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September Bookish Events

One of the best parts about living in a bigger city for this semester is that I'm closer to a lot of independent bookstores, and with those, more bookish events! I've been able to go to two separate launches in the past month, both for books I was really excited about!
At the beginning of the month, I went out to Virginia to visit One More Page books for a TOIL & TROUBLE! This witchy anthology was the perfect thing to get me in the fall mood. I got to hear co-editor Jessica Spotswood and contributing authors Lindsay Smith and Robin Talley talk about their inspirations for their stories, their favorite fictional witches, and what kinds of powers they'd like to have.

Just a week ago, I went to the launch of FOR A MUSE OF FIRE at East City Bookshop! Heidi Heilig talked to Ellen Oh about her process and inspiration for writing the book. I always get more in the mood for fantasy books in fall, and this event just made me even more excited to dive into this one! There was also musical theatre karaoke at the end of the event (which I unfortunately didn't get to stay for) - the whole event was a great time.

Have you been to any great bookish events or independent bookstores lately? Tell me in the comments!
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  1. SkyOctober 3, 2018 at 6:47 PM

    I am so jealous and I definitely need to find out about author events in Sacramento now that I live so close.

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    1. ClaraOctober 3, 2018 at 8:02 PM

      Yes, definitely! And there might be a post tomorrow about a good way to find author events 👀

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