This month we celebrated a return to in-person events! While remaining cautious in terms of mask usage and being mindful of capacity limits, several of our July book clubs moved into a hybrid format for the first time, offering participants the option to join us here in the shop or from the comfort of their homes via Zoom.
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July 2021
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This past month, summer officially arrived and brought many lively book club discussions with it! Our team is settling into our new location nicely with a kids’ pop-up in our flex space, creativity-sparking writing workshops, and the prospect of in-person of events on the horizon.
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June 2021
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The merry month of May seemed to fly by, bringing us lots of joy and insightful discussions in book clubs, creativity in writing workshops, and even our first pop-up event!
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May 2021
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April brought a return to our full-time hours here at 130 S Royal, as well as a whole host of wonderful virtual events. April’s docket ranged from our monthly book clubs to writing workshops, author talks, and even a contest!
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Each year, the Reading Women team collaborates to create a yearly reading challenge that encourages their listeners and the bookish community at large to consider the authors, genres, and topics that find their ways into TBR piles. Read on to learn more about this year’s challenge, Kendra’s goals for the podcast, and the upcoming collaboration between Reading Women and Old Town Books.
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What’s been happening at Old Town Books in March? Read on to find out and learn more about what we have in store (and online) for April!
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Join us as we look back at the wonderful events Team OTB hosted in January and February, and get a sneak peek at some of our favorite upcoming events as well!
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As you prepare your holiday meals, set alarms for deals, and schedule Zoom calls with distant family and friends, we here at Old Town Books are hard at work prepping a special weekend full of deals for our wonderful community of booklovers.
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October was packed full of fun, informative, spooky, and community-building events…
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Happy Halloween from Old Town Books! Earlier this week, we hosted a live conclusion to our inaugural spooky story writing contest. After working on their pieces of flash fiction throughout the month of October, with the help of some Instagram prompts along the way, contest participants were invited to take part in a live Zoom event. The top five finalists performed readings of their pieces for the gathered audience, who then voted to declare a winner.
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This will be my fifth or sixth time doing NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, (do I count the years I didn't actually finish? Your guess is as good as mine) and here's the mentality I've always had going into it:
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