Well-Read Black Girl Partnership

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Independent Bookstores Partner with Glory Edim, the Creator of Well-Read Black Girl

In 2019, the American Booksellers Association partnered with Well-Read Black Girl founder Glory Edim to bring book club meetings to independent bookstores nationwide with the goal of amplifying diverse voices and supporting emerging writers of color. As the program continues in 2020, booksellers are invited to sign on to serve as ambassadors and host Well-Read Black Girl book clubs in their stores throughout the year.

Email [email protected] to sign up to host a book club or to share ideas; be sure to include your name, store name, city, and state.

Stores that sign on to host book clubs will:

  • Be included in ABA promotion of the program in print and online

  • Be featured on an interactive online map of locations hosting book clubs so interested readers can search by ZIP Code

  • Be able to download the Well-Read Black Girl stamp for use on your store's website, identifying your bookstore as a book club location, as well as other digital marketing assets.

  • Have access to a private Facebook group to discuss marketing and best practices with other Well-Read Black Girl book club hosts

  • Have access to suggested titles (below). Please note that stores are welcome to choose their own titles as they see fit.

Stores that have signed up to participate are invited to check out these suggested titles for upcoming book club meetings:

May 2019

June 2019

July 2019

August 2019

September 2019

October 2019

November 2019

January 2020

February 2020

March 2020

April 2020

May 2020

June 2020

For stores planning to host a book club, here are the first, second, and third chapters in the Well-Read Black Girl Ambassador Orientation and Book Club Starter Guide. Watch upcoming issues of Bookselling This Week for additional news about WRBG.


Glory Edim is the winner of the 2017 Innovator’s Award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes and a board member of New York City’s Housing Works Bookstore.

While WRBG is focused on empowering women, we encourage readers who identify as genderqueer, non-binary, or others who feel inspired by what we’re doing to join us and be a part of our community.

Any bookstore can host a Well-Read Black Girl book club; to receive the additional marketing assets and to appear on the Well-Read Black Girl searchable map, stores must be active ABA member bookstores. If you are unsure of your membership status or would like to join ABA, please e-mail [email protected].

About ABA

The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.

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