Oh, You’re Reading Again Book Club
In May we will be reading ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong. This story is a letter from a son written to his mother who can’t read. Throughout the letter, the writer unearths family history rooted in Vietnam and allows him a doorway into parts of his life his mother had never known. It’s as much about the power of telling one’s own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard.
We’ll meet to discuss this book on May 28 from 6-7 p.m. Join us in person at the store or via Zoom
Book Signing With Local Author Haley Addams
Come by the store to meet local author Haley Addams, who will be set up selling copies of her book, COUNTESS DRACULA AND THE FRANKENSTEIN PROJECT, a story that blends horror and dark fantasy. It follows Countess Dracula, who ends up teaming up with mad scientiest Victoria Frankenstein for a super secret, dark project.... Stop by to snag your copy and support a local author!
Silent Book Club
Come by and join us for our Silent Book Club, where you get the opportunity to quietly read with other Charlotte book worms. Arrive between 6-6:30 p.m. to claim your spot, grab food and drinks from nearby restaurants and chat with other folks. From 6:30-7:30 p.m. we silently read our own books! Then at 7:30 p.m. we reopen the store for anyone who wants to browse or hang and chat with others. There is indoor and outdoor seating available, so this event is rain or shine. We strongly recommend bringing a chair or something to sit on because seating goes quick. No RSVP is necessary - just show up to join in on the fun!
Book Signing with Local Children's Author Chelsea Walters
Drop into the store to meet local children's author Chelsea Walters and snag a signed copy of her book, What's That Feeling! Parents know how tough it can be to have your young child identify or explain their feelings, and this book is here to help. No registration is necessary - just come by to support a Charlotte author!
Back to the Basics: Selling Strategies for Kidlit Authors
Join us for a 2-hour event featuring local children’s author Eden Estabrook as we talk all about selling strategies for children’s, early reader and young adult books.
Eden Estabrook is a published children’s author with two books: Arnie The Armadillo Goes To Antarctica and Arnie The Armadillo Goes Backpacking In Brazil. She’s extremely well-known in the greater Charlotte area due to her marketing prowess on the B2B side.
Eden will be sharing tips and tricks for kidlit authors on their book signing strategy, pop up evaluation, comarketing with bookstores, documentation infrastructure, and more. You’ll also have the chance to ask questions directly during the Q&A portion of the afternoon.
Light refreshments will be provided. The ticket price also allows us to pay Eden for her time and knowledge. Purchase tickets here: https://www.thatsnovelbooks.com/shop/p/back-to-the-basics-selling-strategies-for-kidlit-authors
New Release Wine Pairing
Join us for another new release wine pairing with our favorite partners in crime, Hex! On June 9 we will be at Hex Coffee & Natural Wines at Camp North End with 7 incredible new releases, all of which will be thoughtfully paired with a natural wine for you to sample. Throughout the evening you'll be told about each of the books and wines selected, with time to sip and chat in between. Your ticket price includes 7 one oz pours of wine, 10% off select wines at Hex, and 10% off any books or bookish items purchased at the event. You can purchase tickets here: https://www.thatsnovelbooks.com/shop/p/new-release-wine-tasting.
The books featured at this event will include:
Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See: A historical fiction novel following three Chinese women as they arrive in Los Angeles in 1870, all with very different goals, in a city that is very anti-Chinese. Themes: friendship, bravery, struggle.
Transcendent by Laverne Cox. In this memoir, Laverne Cox shares her childhood trauma, her transition, her body image issues, her search for love and her experience as a trans woman in Hollywood. Themes: healing, trauma, fight for equality.
The Missed Connection by Tia Williams: This contemporary romance featuring a high powered, no nonsense casting director who hits it off with a mysterious man on a plane, but they're separated before they exchange information. She begins a global search to find this man, even hiring a handsome detective who complicates things further. Themes: Spicy, flirty, fun. Extra fun: we will have SIGNED copies available!
The Summer Girlfriend by Kristina Forrest: This is a contemporary romance featuring a fake dating plot between two adults trying to get back on their feet. Soon, a weekend agreement turns into an entire summer, and Noelle and Jeremiah will have to keep their hearts in check, or else it’s sink or swim for them both. Themes: Summery, light, romantic.
Atmosphere Paperback Version by Taylor Jenkins Reid: Okay, this technically isn't a new release, but the book is coming out on paperback and it's really beautiful, so we'll celebrate it anyway! It follows a woman who is one of the first women to join NASA and go into space. While she's achieving her dreams, she's falling in love with another woman in the program and trying to hide it from everyone so they don't lose their positions. Themes: Adventurous, dramatic, a rollercoaster of emotions.
Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver: This is the second book in a series, but don't worry - we'll have the first one there as well. The story follows a serial killer and a hit man seeking revenge who call a truce even though they want to kill each other so that they can instead take care of a true crime junkie trying to solve a murder. Themes: Dark, suspenseful, intense.
You Won't Forget Me by Mazey Eddings: This is a queer romance featuring two bandmates who end up hooknig up right before tour, only for some drama to get in their way. Now they're forced together for a summer-long tour and have to decide whether it's worth it to risk everything. Themes: Gay
Novels and Needles Meet Up
Novels & Needles, our yarn craft enthusiast meet up, is happening at That's Novel Books! Bring your yarn and your knitting or crochet needles and come create with others! No RSVP necessary - simply come by.
Writing Club
Join us for writing club, a quiet, dedicated place to get some of your writing done. Our writing club features two, 25-minute silent writing sprints with a break in between. At the end of the evening we chat, share work, get feedback from others and just commune with other writers. Space is limited for this event! Please register to reserve your spot, and remember to cancel your ticket if you are no longer able to make it! Register here
Warhammer Paint + Build Night
It's time for another Warhammer build and paint night! Bring your own tools, materials and kits and hang with others while you work on your builds! Builds and projects outside of the Warhammer universe are welcome. This event is free and open to anyone. Just show up to attend!
Book Signing with Local Author Becca Mionis
Book Signing with Local Author Becca Mionis
Writing Club
Join us for writing club, a quiet, dedicated place to get some of your writing done. Our writing club features two, 25-minute silent writing sprints with a break inbetween. At the end of the evening we chat, share work, get feedback from others and just commune with other writers. Space is limited for this event! Please register to reserve your spot, and remember to cancel your ticket if you are no longer able to make it! Register here
Book Signing with Local Author Caroline Kenna
Join us in celebrating debut author Caroline Kenna, who will be set up in our shop selling copies of her poetry collection, KEEP YOUR DAMN SEAT. No registration is needed - just show up to check out her work!
Silent Book Club
Come by and join us for our Silent Book Club, where you get the opportunity to quietly read with other Charlotte book worms. Arrive between 9:30-10 a.m. to claim your spot, grab food and drinks from nearby restaurants and chat with other folks. From 10-11 a.m. we silently read our own books! Then at 11 a.m. we open the store for anyone who wants to browse or hang and chat with others. There is indoor and outdoor seating available, so this event is rain or shine. We strongly recommend bringing a chair or something to sit on because seating goes quick. No RSVP is necessary - just show up to join in on the fun!
Oh, You’re Reading Again Book Club
This June our book club will be reading THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by by Amal El-Mothar and Max Gladstone! This sci-fi novella is about two rival time-traveling agents who fall in love through secret correspondence while fighting a war across history for opposing factions.
Book Signing With Local Author Hunter Critt
Stop by That’s Novel to meet local author Hunter Critt, who will be selling copies of his dystopian thriller!
Writing Club
Join us for writing club, a quiet, dedicated place to get some of your writing done. Our writing club features two, 25-minute silent writing sprints with a break in between. At the end of the evening we chat, share work, get feedback from others and just commune with other writers. Space is limited for this event! Please register to reserve your spot, and remember to cancel your ticket if you are no longer able to make it! Register here
Novels and Needles Meet Up
Novels & Needles, our yarn craft enthusiast meet up, is happening at That's Novel Books! Bring your yarn and your knitting or crochet needles and come create with others! No RSVP necessary - simply come by.
Score Midnight Release
On May 18, That’s Novel Books will cease to exist from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Instead, you’re invited to meet us at That’s Novel Jazz Club for a night of old school Hollywood glitz and glam, reminiscent of the Harlem Renaissance Dessi Blue herself was a part of.
Enter the establishment on a red carpet complete with paparazzi there to snap your pics while you show off your finest 1920s, Harlem Renaissance inspired fits. Enjoy live jazz music from the great Braxton Bateman of Mo' Betta Thursdays, dance on our makeshift dance floor among the bookshelves, play cards with other attendees, get Hollywood glam inspired flash tattoos from Glitch Tattoo, get tarot readings from Sky Luna, shop from racks inspired by our theme set up by the best in the biz Thrift Pony, sip cocktails and mocktails provided by Room Service, and get some new bling courtesy of Lindsay Cadenhead Jewelry.
