Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with Seth Panitch & Mollie Smith Waters

Our favorite day of the year is almost here: Independent Bookstore Day!

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at The Haunted Book Shop! On Saturday, April 25th, join us for exclusive merchandise, in-store activities, and all the books that haunt you!

We will have giveaways with purchase (while supplies last), exclusive merchandise for sale only available at indie bookstores (while supplies last), author signings, storytime for the littles, and Mr. Bingley will be on hand for head scratches and treats. Also, get here early as the hunt for the Libro.fm GOLDEN TICKET starts at 11am. Be the lucky ONE customer to find it, and you win 12 free audiobooks. That's a year's supply of audiobooks!

Here's the full lineup for this jam-packed celebration:

• 11am: Libro.fm Golden Ticket hunt begins!
• 11:30am: Storytime with actor and author Jodie Cain Smith
• 1:30 - 3:30pm: Book signing with Mollie Smith Waters and her nonfiction book, Historical Resting Places of Alabama
• 4:00pm: In-conversation with author Seth Panitch with signing to follow of his novel, Antique

Whether you're browsing, listening to a children's book reading or lively author conversation, chatting up an author in the signing line, or hunting for that Golden Ticket, you're sure to have a blast at IBD 2026!

All Independent Bookstore Day merchandise & giveaways are available while supplies last.

See you at your favorite indie on April 25th!

About Antique by Seth Panitch:
An uplifting, magical story about a once-celebrated antique appraiser who gets caught in the thrall of a strange, powerful necklace—one that has the power to transform her life, and the fortunes of those around her.
Grace Schaffer is adrift. Raised by an eminent but emotionally withdrawn scholar, her talent landed her a coveted spot on Antiques Roadshow, where she charmed legions of viewers. But she's recently fallen from her gilded perch, losing her career, her marriage and her very identity in the process, leaving her with the same question her clients so often ask of her: What is it worth? Or, the question that beats beneath it, What am I worth?
In a last-ditch attempt to revive her career, she signs on to an amateur travelling show, where an old, tarnished necklace catches her eye. Imbued with a strange and sudden confidence, she begins predicting the precise amount that objects will sell for at auction—far beyond their market values. As she performs act after act of this seeming divination, Grace catches the attention of detractors and fans alike, all clamoring to see what she’ll do next. Caught in the necklace’s strange and possibly dangerous thrall, Grace is soon thrust into the hunt to uncover a lost masterpiece… before it disappears forever, taking her hopes and dreams with it.
As Grace struggles to find her own worth outside the comfort of marriage, the limelight of career, of even the necklace’s awesome power, she comes face to face with the hardest appraisal of all…herself. Antique takes readers on an exhilarating journey of art and love, one that will leave them believing in the magic that lies within us all—should we dare to use it.

About Historical Resting Places of Alabama by Mollie Smith Waters:
Alabama is full of old cemeteries, and while they are places to pay respect for the departed, they are also repositories of the beauty and history that capture the story of the state’s rich and diverse culture. Historic Resting Places of Alabama features cemeteries and graveyards throughout the state. Each Alabama county is represented with at least one cemetery that has something unique to teach its visitors. Historic Resting Places of Alabama explores different funerary symbols, unusual architecture, fascinating history, and moving stories about the final resting places of Alabama’s denizens.
Join author Mollie Smith Waters as she takes readers on a tour of some of the most historical and beautiful cemeteries throughout the state. From the mountains in the north to the sandy beaches of the south, Alabama’s cemeteries are truly wonderful places to explore.

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