Events

Mark your calendars for April 26th!

Storyline Bookshop in Upper Arlington, Ohio, is thrilled to host our very first Columbus Indie Bookstore Crawl!  Join us for an all-day indie bookstore crawl around Columbus.

How it works: Visit 7 of the 14(!!) participating bookstores and enter to win a huge bag of bookish goodies! Pick up your crawl passport at your first stop and drop it off at your last one!

All of the stores have their own special things going on so be sure to follow and like everyone listed!!

What we have going on:

Morning Kick-Off: START Your Bookstore Crawl with Us!

• Pregame at Storyline: Enjoy early access starting at 7:00 am.
• Early Bird Bonus: The first 50 guests will receive a Storyline Swag Bag
• Early Access Registration: Tap in and register for early access on Eventbrite to secure your spot.
  

All-Day Specials

• Spend & Earn: Spend $100 during the day and receive a free “Books for Everyone” tote.
• Giveaway Entry: Make a purchase and be automatically entered to win fantastic prizes, including: 1 year of free audiobooks from libro.fm, a Tremont Center Gift Basket featuring selections from Littleton’s Market, Moretti’s, Goodies, Hob Nob, and more and signed books and exclusive Indie Bookstore Day merchandise
  
  Featured Events

Author Signing with Maggie Smith
Indie Bookstore Day: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Storyline is pleased to welcome New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith to celebrate her new book, Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life for a signing event.

Storyline Members’ Only Book Club Soirée
Indie Bookstore Day: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
To wrap up this fantastic day, we invite our book club members to join us for an exclusive Members’ Only Book Club Soirée from 7 to 9 PM at Storyline. Dress up and immerse yourself in literary charm.

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Author Signing with Maggie Smith
Indie Bookstore Day: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Storyline is pleased to welcome New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith to celebrate her new book, Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life for a signing event.

About the Book: New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith distills creativity and the craft of writing in this practical guide, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic and Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird.

Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explored through short, inspiring, and craft-focused essays, followed by generative writing prompts. Dear Writer provides tools that artists of all experience levels can apply to their own creative practices and carry with them into all genres and all areas of life.

About the Author: Maggie Smith is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of eight books of poetry and prose, including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Keep Moving, and My Thoughts Have Wings. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Smith has also received a Pushcart Prize, and numerous grants and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been widely published, appearing in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Nation, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Best American Poetry, and more. You can follow her on social media @MaggieSmithPoet.

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Join us for a discussion of Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill.

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About the book: From an absolutely unmissable new voice in cozy fantasy comes Greenteeth, "an extraordinary tale about the most unforgettable heroine:" (Sarah Beth Durst) a charismatic lake-dwelling monster named Jenny Greenteeth with a voice unlike any other.

‍Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth. Hungry and ready to pounce.Jenny Greenteeth has never spoken to a human before, but when a witch is thrown into her lake, something makes Jenny decide she's worth saving. Temperance doesn't know why her village has suddenly turned against her, only that it has something to do with the malevolent new pastor.Though they have nothing in common, these two must band together on a magical quest to defeat the evil that threatens Jenny's lake and Temperance's family, as well as the very soul of Britain.This is a tale of fae, folklore, and found family, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Travis Baldree. ‍★ "Full of magic that is rich, mysterious, and exciting." – Booklist (Starred review)

★ "Full of magic, but even more heart." –Kirkus (Starred review)

★"A beautiful story of found family among the most disparate of creatures." –Library Journal (Starred review)

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Join us for a fabulous evening with Renée Rosen as we celebrate the release of Let's Call Her Barbie, a dazzling new novel about ambition and reinvention. Don your best pink attire and get ready for an evening of books, conversation, and a little extra sparkle!

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About the Book:

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When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.

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In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth’s vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.

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As Ruth assembles her team of creative rebels—head engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbie’s fashion—she knows they’re working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground.

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In the decades to come—through soaring heights and devastating personal lows, public scandals and private tensions— each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll—she’s a legacy.

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THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER ∙ She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.

As featured in The New York Post ∙ RuPaul's Book Club ∙ Book Riot ∙ The Nerd Daily ∙ Chicago Review of Books ∙ and more!

“A fresh and fun take on Barbie lore…clever and satisfying.”—Shelby Van Pelt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures

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About the author:

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Renee Rosen is a USA Today bestselling author. Her novels include Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl, The Social Graces, Park Avenue Summer, Windy City Blues, White Collar Girl, What the Lady Wants and Dollface as well as the young adult novel, Every Crooked Pot.

