Annie Philbrick, Pequot Museum in New Partnership

Annie Philbrick, owner of Bank Square Books in Mystic, Conn., and Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, R.I., has partnered with the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center to offer a variety of Native authors' titles for sale at the museum's gift shop. The collaboration brings more than 500 new titles to the shop and allows the museum and the bookstores to host book tours and guest lectures at the museum's auditorium and various gathering spaces.

Through the partnership, a "significantly expanded range of titles" will be available to visitors, offering "a direct path to more thoroughly pursue topics that captivate them during their museum experience." Titles are selected by the museum's Native experts and staff to provide authenticity, cultural sensitivity and accuracy to the modern Native narrative.

"We are thrilled to simultaneously support a local business and offer our community the exciting and fulfilling experience of discovering a wide variety of noteworthy Native American works," said Philbrick. "Museum visitors from near and far will benefit from our combined ability to bring the titles--and the authors--to Connecticut where they can pursue their quest for in-depth Native subject matter, both historic and contemporary."

Pequot Museum director Jason Mancini commented: "Our partnership with renowned independent bookstore owner Annie Philbrick opens the door for us to offer a unique and substantial range of works by, of and about Native people. We couldn't be more excited to blend her connections with top publishers and important authors with our unparalleled depth of offerings on Native culture to create this a one-of-a-kind literary offering."

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