Events

Join us for a discussion of And They Were Roommates by Page Powars.

About the book: 

Romance is the last thing on Charlie’s mind. On his first day at Valentine Academy for Boys, Charlie’s carefully crafted plan to hide his identity as the school’s only trans student is set in motion. Only to be immediately destroyed. Charlie has been assigned the worst roommate in the world (possibly the universe): Jasper Grimes, the boy who broke Charlie’s heart the year before he transitioned. Except, Jasper doesn’t recognize Charlie. Who knows how long until Jasper realizes the truth? Charlie has one shot at freedom and a dorm room all to himself, but only if he helps Jasper write love letters on behalf of their fellow students first. No problem. Charlie can help Jasper with some silly letters. Long nights spent discussing deep romantic feelings with Jasper? Surely, no unintended consequences will arise…

Join us for a discussion of The Feast by Margaret Kennedy.

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Summer, 1947. A bizarre catastrophe rocks a seaside village in Cornwall when a cliff tumbles down on the Pendizack Manor Hotel. The hotel is obliterated, and seven guests are killed in the disaster. Everyone else makes a narrow escape. As the survivors tell their stories, the events of the previous week are revealed, and a parade of sins exposed. Gluttony, Lecherousness, Sloth, Pride, Covetousness, Envy and Wrath: all are in residence at Pendizack Manor, and as the day of the disaster creeps closer, it becomes clear that who’s spared and who’s lost might not be as arbitrary as first assumed.

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Come dressed in your coolest pajamas and enjoy a Bluey: Sleepytime–themed event with crafts, for real life!

Tickets required. Spaces limited.

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Join us for a discussion of When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy.

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One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives. As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, Jess slowly comes to a horrifying understanding of the butchery that follows them—the boy can turn his every fear into reality. And when the wolf finally comes home, no one will be spared.

Join us for a discussion of Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.

About the book:

On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the Justice of Toren—a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.

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Join us for a discussion of The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.

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Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.

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Back by popular demand! Bring a book you’d love to add a little sparkle to. We’ll provide all the crafting supplies and everything you need to make your books shine. Tickets required. Spaces limited.

Stop by Storyline to meet debut author Katie Yee and pick up a copy of her novel, Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar.

About the author:

Katie Yee is a writer from Brooklyn. She has received fellowships from the Center for Fiction, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Kundiman. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, No Tokens, The Believer, the Washington Square Review, Triangle House, Epiphany, and Literary Hub. By day, she works at the Brooklyn Museum. By night, she writes, usually under the watch of her judgmental rescue dog, Ollie.

About the book:

A man and a woman walk into a restaurant. The woman expects a lovely night filled with endless plates of samosas. Instead, she finds out her husband is having an affair with a woman named Maggie.

A short while after, her chest starts to ache. She walks into an examination room, where she finds out the pain in her breast isn’t just heartbreak—it’s cancer. She decides to call the tumor Maggie.

Unfolding in fragments over the course of the ensuing months, Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar follows the narrator as she embarks on a journey of grief, healing, and reclamation. She starts talking to Maggie (the tumor), getting acquainted with her body’s new inhabitant. She overgenerously creates a “Guide to My Husband: A User’s Manual” for Maggie (the other woman), hoping to ease the process of discovering her ex-husband’s whims and quirks. She turns her children’s bedtime stories into retellings of Chinese folklore passed down by her own mother, in an attempt to make them fall in love with their shared culture—and to maybe save herself in the process.

In the style of Jenny Offill and the tradition of Nora Ephron’s hilarious and devastating writing on heartbreak and womanhood, Maggie is a master class in transforming personal tragedy into a form of defiant comedy.

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Join Storyline Bookshop for a discussion of The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb.

About the book:

A new father finds himself on the brink of a crumbling marriage, job loss, and a secret addiction. When tragedy tears his family apart, he is sentenced to prison. But through kinship with the prison librarian and fellow offenders, he begins to find that reconcilliation may be possible after all.

