Episode 87 || Behind the Scenes at SIBA

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder what a booksellers conference might look like? Annie chats with her mom about this year's Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA): the authors, the booksellers, the lessons learned. Books, podcasts, authors, and blogs mentioned: + DesignSponge and Grace Bonney + In the Company of Women + The King of the Birds + Girl in Pieces + Author Liane Moriarty + Author Mary Kay Andrews + Author Shauna Niequist + Little Women + A Year of Living Danishly

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 87 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations.
0:07.3	I cannot do this.
0:10.0	I didn't do anything.
0:11.3	I'm not even looking at you.
0:13.8	You're going to be working tonight.
0:15.4	Okay.
0:15.8	Oh, no.
0:16.4	Okay.
0:18.7	Welcome to episode 87 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life in the South.
0:27.1	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:33.4	And today, we have a new voice on the podcast.
0:36.9	Chris is not with me today, so instead instead I'm recording with a very special guest.
0:42.1	Mom.
0:44.2	Mom, why don't you introduce yourself?
0:46.1	Well, I'm Annie's mom.
0:48.0	I'm Susie.
0:49.3	I come up and help in the bookstore once a week, usually, and I'm looking forward to how this is going to turn out.
0:59.6	We are going to chat all about Siba, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance.
1:05.3	Jordan and I both went to Siba in Savannah this past weekend.
1:08.7	It was my first trip, and mom is going to ask me some
1:12.0	questions all about it to kind of fill you guys in on what a bookseller's conference might
1:16.8	look like. And then we will end the episode with the four questions that we ask every guest
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