As always, our midnight releases are FREE and open to anyone who wants to come, regardless of if you preorder the book with us or not. All are welcome to come and hang with us for the evening while we celebrate one of our favorite authors, Kennedy Ryan. If you do preorder the Indie Exclusive copy with us, it will be available at midnight for you. You do not need to stay until midnight if that’s too late for you! Feel free to come and hang for a bit, go get some sleep, and then come back Tuesday or even later in the week to pick up your preorder.
A huge thank you to the local businesses helping us put on one incredible midnight release:
Music: Braxton Bateman / Mo' Betta Thursdays
Flash tattoos: Glitch Tattoo
Forever jewelry: Lindsay Cadenhead Jewelry
Photography (which will be available to all attendees): Julia Fay Photography
Drinks: Room Service
Shopping/clothing: Thrift Pony
Tarot: Sky Luna
Art: Studio Cultivate
We can’t wait to see you there, live wires
Preorder the Indie Exclusive Edition of SCORE by Kennedy Ryan: https://www.thatsnovelbooks.com/shop/p/preorder-score-kennedy-ryan
RSVP for the midnight release here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984567348362?aff=oddtdtcreator
Silent Book Club | FREE
Come by and join us for our Silent Book Club, where you get the opportunity to quietly read with other Charlotte book worms. Arrive between 9:30-10 a.m. to claim your spot, grab food and drinks from nearby restaurants and chat with other folks. From 10-11 a.m. we silently read our own books! Then at 11 a.m. we open the store for anyone who wants to browse or hang and chat with others. There is indoor and outdoor seating available, so this event is rain or shine. We strongly recommend bringing a chair or something to sit on because seating goes quick. No RSVP is necessary - just show up to join in on the fun!
Book Signing With Local Author E.K. Dusk
Join us for a book signing with local author E.K. Dusk, who will be set up in our shop selling copies of her dark romance series, Desecrated Doctrine. This series has two books out now: WRITTEN IN SIN and BOUND BY SIN. Copies of both will be available for purchase!
Warhammer Build Night
It's time for another Warhammer build and paint night! Bring your own tools, materials and kits and hang with others while you work on your builds! Builds and projects outside of the Warhammer universe are welcome. This event is free and open to anyone. Just show up to attend!
Writing Club
Join us for writing club, a quiet, dedicated place to get some of your writing done. Our writing club features two, 25-minute silent writing sprints with a break in between. At the end of the evening we chat, share work, get feedback from others and just commune with other writers. Space is limited for this event! Please register to reserve your spot, and remember to cancel your ticket if you are no longer able to make it! Register here
Book Signing With Local Author Carla Harrison
Join us for a book signing with local author Carol Harrison, who will share her historical coming-of-age story, HEART OF THE GREEN LEAF. The story follows a fourteen-year-old in the summer of 1964 on her family's North Carolina tobacco farm. Copies will be available for purchase!
Silent Book Club | FREE
Come by and join us for our Silent Book Club, where you get the opportunity to quietly read with other Charlotte book worms. Arrive between 6-6:30 p.m. to claim your spot, grab food and drinks from nearby restaurants and chat with other folks. From 6:30-7:30 p.m. we silently read our own books! Then at 7:30 p.m. we reopen the store for anyone who wants to browse or hang and chat with others. There is indoor and outdoor seating available, so this event is rain or shine. We strongly recommend bringing a chair or something to sit on because seating goes quick. No RSVP is necessary - just show up to join in on the fun!
Book Swap
Come by on May 3 to swap books at That’s Novel! Please read the rules for the swap below:
Bring up to 5 books, and take no more than the number you brought
Please bring books you would be excited to receive. This is not an opportunity to offload the dusty, moldy books from your great uncle four times removed. Be mindful and be kind
Do not come without books and then take a bunch. That’s just a jerk move
Book Signing With Local Author Jenna Martin
Drop by That's Novel Book sto support local author Jenna Martin, who will be selling copies of her book, MILO AND THE WISDOM OF THE SEA. The story follows Milo, the only cartwheeling sea star in the ocean, as he learns that he's perfect the way he is, even if that means being different. This book is perfect for kids ages 4-10! Stop by to grab a copy and support a local author!
Oh, You’re Reading Again Book Club
In April we are reading MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar with a discussion on April 30 from 6-7 p.m.!
MARTYR! follows the life of a queer, recovering alcoholic and poet whose obsessed with martyrdom after his mother’s death in a plane crash. The book explores addiction, grief, faith and the search for meaning in life.
