Sherbrooke Record

Are you a bookworm? Brome Lake Books marks Canadian Independen­t Bookstore Day

- By Taylor Mcclure Special to Brome County News

CBCN Staff

anadian Independen­t Bookstore Day (CIBD) is on April 24 and Brome Lake Books is highlighti­ng the occasion with special prizes and appearance­s from six local independen­t authors in their storefront.

Each and every sale made at Brome Lake Books either as an online order, by phone or in person will win a chance to spin the prize wheel with prizes like soap from Savonnerie de L’estrie, Virgin Hill coffee and Robin Badger pottery. There also will be discounts, gift cards and a bookseller’s choice wild card.

Each sale wins a chance to spin but Brome Lake Books encourages everyone to be safe and order from its webpage, by giving them a call, or by sending them an email.

There will also be special markdowns, which will be listed on the webpage at https://www.bromelakeb­ooks.ca, and a $100 Brome Lake Books gift card is up for grabs to anyone who posts a ‘nice’ comment about authors, books or bookstores on Facebook or Instagram and tags Brome Lake Books or the Canadian Independen­t Bookstore Associatio­n. Brome Lake Books will also accept hand-drawn pictures from young booklovers. Any post made before April 25, the day the winner will be announced, will be entered.

Coopérativ­e Le terroir solidaire is an agricultur­al cooperativ­e that brings together producers from Brome-missiquoi that are committed to sustainabl­e and ecological production and providing quality products for the region. The cooperativ­e was establishe­d in 2017 after local producers came together to discuss the issues they were facing when it came to the marketing and processing of their food.

Rather than depend on an industry where agricultur­al services and infrastruc­tures are being taken over by large cooperatio­ns, these producers decided to find support in one another by establishi­ng a cooperativ­e that would help them invest in what they needed and continue to expand their businesses.

“The cooperativ­e started in 2017 but it had been the brain child of a couple of producers for about a year before that,” said Kristen Gingera, founding

 ?? COURTESY ?? Members of Coopérativ­e Le Terroir Solidaire work together to support one another and their local community in making good food choices
COURTESY Members of Coopérativ­e Le Terroir Solidaire work together to support one another and their local community in making good food choices

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