The New England Independent Booksellers Association's 52nd Fall Conference continued yesterday in Manchester, N.H., with a range of rep pick events, breakfasts, panels and seminars, the awards banquet (see below), and a busy Authors Reception:
Laura Cummings (l.), owner of White Birch Books, North Conway, N.H., and a former NEIBA president, with Andrew Krivak, author of Mule Boy (Bellevue Literary Press).
Dani Jones (l.), graphic novel author/illustrator of the Frankinschool and PopularMMOs series with bookseller and first-time NEIBA attendee Vivi Lee of Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass., highlight Jones's upcoming graphic novel, My Sister, the Freak (HarperAlley).
Dan Simon (l.), founder and publisher of Seven Stories Press, whose upcoming debut novel is Ashland (Europa Editions), with Katie Lowe, Islandport Press, Yarmouth, Maine.
Traci Hays-Bryant (l.), a first-time NEIBA attendee, from Toadstool Bookshop, Keene, N.H., with Keya Chatterjee, author of The Revolution Will Not Be Rated G (Green Writers Press).
Hannah Swearingen (l.), a first-time NEIBA attendee and bookseller at Books on the Square in Providence, R.I., with author Natalie Lemle and her 2026 title, Artifacts (S&S).
10th Anniversary of the Windows & Mirrors List: In 2015, a small committee of NECBA (New England Children's Booksellers Advisory Council) members curated the first Windows & Mirrors list of diverse and inclusive children's titles. Ten years later, the list has grown and changed, with the focus remaining on titles that best represent the concept of Windows & Mirrors. The 2025 list can be found on NECBA's Instagram. Pictured: the 2025 Windows & Mirrors committee: (l.-r.) co-chair Sara Waltuck, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, Mass.; Tildy Lutts, Belmont Books, Belmont, Mass.; co-chair Alyssa Raymond, Copper Dog Books, Beverly, Mass.; Frederick Rossero, Oblong Books, Millerton, N.Y.; Laure Colodner, Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, Mass.; Kristin Richland, Phoenix Books, Essex, Vt.
Maureen Karb with Como Sales (l.) flipped the coin for Binc's Heads or Tails fundraising game at the NEIBA Fall Conference, with Binc development director Kathy Bartson. Lori Kauffman (r.) at Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., was the lucky winner of the $250 prize.