No RSVP is needed to attend this book club. Simply come by our shop during the discussion, or join us virtually via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87982883565?pwd=bwHadiMGjBpkXDmll5x0Ba43J97PBu.1
Get your copy of MARTYR! here: https://www.thatsnovelbooks.com/shop/p/matyr-kaveh-akbar?rq=martyr
That's it for today, but I'll have more for you on Sunday! Waiting on a few authors to send me photos for their April signings and then next month's calendar is finally done!
Book Signing With Local Author Victor Martin
Stop by That's Novel to meet local author Victor Martin and learn more about his suspense novel, MOTIVE FOR MURDER! No registration is required - just drop by to participate!
Writing Club
Join us for writing club, a quiet, dedicated place to get some of your writing done. Our writing club features two, 25-minute silent writing sprints with a break in between. At the end of the evening we chat, share work, get feedback from others and just commune with other writers. Space is limited for this event! Please register to reserve your spot, and remember to cancel your ticket if you are no longer able to make it! Register here
Silent Book Club | FREE
Come by and join us for our Silent Book Club, where you get the opportunity to quietly read with other Charlotte book worms. Arrive between 9:30-10 a.m. to claim your spot, grab food and drinks from nearby restaurants and chat with other folks. From 10-11 a.m. we silently read our own books! Then at 11 a.m. we open the store for anyone who wants to browse or hang and chat with others. There is indoor and outdoor seating available, so this event is rain or shine. We strongly recommend bringing a chair or something to sit on because seating goes quick. No RSVP is necessary - just show up to join in on the fun!
Book Signing with Local Children's Author Eden Estabrook
Drop by to meet one of our favorite local children's authors, Eden Estabrook! She'll be set up in our shop signing and selling copies of her Arnie the Armadillo series, designed to expose kids to vocab words throughout the alphabet. No registration is needed - just stop in!
Warhammer Build Night
It's time for another Warhammer build and paint night! Bring your own tools, materials and kits and hang with others while you work on your builds! Builds and projects outside of the Warhammer universe are welcome. This event is free and open to anyone. Just show up to attend!
Writing Feedback Exchange
This event is intended for writers and aspiring authors who are looking for feedback on one of their works in progress. You're welcome to bring by excerpts from your novel, memoir, poetry collection, or short story to have others read.
Please come with your work already printed out - there is not printing available on site. Then you will exchange your work with others, read, and then give feedback directly to other writers.
This event is free and open to everyone! Please register ahead of time to let us know you're coming
Book Signing with Local Author Ruchi Shah
Join us for a book signing with local author Ruchi Shah, who will be selling copies of WE, HUMANS. WE, HUMANS is a book, an experience, a gift, conversation cards, an art display, and DIY self-help all rolled into one product. Modeled on how we seek answers on our humanness in daily life, We, Humans nudges us to google inwards, to chatgpt inwards, and build our own inner intelligence. No registration is necessary. Just drop in to support a local author!
Writing Club
Join us for writing club, a quiet, dedicated place to get some of your writing done. Our writing club features two, 25-minute silent writing sprints with a break in between. At the end of the evening we chat, share work, get feedback from others and just commune with other writers. Space is limited for this event! Please register to reserve your spot, and remember to cancel your ticket if you are no longer able to make it! Register here
Novels and Needles Meet Up
Novels & Needles, our yarn craft enthusiast meet up, is happening at That's Novel Books! Bring your yarn and your knitting or crochet needles and come create with others! No RSVP necessary - simply come by.
New Release Wine Tasting With Hex
Join us for a sip and shop with our favorite place to snag natural wines, Hex! They will be set up in the shop with five wines picked specifically to pair with the 5 new releases we'll be getting in that day:
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke: A popular "trad wife" influencer on social media has everything made, until she wakes up one day in the year 1805, having to actually live a hard existence. Historical fiction with time travel.
One of You by Erin Adams: A horror/thriller novel about two girls after their mother's unexpected death, and their mother's strange friend, who shows up at the funeral and seems to know everything about them. Then, strange things keep happening.
Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry: The second book in a romantasy series, this one follows a young woman separated from the man she loves as she attempts to save the five kingdoms she rules over.
American Fantasy by Emma Straub: This fiction/romance follows a middle aged woman on a cruise ship with her favorite boy band from the 90s as she rediscovers herself and befriends a member of the band who's just as lonely as she is.
