

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Independent Bookstore Day 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Brace yourself, bookworms! Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is different. The Three Bells version is going to be an EXTRAVAGANZA.   


More details will be added later but here's the plan:


-  spin-the-wheel discount game

-  a chance to win a YEAR of audiobooks from Libro.FM

-  free sweet treats

-  author signing with local authors  (see below)

- prizes hidden randomly in shopping bags throughout the day

- free make-your-own bookmarks craft for kids

- the debut of the 2026 indie bookstore maps

- new bookish items, exclusive for Indie Bookstore Day


BONUS:  If you're a Three Bells Books monthly email newsletter subscriber, you get an extra mystery treat on Indie Bookstore Day!  Info for how to redeem that will arrive in your inbox a few days before the event.  Not on the email list?  Sign up here:  https://threebellsbooks.com/contact/email-list


Please accept our sincere apologies if all this makes you too excited to concentrate on your reading!  Hope you can join us as we celebrate books, being a small business, and our wonderful customers!



##



Author signing schedule:

10 am - noon  -  Kevin T Mason 
11 am - 1 pm  -  Staci Andrea
Noon to 2 pm  -  Morgan Lovell
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mason-city/independent-bookstore-day-2026/200029741218058
- **Event Categories**: kids, art, literary-art, parties, trips-adventures, entertainment, shopping
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 386

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029741218058?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=mason+city-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Mason City
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 14 S. Commercial Alley, Mason City, IA, United States, Iowa 50401
- **lat**: 43.15158
- **long**: -93.20045
- **full address**: 14 S. Commercial Alley, Mason City, IA, United States, Iowa 50401

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Three Bells Books (https://allevents.in/org/three-bells-books/23448834)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 14 S. Commercial Alley, Mason City, IA, United States, Iowa 50401
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Three Bells Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** kids, art, literary-art, parties, trips-adventures, entertainment, shopping
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Independent Bookstore Day 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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