We spent today at the Heartland Fall Forum, put on by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association in partnership with the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. The combined membership represents several hundred booksellers.

“The Heartland Fall Forum is a regional trade show that supports and celebrates independent bookselling.” [from their website]

Nikki Johnson, Joy Dey, and Anna Skarie (all of us!) visited the Partners booth for in-booth signings of Just Another Monday and One Gorilla.

It was a blast – we met so many great people. Nikki, the illustrator for One Gorilla painted TWO fabulous turtles, with pink highlights 🙂 and it was fun to have SWAK Publishing’s presence so appreciated. Here’s my spot for a shout out to all the Wisconsinites that showed up and especially those who brought their book coupons too – you guys rock!

The Forum was an exciting reminder that publishing is thriving. There were so many excellent books and the people who make them and make them happen.

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