Sink into a good book.

Events Calendar

We offer a wide variety of events for adults and children as well as book clubs for several genres. We also make our space available for private events.

Use the search bar at the top of the list to search by keyword.

If you have questions about any of the events below or about hosting a private event, please contact us for more information.

Loading

Subscribe to our events calendar so you don’t miss out:


Use the search bar at the top of the list to search by keyword or apply a filter.

Show Filters
Canceled – Author Diane Les Becquets in Conversation with Lisa Allen
03 Jun
Jun 03, 2026

Canceled – Author Diane Les Becquets in Conversation with Lisa Allen

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[…]

Find out more
$30.81
Babies at the Bookshop
04 Jun
Jun 04, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays ! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits,[…]

Silent Book Club
04 Jun
Jun 04, 2026

Silent Book Club

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[…]

Canceled – Moody Monster Storytime
06 Jun
Jun 06, 2026

Canceled – Moody Monster Storytime

Moody Monster is unavailable this week and next, but looks forward to seeing you for storytime on June 20 at 11am.

Horror Book Club – The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle
07 Jun
Jun 07, 2026

Horror Book Club – The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle

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[…]

Book Bedazzling
07 Jun
Jun 07, 2026

Book Bedazzling

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[…]

Find out more
$21.50
Queer Book Club – Disco Witches of Fire Island by Blair Fell
10 Jun
Jun 10, 2026

Queer Book Club – Disco Witches of Fire Island by Blair Fell

Hit the dance floor with a coven of queer witches on 1980s Fire Island in this gay fantasy romance about finding magic, love, and family. “Heartfelt.”—The New York Times A[…]

Babies at the Bookshop
11 Jun
Jun 11, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Thriller Book Club – My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
11 Jun
Jun 11, 2026

Thriller Book Club – My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney

The Queen of Twists is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning what you know about love, identity, and revenge. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT The New[…]

Canceled – Moody Monster Storytime
13 Jun
Jun 13, 2026

Canceled – Moody Monster Storytime

Moody Monster is unavailable this week, but looks forward to seeing you for storytime next weekend on June 20 at 11am.

Warhammer Drop-in
13 Jun
Jun 13, 2026

Warhammer Drop-in

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[…]

Romantasy Book Club – The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
14 Jun
Jun 14, 2026

Romantasy Book Club – The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

There’s something about a gothic fantasy in the summer! For June Book Club, we’re reading The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig—a story full of omens, mystery, strange magic,[…]

CANCELED – Pamela Kelley and Jessica Everett Author Event
14 Jun
Jun 14, 2026

CANCELED – Pamela Kelley and Jessica Everett Author Event

Join us for a conversation and signing with authors Pamela Kelley and Jessica Everett to celebrate the release of their summer novels. Are you looking for your next Summer Read?[…]

Read to Finley
15 Jun
Jun 15, 2026

Read to Finley

Sign your child up to read to Finley for one of four time slots and build their confidence in reading aloud. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Babies at the Bookshop
18 Jun
Jun 18, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Romance Book Club – Cleat Cute
18 Jun
Jun 18, 2026

Romance Book Club – Cleat Cute

A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT A sapphic rivals to lovers rom[…]

Book Bedazzling
19 Jun
Jun 19, 2026

Book Bedazzling

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[…]

Find out more
$21.50
Moody Monster Storytime
20 Jun
Jun 20, 2026

Moody Monster Storytime

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[…]

Libro.fm Audiobook Meetup
21 Jun
Jun 21, 2026

Libro.fm Audiobook Meetup

Join other Audiobook lovers for a listening party in the cozy spaces of the Purple Couch Bookshop. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT Celebrate Audiobook Month with us 🎉 This[…]

Romance Author Emily Martin – Winner Takes All
24 Jun
Jun 24, 2026

Romance Author Emily Martin – Winner Takes All

Author Emily Martin joins us to discuss her new book, Winner Takes All, described as Book Lovers meets The Hangover. When two rival music executives wake up married in Las[…]

Babies at the Bookshop
25 Jun
Jun 25, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Fiction Book Club – So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder
25 Jun
Jun 25, 2026

Fiction Book Club – So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder

June’s Fiction Book Club selection is the much anticipated novel by Grant Ginder, So Old, So Young. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT “I gulped it down on a plane,[…]

Moody Monster Storytime
27 Jun
Jun 27, 2026

Moody Monster Storytime

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[…]

Warhammer Doubles Tournament Game Day
27 Jun
Jun 27, 2026

Warhammer Doubles Tournament Game Day

This is a great opportunity to take part in a Warhammer Doubles Tournament Game Day.  Drop in any time this afternoon.

