshop is happy to be celebrating the 12th Anniversary of Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday April 26th 2025!

This year The Hickory Stick Bookshop will have the following things going on –

* Celebratory mimosas!

* Find the Libro.fm Golden Ticket (the audiobook platform supporting independent bookstores)

* To coincide with Washington’s celebration of National Poetry Month, For The Love of Poetry, we are inviting customers to come up with some Book Spine Poetry that they can type up on our antique typewriter.

* Visit our Poetree

* Blind Date with a Book

* Guess the Shredded Book

* Indie Bookstore Day Tote Bags

* Special Indie Bookstore Day merch

* We are also part of the CT Passport program which encourages people to visit all participating indie bookstores in CT over the course of the weekend, to win huge prizes.

Independent Bookstore Day (IBD) was established in 2013 to promote, celebrate, and highlight the value of the independent bookstore community. The day has been observed on the last Saturday of April every year since 2013. This year there are over 900 stores participating across the country.

Independent Bookstore Day is organized by the American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, that works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

Indie Bookstore Day is our favorite day of the year. It’s a way to celebrate bookshops and book buyers and we always have a lot of fun. We hope you can join us for our celebration!

The Hickory Stick Bookshop
2 Green Hill Rd
Washington Depot
CT 06794
http://www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day