Sisters in Crime We Love Bookstores Newsletter May 2026

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May 2026

Dear Booksellers and SinC Members,

In this issue of the We Love Bookstores News, we are pleased to announce the February 2026 We Love Bookstores Award winner is Books on Main in Fort Morgan, Colorado, and the April 2026 We Love Bookstores Award winner is Turn the Page Bookshop, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Please mark your calendars:

June 1–30: SinC members can join Summer Scrawl write-ins on Zoom. Finish your novel with us!
June 1–July 31: Submit your entry for the Pride Award for Emerging LGBTQIA+ Crime Writers!

February ’26 We Love Bookstores Winner: Books on Main in Fort Morgan, Colorado!

photo of an adult holding three books and smiling in front of a bookcase full of books

Staff member holding: Killer Chardonnay by Kate Lansing, The First Fiancée: A Bethany Jarviss Mystery by Rita A. Popp, How to Book a Murder by Cynthia Kuhn.

We Love Bookstores winner: Books on Main, Fort Morgan, Colorado!

A cozy indie bookstore & coffee shop in downtown Fort Morgan, Colorado. Browse used & new books, enjoy great coffee, and connection!

Support Books on Main: https://thebooksonmain.com/

April ’26 We Love Bookstores Winner:
Turn the Page in Williamsburg, Virginia!

photo of an adult holding three books and smiling in front of a wall hung with art and bordered by bookshelves full of books

Staff member holding: Malice, Matrimony, and Murder, including stories by Becky Clark, Wil A. Emerson, Margaret S. Hamilton, Shari Held, Lynn Hesse, Barbara Howard, Pamela Kyel, Karen McCullough, Sally Milliken, Charlotte Morganti, Rebecca Olmstead, Elaine Togneri; Murder by the Glass, including stories by Frances Aylor, Mary Dutta, Diane Fanning, Debra H. Goldstein, Maria Hudgins, Maggie King, Kristin Kisska, Alan Orloff, Josh Pachter, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Heather Weidner; Spectral Revelations by Ellen Butler.

We Love Bookstores winner: Turn the Page Bookshop, Williamsburg, Virginia!

Williamsburg’s only independent bookstore.

Support Turn the Page: https://www.turnthepagebookshopburg.com/

Apply for the We Love Bookstores Award

It is easy to apply for the $500 Sisters in Crime We Love Bookstores award. Winners are selected every other month. Find details and the application on the website.

Write for We Love Bookstores News!

Would you like to write an entry for We Love Bookstores News about your favorite shop or something else? Did you put together or see an amazing bookstore display? Submit your ideas to librarian@sistersincrime.org

Thank you for all you do for your communities. Sisters in Crime loves bookstores.

Happy reading!

Kaylyn Groves
We Love Libraries and We Love Bookstores Program Coordinator

WLL and WLB Program Coordinator: Kaylyn Groves, a writer, editor, and former librarian, is the coordinator of the We Love Libraries and We Love Bookstores program. Connect with Kaylyn: www.kaylyngroves.com and librarian@sistersincrime.org

WLL and WLB News Editor: Gail Lukasik’s latest book is What They Never Told Us: True Stories of Family Secrets and Hidden Identities Revealed. It’s the follow up book to her best-selling memoir, White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing, which was named one of the most inspiring stories of the year by The Washington Post. She’s also the author of five mystery novels. The Darkness Surrounds Us is her first gothic, historical mystery. Gail appeared in the documentary, History of Memory, which is available on Amazon Prime. https://www.amazon.com/What-They-Never-Told-Identities/dp/1510780181

Website: www.gaillukasik.com

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