New Voices New Rooms (NVNR), the virtual event platform created by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) and the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) is going live in 2023 for a joint, in-person conference.

The event promises to break the mold. The two associations have moved the conference from the Fall schedule to early August to coincide with holiday-season buying for bookstores. “The shift to early August supports our bookstores by moving it away from peak hurricane, football, school, and community festival season,” said Linda-Marie Barrett, executive director of SIBA. It will be hosted in northern Virginia and take advantage of venues outside the hotel for meetings and events. Buying from publishers and vendors will be more focused and ... Keep Reading

New Voices New Rooms, the programming partnership between the New Atlantic Booksellers Association (NAIBA) and the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) is excited to announce the finalists for the 2022 VIndies Awards, a celebration of "the best in bookstore video." Winners will be announced at a ceremony on November 16 at 7:00 PM ET. Michael Triebwasser formerly of Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, and now with Penguin Random House will reprise his role as Master of Ceremonies for the event. The 2022 panel of judges drawn from book industry partners in publishing, bookselling, and media, reviewed 127 bookstore videos from nearly 70 independent bookstores, selecting 36 finalists in the categories of Animation, Around the Store, Comedy, Community Work, Drama, ... Keep Reading

New Voices New Rooms has rescheduled the 2022 VIndies Award Ceremony for November 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM. Anyone who has already registered to attend the event will have their reservation updated to reflect the new date. Register Here 127 videos were nominated for the 2022 VIndies from stores in the SIBA and NAIBA regions. Taken all together the nominations represent the range of bookseller creativity, ingenuity, and occasionally bookseller silliness. NVNR decided to delay the VIndies Ceremony in consideration of Florida bookstores that have been impacted by Hurricane Ian. NVNR will announce the 2022 VIndie finalists on October 15th and the winners will be unveiled at the ceremony on November 16th. The VIndies proved to be one of the ... Keep Reading