The Booksmith (Venue Partner)
1644 Haight St
415.863.8688
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Courtesy of Sean Chiki
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Saturday Feb 27, 2010 (1–7pm)
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$5
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Saturday, February 27
1:00 – 7:30 PM
MAGAZINE DAY
Piles of unread magazines falling to the floor and tormenting you?
Never again!
Join Booksmith, local writer Kevin Smokler, and co-sponsor Shareable.net for the First Ever celebration of Magazine Day, a nationwide holiday dedicated to magazines and catching up on the ones you haven't read yet. On the afternoon of February 27, Booksmith will convert itself into a giant magazine reading room. Bring your own unread magazines, share them with others when you’re done with them, and pick over Booksmith's magazine racks with impunity (but without coffee stains…)
At 6 PM, we’ll convene a group of magazine publishers and aficionados to talk about the state of magazine publishing today. All speakers will be announced soon; the group will include Derek Powazek (Fray), Jeremy Smith (of the digital Shearable.net), Jen Angel (formerly of Clamor), and Andrew Leland (managing editor of The Believer).
$5 gets you an all-afternoon reading pass, Philz coffee and yummy snacks, and take-home mags from the communal already-read pile. And more: presentations and giveaways by local magazine publishers and discussion groups will happen throughout the day. Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets or 800-838-3006 and in the store.
