Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at the Raven!

**Exclusive new shirts in a design that'll never be printed again!

**20% off all poetry books!

**Free NEW EDITION of the Midwest Indie Bookstore Roadmap with EVERY PURCHASE!

**Exclusive IBD books and merch!

**A small black cat who may sit on your lap!

**Snacks, etc!

Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Kij Johnson will share stories from her journey and read from her work. Q&A to follow. Book sales courtesy of Raven Bookstore.

Leonard will be reading from his new book The Bone Field. Here's what Kirkus Reviews has to say about it:

Jenny Milchman presents her new suspense novel Wicked River. A reading will be followed by book signing; books will be available for sale. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jenny Milchman is an award-winning, critically acclaimed novelist from New York State, who lived for fifteen months on the road with her family on what Shelf Awareness called "the world's longest book tour."

Dr. J. Drew Lanham is a native of Edgefield, South Carolina. A conservation ornithologist, naturalist and hunter-conservationist, Drew is also an Alumni Distinguished Professor and Alumni Master Teacher at Clemson University. He is intrigued with how culture and ethnic prisms can bend perceptions of nature and its care, and is a speaker who eloquently connects birds, race and conservation ethics.

Celebrate INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY at THE RAVEN!
-15% off all mysteries, all day
-10% of sales go to Everytown For Gun Safety
-Raffle prizes: *signed advance copy of Chuck Palahniuk's new novel* *signed It Takes A Village Hillary Clinton print* *6 month paperback book of the month subscription* and more!
-Balloons
-Treats
-Live music TBD
-PLUS, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg MIRIAM'S WELL book launch event at Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation at 7:30