Indie Bookstore Field Trips #11 (Long Beach)

1440 East 4th Street,Long Beach CA 90802

28 January, 2023

Description

Do you . . . Love to read? Love to explore new neighborhoods? Love to get lost wandering the aisles of a physical bookstore? Love to hang out IRL with fellow word nerds who will chat about plot lines and exchange reading lists? Love to make a difference by supporting local businesses? Then YOU, my friend, are invited to come join us for Indie Bookstore Field Trips around Southern California! What We’ll Do: Once a month, we’ll host a FREE Saturday morning meetup at 1–2 bookstores in varying neighborhoods around SoCal. We’ll begin with free browsing time and end by circling up outside to introduce ourselves and share about any new books we bought or discovered. In certain months, we may even be given private tours by the bookshop owners, as well! What to Bring: Your love for books and bookstores and your curiosity. Field Trip #11: Casita Bookstore + Bel Canto Books Bixby Knolls in Long Beach CA Date: Saturday, January 28, 2023 Time: Meet at 11am at Casita Bookstore (1440 E 4th St, Long Beach CA). The Plan: 1) We'll meet at Casita Bookstore at 11am and browse for a bit, gathering at 11:45am for introductions and a group photo. 2) We'll head to Bel Canto Books Bixby Knolls (inside KUBO LB at 3976 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach CA) at 12pm for more bookstore browsing and gather at 1pm for a group photo and recap. 3) For those interested, we'll grab lunch afterwards at Ambitious Ales (4019 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach CA). Your Field Trip Leader: Jhoanna Belfer is a lifelong book nerd, travel addict, and owner/founder of Bel Canto Books in Long Beach, California, which was featured in Bibliophile: Diverse Spines. Her favorite genres to read are literary fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, and graphic memoir. Two bookstores on her travel bucket list are Loyalty Bookstore in Washington, DC and Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia.