After a full day of presentations, panels, meetings, education sessions and more, Winter Institute attendees enjoyed the evening festivities.
At the Ingram reception at the Hilton on Tuesday: booksellers Tom Lowenburg, Octavia Books, New Orleans, La.; Suzanne Lucey, Page 158 Books, Wake Forest, N.C.; Carl Kranz, Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, Va.; Dave Lucey, Page 158.
On Wednesday evening, booksellers attended an author dinner hosted by HarperCollins Children's. Pictured: (l.-r.) first-timer Rae Ann Parker, Parnassus Books, Nashville, Tenn.; Melissa Taylor, E. Shaver, Bookseller, Savannah, Ga.; Jill Yeomans, White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Gibran Graham, The Briar Patch, Bangor, Maine; Kate Reynolds, Colgate Bookstore, Hamilton, N.Y.
Binc's dinner Wednesday evening included a tribute to outgoing SIBA executive director Wanda Jewell, who was an original member of the Binc board of directors and coined the phrase "Think Binc!" Binc presented her with a sash embroidered with the title "Blinkie Queen," decorated with all the flashing pins Binc has created as fundraisers over the years. Pictured: Jewell with Binc executive director Pam French.
Binc's dinner Wednesday evening included a tribute to outgoing SIBA executive director Wanda Jewell, who was an original member of the Binc board of directors and coined the phrase "Think Binc!" Binc presented her with a sash embroidered with the title "Blinkie Queen," decorated with all the flashing pins Binc has created as fundraisers over the years. Pictured: Jewell with Binc executive director Pam French.