The virtual events for Bookstore Romance Day 2024 have been announced.
While the annual celebration of the romance genre, its readers, and independent bookstores is scheduled for Saturday, August 17, there will be events on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday that weekend, and all of the virtual events are free.
On August 16, festivities will begin with a Kick-Off Party featuring a panel of five romantasy authors.
Events will continue the following day with panels focused on romance set outside of the U.S. or Western Europe; sports romance; road trip romance; romance with protagonists in STEM; and Queer romance.
And on Sunday, August 18, there will be panels highlighting "lower-heat" romance; romance featuring protagonists in the arts; and YA romantasy.
Bookseller Billie Bloebaum founded Bookstore Romance Day in 2019 to help bring the romance community and indie bookstores together. More information about the virtual events, including participating authors, can be found here.