This one is for the romance readers! We’re celebrating Bookstore Romance Day big this year with curated book selections, photo ops, and a panel discussion and book signing from some of the best Ohio romance authors. Don’t miss out on the fun! Attending authors include:

• Kristy Boyce

• Jason B. Dutton

• Libby Kay

• Kerry Rea

• Kerry Winfrey

Prepare to be wowed by the incredible Magic Nate! This kids magic show is the perfect way to end summer.

Join Storyline Bookshop for a discussion of The Summers Between Us by Noreen Nanja.

About the book:

Lia Juma is a successful corporate lawyer in a new relationship with a man that meets her mother's criteria for the perfect son-in-law. But when she returns to her family's summer cottage and catches up with the boy she left behind, Wesley Forest, her polished life begins to unravel. When feelings begin to resurface for Wes, she must ask herself: is a second chance at young love worth the risk?

Storyline Bookshop is thrilled to welcome Rachel Eve Moulton for a discussion of her latest release, Tantrum. Rachel will be in conversation with author Katrina Kittle and will sign copies of her work after the discussion.

About the author:

Rachel Eve Moulton earned her B.A. from Antioch College and her M.F.A. from Emerson College. Her work has appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, Cream City Review, Bryant Literary Review, Narrative Magazine, Southwest Review, New Ohio Review, Button Eye Review, and The Bangalore Review among other publications. Her debut novel—Tinfoil Butterfly—was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and nominated for both a Shirley Jackson Award and a Bram Stoker. Her second novel—The Insatiable Volt Sisters—was named as one of the top ten horror novels of 2023 by the NYT Book Review. She’s spent most of her life as an educator, writer, and editor. She lives with her husband and two daughters in the mountains east of Albuquerque.

About the book:

What would happen if an exhausted mother thought her newborn baby might just be a monster--and she was right? Rachel Eve Moulton explores motherhood, familial relationships, and more in her thrilling new horror novel, Tantrum.

When Thea is handed her newborn baby Lucia, she knows something isn't right. Lucia has a full set of teeth and a voracious appetite. And as the baby quickly grows, Thea begins resurfacing dark memories from her own childhood.

About Katrina Kittle:

Katrina Kittle’s newest novel, Morning in This Broken World, is set in Dayton in the early days of COVID. She is the author of four other novels for adults—Traveling Light, Two Truths & a Lie, Kindness of Strangers, and The Blessings of the Animals—and one novel for tweens, Reasons to Be Happy. She is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Dayton, and a frequent public speaker. She lives south of Dayton with her fella, quirky cat, sweet beagle, and out-of-control garden. For more information on Katrina or her books, or to sign up for her fun, monthly newsletter, visit katrinakittle.com.

Join Storyline Bookshop for a discussion of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab.

About the book:

This genre-defying novel spans time and place, asking the reader to consider hunger, love, and rage. From 1532 Santo Domingo de la Calzadav where a young woman vows to take a different path than the one of games played by men to 1827 London where a young woman pays a high price for freedom from her cloistered life to 2019 Boston where a young woman is determined for revenge, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a story of life--how it both ends and starts.

Join Storyline Bookshop for a discussion of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh.

About the book:

Set in the world of English aristocracy, Brideshead Revisited follows Charles Ryder and his entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family. Exploring both privilege and pleasure denied, this classic tale is part romantic, part comedic, and part somber.

Join Storyline Bookshop for a discussion of Real Life by Brandon Taylor.

About the book:

Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university he finds himself attending. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left his family behind without escaping his past. At school, Wallace has enforced a distance within his own circle of friends but, over the course of one tumultuous weekend, that defense begins to fracture, exposing both a hostility and desire within.

Join Storyline Bookshop for a discussion of The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig.

About the book:

When five friends go camping and find a mysterious staircase in the woods, only one of them is brave enough to climb the stairs. But once at the top, the boy never comes back down and the stairs disappear.

When the stairs appear twenty years later, the group returns to find out just exactly what happened to boy and the stairs...