Love By The Book by Jessica George: This book reads like a love story, but it's about the platonic love and friendship two women foster when they bump into each other at a bookstore at the lowest times of their respective lives, and how they help one another keep going.
Each book will have an accompanying 2oz pour that you can sample and sip on while you shop. You'll be able to taste all 5 wines for $25, and bottles will be available for purchase with a discount! No RSVP is needed for this event. Just show up to participate!
Book Signing and Jewelry Salee with Local Author Jen Guberman and Local Maker Midnight Narrative
Drop in to That's Novel during this time to meet local author Jen Guberman, who will be selling copies of all of her books, including the second book in her Deatherise of Darkwood Series, INTO THE FIRE. Accompanying her will be Midnight Narrative, a local jewelry maker who will be selling bookishing earrings and other jewelry pieces. No registration required - just show up.
Silent Book Club | FREE
Come by and join us for our Silent Book Club, where you get the opportunity to quietly read with other Charlotte book worms. Arrive between 6-6:30 p.m. to claim your spot, grab food and drinks from nearby restaurants and chat with other folks. From 6:30-7:30 p.m. we silently read our own books! Then at 7:30 p.m. we reopen the store for anyone who wants to browse or hang and chat with others. There is indoor and outdoor seating available, so this event is rain or shine. We strongly recommend bringing a chair or something to sit on because seating goes quick. No RSVP is necessary - just show up to join in on the fun!
Greater Charlotte Book Crawl Kick-Off Party
Kick off the month of the Greater Charlotte Book Crawl at That's Novel Books! From 12-7 p.m. we'll be giving out FREE Souvenir Passports (while supplies last) and we'll have a fun game set up where you can pick your next book to read.
Oh, You’re Reading Again Book Club
Join us for our monthly book club meet-up! This March we are reading The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali. This story is a historical fiction novel set in 1950s Tehran. It follows two young girls who become friends until one of them is able to return to her affluent lifestyle. They reconnect later in life, at which point the course of their story changes forever. As political turmoil in Iran reaches a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences. Everyone is welcome, and no RSVP is necessary. Join us in-person at the store or virtually on zoom
Meet Cute at The Mount
Calling all the single ladies... and guys, and gays and theys! Join us for a singles night at The Mount at Camp North End. Check-in at That's Novel Books to get your name tag and different colored bracelets identifying what you’re looking for. Then wander around and participate in the different activities at each business with the hopes of meeting someone special in your very own love-story worthy meet cute! Here’s what’s happening at each business:
Free Range Bar will have a group puzzle going that you can jump in and work on as well as a get-to-know you game setup. They’ll also be offering “buy a friend a drink” tickets. You can ask the bartender to add a drink for another guest on your tab, and then you’ll be given a ticket that you can then hand out to anyone of your choice during the hours of the event
head to Hex for $12 wine tastings, where you can bond with others over your love for a good natty wine
Grow is hosting a build-your-own terrarium station for $26! Build something and then gift it to the cutie who catches your eye
Good Postage will have a coloring station set up where you can create masterpieces and then you can gift your art to someone foxy
at That's Novel Books get to know someone through prompts and then write them an original haiku or pick out a book you think they’d love
Eggroll Co. will be doing buy one, get one half-off egg rolls. Once you hit it off with someone, head there and then you guys can share and eat from each end and kiss in the middle, Lady and the Tramp style
or head to Surefire Market for the quintessential first date food of a delicious burger - a free side of fries will come with the entree during the event
Cara's Cookies will have paint your own cookie kits available! Purchase them from their window and then head into @thatsnovelbooks for a spot to sit and paint along the boo you’re vibing with
when you’re ready for dessert, head to Oh My Ganache to create a customizable dessert board with a keepsake charcuterie board set
No RSVP necessary. Show up between 6-9 p.m. that night to participate in all the fun!
Book Signing with Local Author Pascale Doxy
Drop by That's Novel to meet local author Pascale Doxy and check out her two books: HEIRS TO A CAUSE, a YA historical fiction, and ONE HUNDRED HOURS OF HOPE, an adult historical fiction. Both books will be available for purchase, but no registration is necessary. Just come by to meet Pascale and support her work!
Writing Club
Join us for writing club, a quiet, dedicated place to get some of your writing done. Our writing club features two, 25-minute silent writing sprints with a break inbetween. At the end of the evening we chat, share work, get feedback from others and just commune with other writers. Space is limited for this event! Please register to reserve your spot, and remember to cancel your ticket if you are no longer able to make it! Register here