Writers Round Table – Works in Progress Sharing
28 Jun
Jun 28, 2026

Writers Round Table – Works in Progress Sharing

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[…]

Horror Book Club – The September House by Carissa Orlando
28 Jun
Jun 28, 2026

Horror Book Club – The September House by Carissa Orlando

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE[…]

Fantasy Book Club – Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
28 Jun
Jun 28, 2026

Fantasy Book Club – Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab

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[…]

Canceled – Read to Finley
29 Jun
Jun 29, 2026

Canceled – Read to Finley

Sign your child up to read to Finley for one of four time slots and build their confidence in reading aloud. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Babies at the Bookshop
02 Jul
Jul 02, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Silent Book Club
02 Jul
Jul 02, 2026

Silent Book Club

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[…]

Book Bedazzling
03 Jul
Jul 03, 2026

Book Bedazzling

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[…]

Find out more
$21.50
Freedom of Speech Event featuring Christopher Finan
08 Jul
Jul 08, 2026

Freedom of Speech Event featuring Christopher Finan

Join us for a conversation and signing with Author Christopher Finan. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT An essential look at how, throughout American history, the powerless have exercised their[…]

Find out more
$19.07
Babies at the Bookshop
09 Jul
Jul 09, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Warhammer Drop-in
11 Jul
Jul 11, 2026

Warhammer Drop-in

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[…]

Read to Finley
13 Jul
Jul 13, 2026

Read to Finley

For the summer, Finley will be visiting the Purple Couch Bookshop every other Monday morning! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER We encourage emerging readers to sign up to read to Finley[…]

Queer Book Club – Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
15 Jul
Jul 15, 2026

Queer Book Club – Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOU SEAT In person + on Zoom Join us for a fan-favorite[…]

Babies at the Bookshop
16 Jul
Jul 16, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Sunday Silent Book Club
19 Jul
Jul 19, 2026

Sunday Silent Book Club

Babies at the Bookshop
23 Jul
Jul 23, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Bookish Escape Room Event
25 Jul
Jul 25, 2026

Bookish Escape Room Event

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,[…]

Find out more
$15.94
Writers Round Table – Works in Progress Sharing
26 Jul
Jul 26, 2026

Writers Round Table – Works in Progress Sharing

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[…]

Book Bedazzling
26 Jul
Jul 26, 2026

Book Bedazzling

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[…]

Find out more
$21.50
Read to Finley
27 Jul
Jul 27, 2026

Read to Finley

For the summer, Finley will be visiting the Purple Couch Bookshop every other Monday morning! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER We encourage emerging readers to sign up to read to Finley[…]

Author Debra Curtis – The Laws of Love and Logic
28 Jul
Jul 28, 2026

Author Debra Curtis – The Laws of Love and Logic

Join us for a conversation and signing with Author Debra Curtis. A story of two sisters, one impossible choice, and the long shadow of the past—perfect for readers of Broken Country.[…]

Romance Author Victoria Lavine – Not That Kind of Proposal
29 Jul
Jul 29, 2026

Romance Author Victoria Lavine – Not That Kind of Proposal

Author Victoria Lavine will join us in conversation with Kristyn J. Miller to celebrate the release of Not That Kind of Proposal. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT Join us[…]

Find out more
$20.19
Babies at the Bookshop
30 Jul
Jul 30, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Author Event: Jeza Belle – Secrets in the Tallgrass
31 Jul
Jul 31, 2026

Author Event: Jeza Belle – Secrets in the Tallgrass

Join us as we welcome drag queen and author Jeza Belle to celebrate the release of her newest book, Secrets in the Tallgrass. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT Join[…]

Find out more
$10 – $33.47
A.K. Caggiano’s Book Launch – Eclipse of the Crown
04 Aug
Aug 04, 2026

A.K. Caggiano’s Book Launch – Eclipse of the Crown

For fans of Kimberly Lemming and The Princess Bride – the epic conclusion to AK Caggiano’s Villains & Virtues series. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT The Purple Couch Bookshop[…]

Find out more
$20.18
Babies at the Bookshop
06 Aug
Aug 06, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Warhammer Drop-in
08 Aug
Aug 08, 2026

Warhammer Drop-in

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[…]

Read to Finley
10 Aug
Aug 10, 2026

Read to Finley

For the summer, Finley will be visiting the Purple Couch Bookshop every other Monday morning! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER We encourage emerging readers to sign up to read to Finley[…]

Babies at the Bookshop
13 Aug
Aug 13, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Bookstore Romance Day Authors Panel
15 Aug
Aug 15, 2026

Bookstore Romance Day Authors Panel

Join the Purple Couch as we celebrate Bookstore Romance Day with a panel of some of our favorite authors! CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT The Purple Couch’s Romance community[…]

Jenny Howe’s SummerWeen Spectacular
18 Aug
Aug 18, 2026

Jenny Howe’s SummerWeen Spectacular

Join Jenny Howe, Aleese Lin, and Kelly Andrew as we celebrate the release of Jenny’s new YA Romance, How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House! CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR[…]

Find out more
$13.80
Babies at the Bookshop
20 Aug
Aug 20, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Read to Finley
24 Aug
Aug 24, 2026

Read to Finley

For the summer, Finley will be visiting the Purple Couch Bookshop every other Monday morning! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER We encourage emerging readers to sign up to read to Finley[…]

Babies at the Bookshop
27 Aug
Aug 27, 2026

Babies at the Bookshop

We love Thursdays! There aren’t a lot of opportunities for moms and caregivers to meet and socialize with their little ones. While Rocco’s Reading Room is always available for visits, the[…]

Book Launch: Kristyn J. Miller  – Fall Into Place
11 Sep
Sep 11, 2026

Book Launch: Kristyn J. Miller – Fall Into Place

Kristyn J. Miller’s cozy autumn romance will have you falling for its changing leaves, hot apple cider, and unforgettable characters. The Purple Couch Bookshop is excited to welcome back Kristyn[…]

Find out more
$20.19