Tomorrow is Authors for Indies Day with hundreds of writers of all genres coming to their local bookstores. http://www.authorsforindies.com Check the listings for your area.

What's better than the smell of new books? You're strong. You can meet and greet authors, poke around, raise a hurrah for the independent bookstores without breaking your bank.

For my first paying job off the farm—not including my cut of doing cottage maintenance for people at the lake, raking, painting, washing windows—I first worked at an independent bookstore/fudge shop. I sometimes got paid but being offered to take wages in book or fudge my cash take home tended to be smaller than it could have been for those couple years of grade 9 and grade 10.

There may not be fudge but there will be refreshments and refreshing company at Books on Beechwood in Ottawa and 3 other area bookstores.

Come out and see what books we recommend you try for some new reading inspiration. It's on all day long but I'll be there 12 noon for a couple hours.