Canadian Independent Bookstore Day 2024- Event Details

***Contest for Booksellers:

The contest will run from Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 12:00am AT until Sunday, April 28 2024 at 11:59pm PT. To enter, you will purchase books from Once Upon a Bookstore (or any Indie Bookstore in Canada) on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

There will be five prize draws from the full pool of entries that come in from across the country:

1 x Grand Prize: $1,000 to the Canadian independent bookstore of your choice

4 x Runner Up: $200 to the Canadian independent bookstore of your choice

To read about the prizes, visit indiebookstores.ca/CIBD

For more information about the contest click here

 

**Author Signing with Karen Reczuch

Local author/illustrator Karen Reczuch will be in store to sign her new picture book West Coast Wild Rainforest, as well as her backlist titles. Karen will be in the store from 11am-Noon.

 

**Design a Bookmark Challenge

• Create your own original bookmark artwork directly on the space provided entry form below.

You are allowed to use digitally created designs, but no tracings, copied designs or licensed characters not are allowed.

• Entries will be judged on theme, originality and design.

• All entries become the property of Once Upon a Bookstore and may be displayed on our website or social media channels. Our decisions are final and the staff of the bookstore are under no obligation to enter into communication with entrants who do not win prizes.

• Winning entries will be kept until May 31st, 2024

More details and entry forms can be found here

 

**Spin to Win

Come into the store and give our Bookstore Wheel a spin- you could win prizes, coupons or discounts off your purchase

 

**Exclusive Giveaways

Make a purchase on Saturday April 27th (in store or online) and choose from our exclusive Canadian Independent Bookstore giveaways- including stick sheets, colouring books, activity books, enamel pins, signed prints and more!