January 26, 2016

Scenes from Winter Institute 2016 with author Martin Seay

by Liam O’Brien

Greetings from Denver and the American Bookseller Association’s annual Winter Institute, where Melville House has been representing great books and celebrating author Martin Seay (The Mirror Thief, out in May 2016)!

It’s been an absolute whirlwind meeting our favorite booksellers and making a bunch of new friends, especially given that many of those indie booksellers were the very first champions of The Mirror Thief. Here are a few of our favorite moments from the last few days.

This was right there when I got off the plane, so, yeah, pretty great start.
Opening night reception at Tattered Cover.
Publishers, gettin’ educated.
The rapt crowd of booksellers watching the final seconds of the Broncos/Pats game.
Martin Seay at BookBar’s author-speed-dating event, making new fans.
BookBar’s amazing book-desk-hybrid.
Dinner with friends, with Martin Seay presiding at the head of the table.
Martin (left) with publisher Dennis Johnson.
Jeremy Ellis from Brazos Bookstore, pictured with his blurb.
Martin with the great Paul Yamazaki of City Lights.

Liam O’Brien is the Senior Sales & Marketing Manager at Melville House, and a former bookseller.