Reviews and highlights from SIBA's innovative weekly newsletter, The Southern Bookseller Review. Featuring reviews from SIBA-member bookstores and booksellers.
A lot of what this novel is about is the question of why do we need art? What good is music? What does it do for us? Continue Reading
More wonderful, enthusiastic comments from people who voted for the Southern Book Prize when they were asked to say something about their local bookstores. Continue Reading
I think we’re all born with potential, and while it takes thousands of hours of practice to turn that potential into something real, making that kind of commitment is what life is all about. Continue Reading
While it is far too early to make any predictions about winners, one thing is abundantly clear: readers adore their indie bookstores. Continue Reading
I think it’s an underdiscussed and bonkers fact that the quiet agreement of professional criticism that, someday, you will become the sworn enemy of somebody in your very small artistic industry, because you can’t like every book. Continue Reading
The Southern Book Prize not only recognizes and honors great Southern books, but also shows what indie bookseller support can do for the books they love. Continue Reading
Southern independent booksellers have selected the finalists for the Southern Book Prize, representing bookseller favorites from 2026 that are Southern in nature. Continue Reading
SIBA bookstore members can participate in our Instagram scavenger hunt to announce the nominees for the Southern Book Prize! This scavenger hunt will drive book lovers to your store’s Instagram profile and increase your social media engagement, plus provide some fun with announcing nominees. Continue Reading
The schedule shift means booksellers will be able to promote both the finalists and the winners -- each one a Southern bookseller favorite -- at the height of the holiday shopping season. Continue Reading
Silas House (All These Ghosts) and Christy Mandin (Millie Fleur Saves the Night) were both present at the New Voices New Rooms Conference to be honored at the NVNR Awards Dinner on August 4. Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Happy Land) was not able to attend, but provided a statement that was read aloud. Continue Reading
It is time again for SIBA booksellers to work their magic on behalf of their favorite books and authors of this year. Nominations are open for this year's Southern Book Prize. Continue Reading
I was visiting a bookstore when I dreamed up the opening lines to The Great Wherever. I'd been noodling over a novel for years by then, and suddenly―as if a key had turned in a lock―one began writing itself on the journal in my mind...a sudden revelation: A ghost should tell this story. Continue Reading
