Cape And Islands Bookstore Trail Returns For Independent Bookstore Day

CAPE COD, MA — Saturday marks the return of Independent Bookstore Day, a day that unites over 1,000 bookstores nationwide.

But the day is special on Cape Cod, too, when the Cape and Islands Bookstore Trail officially begins for the new year.

Independent Bookstore Day has been ongoing for the last 10 years, and the Cape Cod trail honors those staying afloat locally.

The trail features 24 local bookstores and maps can be picked up at any of the participating stores starting on Saturday.

Bookstores participating include:

• Annie's Books and Gifts, Orleans
• Belonging Books, Pop-up
• Below the Brine Bookshop, Harwich Port
• Bread + Roses, Hyannis
• Brewster Book Store, Brewster
• Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Vineyard Haven
• East End Books, Provincetown
• Edgartown Books, Edgartown
• Eight Cousins Books, Falmouth
• Herridge Books, Wellfleet
• I Cannot Live Without Books, West Dennis
• Isaiah Thomas Books, Cotuit
• Market Street Bookshop, Mashpee
• Mitchell's Book Corner, Nantucket
• The Mystery Bookshop, West Dennis
• Nantucket Bookworks, Nantucket
• Parnassus Book Service, Yarmouthport
• Provincetown Bookshop, Provincetown
• Reed Books, Harwich Port
• Sea Howl Bookshop, Orleans
• Titcomb's Bookshop, East Sandwich
• Wellfleet Booksmith, Wellfleet
• Where the Sidewalk Ends Bookstore and Children's Annex, Chatham
• Yellow Umbrella Books, Chatham

At least one bookstore, Sea Howl, is hosting a special event for Independent Bookstore Day.

Complimentary donuts and cookies from Sunbird will be available starting at 10 a.m. until they're gone, and complimentary wine and snacks are available from 2 to 5 p.m.