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She is a native of Akron, Ohio, and a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C. She now lives in Chicago and is at work on a new novel.

Join us for a discussion of Private Rites by Julia Armfield.

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About the book:

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It’s been raining for a long time now, so long that the land has reshaped itself and old rituals and religions are creeping back into practice. Sisters Isla, Irene, and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their father, an architect as cruel as he was revered, dies. His death offers an opportunity for the sisters to come together in a new way. In the grand glass house they grew up in, their father’s most famous creation, the sisters sort through the secrets and memories he left behind, until their fragile bond is shattered by a revelation in his will.

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The sisters are more estranged than ever, and their lives spin out of control: Irene’s relationship is straining at the seams, Isla’s ex-wife keeps calling, and cynical Agnes is falling in love for the first time. But something even more sinister might be unfolding, something related to their mother’s long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always seemed unusually interested in the sisters’ lives. Soon, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperiled world.

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From the BELOVED, AWARD-WINNING author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world

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“One of my FAVORITE NOVELS of the past few years.” —Jeff VanderMeer, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Annihilation

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Want to add a little more sparkle to your favorite stories? Stop by Storyline for our first ever bedazzle your own book event. What you’ll bring: a book and some creativity. What we’ll provide: all the crafting materials you’ll need.

Celebrate mom with all the best things: books, blooms, & brunch!

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Start your day at Storyline by browsing the stacks and stopping by our signature build your own bouquet bar. Afterwards, stop by Littleton’s Market and treat mom to a delicious brunch

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Join us for a discussion of A Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

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About the book:

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National Bestseller!

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The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series!

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Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.

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Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.

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Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.

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Join us for a discussion of Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez.

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer comes a playful yet deeply emotional romance where one date is all it takes for two people to know they're perfect for each other . . . until one of them moves 2,000 miles away the next day.

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There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes—all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there’s nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong . . . unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake.

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But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is enough to forget what's between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life—and even a love—worth remembering.

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Join us for a discussion of Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito.

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Virginia Feito’s Mrs. March was hailed as “a brilliant debut . . . [by] a writer who keeps pace with the grandees she invokes” (Sarah Ditum, Guardian)—from Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson to Patricia Highsmith. Now, Feito returns with her “silver-polish sentences and her eerie psychological acumen” (Constance Grady, Vox) to unleash an entirely new antihero on us all.

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Grim Wolds, England: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess—she’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate’s dreary confines come with an intimate knowledge of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family—Mr. Pounds can’t keep his eyes off Winifred’s chest, and Mrs. Pounds takes a sickly pleasure in punishing Winifred for her husband’s wandering gaze. Compounded with her disdain for the entitled Pounds children, Winifred finds herself struggling at every turn to stifle the violent compulsions of her past. French tutoring and needlework are one way to pass the time, as is admiring the ugly portraits in the gallery . . . and creeping across the moonlit lawns. . . .

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Patience. Winifred must have patience, for Christmas is coming, and she has very special gifts planned for the dear souls of Ensor House. Brimming with sardonic wit and culminating in a shocking conclusion, Victorian Psycho plunges readers into the chilling mind of an iconic new literary psychopath.

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Bring a book you loved but no longer need and want to re-gift to someone else! You can use our wrapping area to wrap the book, add a bookmark, write a note, leave it at the swap table, and then take one home. Max 2 books per person.

Join us for a discussion of The Murderbot Diaries Vol 1 by Martha Wells.

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About the book: Coming to Apple TV+!

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The first two novellas in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot series, collected in paperback for the first time!

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"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

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First, read the story that started the Murderbot phenomenon in All Systems Red!

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On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is (and to watch its favorite show in its downtime.)

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But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it’s up to the scientists and Murderbot to get to the truth. Then, In Artificial Condition Murderbot teams up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), and together, they infiltrate the mining facility where Murderbot went rogue to try to understand its past.

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What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks…

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Join us for a discussion of A Sport and A Pastime by James Salter.

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"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know," is how Reynolds Price (The New York Times) described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the 1960s, James Salter's A Sport and a Pastime is the intensely carnal story—part shocking reality, part feverish dream —of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a young French girl. There is the seen and the unseen—and pages that burn with a rare intensity.

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Drop off your favorite stuffie for a Memorial Day Weekend sleepover at the shop. Our staff will take great care of your fluffy friends and treat them to all sorts of goodies—story time, movies, snacks, and more!

Please drop your stuffie off Friday by 5 PM and pick them back up Saturday by 10 AM.

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