Reba and Dave Williams Foundation for Literature and the Arts Continues to Support SIBA Scholarship Fund

siba14 Discovery Show, Sept 19-21, Norfolk, VA

Believing that nothing is so valuable to a small business owner as the opportunity to confer face-to-face with their colleagues, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance launched a scholarship program for booksellers in conjunction with its 2013 trade show, inviting exhibitors to donate to the SIBA Scholarship Fund when they registered for the show.  The initiative received a strong start in the form of a sizeable donation from The Reba and Dave Williams Foundation for Literature and the Arts.  This year, The Reba and Dave Williams Foundation for Literature and the Arts has continued its support for the fund, again providingSIBA a significant donation to help offset bookseller costs in attending the upcoming 2014 trade show, to be held in Norfolk, Virginia, on September 19 – 21.

Fatal ImpressionsDave and Reba White Williams have a long history of support and commitment to the literary arts. They are the founders and sponsors of the annual Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction. Reba Williams is also the author of the Coleman and Dinah Greene mystery series, the most recent of which is Fatal Impressions, published in March of 2014. Dave Williams is the author of Small Victories, an account of the Williams’ forty-year-long passion for collecting fine art prints. As passionate believers in the importance of independent bookstores, both see SIBA’s Scholarship Fund is the best way to help ensure a strong “next generation” of booksellers.

Again this year, SIBA will use the Scholarship Fund to help as many bookstores as possible coming to the tradeshow in Norfolk, Virginia, including assistance with expenses such as hotel rooms, meals, and more.  Since admission to the trade show is free for its bookstore members, SIBA designed the fund to assist member stores in offsetting some of the expenses that accrue and can make the difference in a store’s ability to attend.  

“We all need some skin in the game,” said SIBA Executive Director Wanda Jewell, who first conceived of the Scholarship Fund in response to feedback from bookstores about the rising costs associated with attending the trade show. “It may be that a frontline bookseller who has never been to the show can come or an additional bookseller can attend or you can stay an extra night.  Not having the money to attend is no excuse this year!”  Stores who wish to apply for assistance need only contact SIBA Executive Director This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with their request for SIBA’s help in attending #SIBA14 in Norfolk, Virginia in September.  Anyone who’d like to contribute to the fund may do so by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 
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