Join us for our April Romance Book Club pick. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on[…]

Join Jen and Moody to hear some stories about big feelings. Jen created My Moody Monster to help people with destructive behavior and mental illness to better cope with their[…]

Born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, Mark moved to New England in 1982, and has made it home. He and his wife moved to North Andover in 1997 and raised their[…]

We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm. CLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish[…]

Fantasy Book Club is heading in a whole new direction, this time, to space! Please join us for our exploration of Project Hail Mary for our April pick. CLICK HERE[…]

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Join us for the launch of Via Luino’s debut book All the Scattered Stars, a young adult fantasy. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Admission is free with an option to prepay and[…]

Best selling author, Emily Austin, returns for our April Fiction Book Club Selection. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT Emily Austin, the bestselling “queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines”[…]

Beautify your favorite book in great company at the Purple Couch Bookshop’s Book Bedazzling night. We will provide the art space and all the craft supplies. You bring (or buy)[…]

LET’S CELEBRATE! The Purple Couch Bookshop is happy to announce our participation in the 13th Anniversary of Independent Bookstore Day! We will be celebrating all weekend long. Our extended ours[…]

Join Jen and Moody to hear some stories about big feelings. Jen created My Moody Monster to help people with destructive behavior and mental illness to better cope with their[…]

This is a great way to get through some of those grey, unpainted miniatures. The tournament will be 2 games over 6 hours. Please note that your minis do need[…]

Come share your current writing with a group of cool, supportive, local writers! Just starting your writing journey or stuck on a passage of your novel? Are you a poet[…]

Join our Horror Book Club as we discuss ITCH! by Gemma Amor. (Rescheduled date May 3, 2026) Something moves on the forest floor . . . CLICK HERE TO RESERVE[…]

Join us for a casual, bring-your-own-project crafternoon at your favorite bookshop. Whether you knit, crochet, journal, or something else entirely, you’re welcome!  While we generally have lots of space, we[…]

With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club[…]

This is a great opportunity to get a game in or to work on building and painting with friends.  Drop in any time this afternoon.

“A book that demands to be read, shared and celebrated.”—PinkNews CLICK HERE TO REGISTER There’s nothing Zeke Chapman wants more than to tarnish the perfect reputation his father is so[…]

Beautify your favorite book in great company at the Purple Couch Bookshop’s Book Bedazzling night. We will provide the art space and all the craft supplies. You bring (or buy)[…]

We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm. CLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish[…]

Our Fantasy Book Club for May & June is a two part series as we read Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New[…]

Laura Piper Lee returns to the Purple Couch in support of her new novel Pot Shot. She will be joined in conversation by local favorite, and friend of the store,[…]

Jason O’Toole is the 2025 winner of the Amy Lowell Prize. He’s on the advisory board of New England Poetry Club. His third collection, The Strange Misgivings of the Sadly[…]

One of NPR’s Best Books of 2016, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the British Fantasy Award, the This is Horror Award for Novella of the Year, and a finalist for[…]

Join us for a casual, bring-your-own-project crafternoon at your favorite bookshop. Whether you knit, crochet, journal, or something else entirely, you’re welcome!  While we generally have lots of space, we[…]

Join us for a conversation and signing with bestselling author Diane Les Becquets. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT For fans of Tell Me Everything and Heartwood, Where the Water Meets the Sky is the[…]

With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club[…]

Join the Purple Couch Bookclub to beautify and bedazzle your favorite book! Beautify your favorite book in great company at the Purple Couch Bookshop’s first Book Bedazzling night. We will[…]

This is a great opportunity to get a game in or to work on building and painting with friends for the next tournament on May 2, 2026.  Drop in any[…]

Author Pamela Kelley will be joining us in support of her new novel Nantucket Second Chances.  Watch this space for details on time and tickets.

Join the Purple Couch Bookshop to beautify and bedazzle your favorite book! We will provide the art space and all the craft supplies. You bring (or buy) the book you’d[…]

Our Fantasy Book Club selection for May & June is from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new[…]

With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club[…]

Join the Purple Couch Bookshop to beautify and bedazzle your favorite book! We will provide the art space and all the craft supplies. You bring (or buy) the book you’d[…]

Stay tuned for more details.

Join us for an escape room/scavenger hunt to celebrate the release of Kit Rosewater’s YA Romance Buried Feelings! CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT Part scavenger hunt, part escape room,[…]

Join the Purple Couch Bookshop to beautify and bedazzle your favorite book! We will provide the art space and all the craft supplies. You bring (or buy) the book you’d[…]

Author Victoria Lavine will be joining us in support of her upcoming novel Not That Kind of Proposal.  Watch this space for details and tickets.

We’ve got some great plans in the works, including another author panel.  Keep an eye on our calendar and our social media for more details as they come.