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SUMMARY:I Survived: A Historical Celebration
DESCRIPTION:History comes to life at our special event\, “I Survived: A Historic Celebration”. \nPlease join us for a drop-in event from 12-5pm on Sunday\, August 2. \nWe are very excited for an afternoon full of games\, activities\, and more based on the bestselling books from Lauren Tarshis series: I Survived the American Revolution.  It is sure to be a great time for children and adults of all ages.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/i-survived-a-historical-celebration/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260804T190000
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SUMMARY:A.K. Caggiano's Book Launch - Eclipse of the Crown
DESCRIPTION:For fans of Kimberly Lemming and The Princess Bride – the epic conclusion to AK Caggiano’s Villains & Virtues series. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\n\n\nThe Purple Couch Bookshop is excited to welcome back indie sensation A.K. Caggiano was we celebrate the epic third book in the Villains & Virtues series\, perfect for fans of The Princess Bride\, following a not-so-evil-anymore demon lord and the baroness responsible for his change of heart who finally must confront their feelings for each other. But how can they admit their attraction when the world is ending? \nNothing about Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne’s evil destiny has gone according to plan. The reason? The kindhearted baroness who has somehow managed to entangle herself in his softening heart. But once again amongst his peers at Yvlcon\, the preeminent congregation of the vilest and most unscrupulous villains in existence\, Damien’s moral growth is threatened just when he’s learning to be slightly less evil. Consequently\, Amma finds her own virtue in peril when faced with so much temptation\, namely in the form of a domineering blood mage she can’t—or doesn’t want—to say no to. \nBut a burgeoning romance is doused in the coldest of baths when the Grand Order of Dread commands Damien to once again face the swirling vortex of entropy that’s been hunting them all over the realm. The coming eclipse points to devastation and destruction\, with annihilation impossible to avoid\, prophecy being\, well\, prophecy\, after all. \nBut there’s an entire fortnight before the world is supposed to end\, and surely that’s enough time to find some way around it. . . or at the very least to confess one’s devotion to the other before it all burns down around them. \nTickets are $20.18 per person and include a copy of the special edition paperback\, featuring intricately sprayed edges.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/a-k-caggianos-book-launch-eclipse-of-the-crown/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260807T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260807T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Bedazzling
DESCRIPTION:Join the Purple Couch Bookclub to beautify and bedazzle your favorite book!\n\nClick Here to Reserve Your Seat\n\n\n\nBeautify your favorite book in great company at the Purple Couch Bookshop’s first Book Bedazzling night. We will provide the art space and all the craft supplies. You bring (or buy) the book you’d like to decorate\, and we will provide the rest. Space is limited\, so sign up now! NEW – Due to the volume of supplies being used\, and staff time needed for clean-up\, we now require that bedazzlers are age 14+.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/book-bedazzling-9/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T160000
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SUMMARY:Callie’s Craft Cult
DESCRIPTION: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 ask that you please sign up so we can make sure to set up enough seating. \nCLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SEAT
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/callies-craft-cult-10/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T183000
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SUMMARY:Bookstore Romance Day Authors Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join the Purple Couch as we celebrate Bookstore Romance Day with a panel of some of our favorite authors! \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\n\n\nThe Purple Couch’s Romance community can’t be beat. Join us for a raucous conversation\, Q&A\, and signing with some of our favorite local Romance authors. This year’s event will be featuring Kate Canterbary\, Jules Cohen\, Jenny Howe\, Victoria Lavine & Kristyn Miller. \nYour $10 ticket includes entry and 10% off each author’s featured title. More details to come. Last year’s event sold out\, so don’t wait to grab your ticket!
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/save-the-date-bookstore-romance-day/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T190000
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SUMMARY:Jenny Howe's SummerWeen Spectacular
DESCRIPTION: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! \n\nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\n\nIn this spooky\, small-town Summerween romance\, an amateur ghost hunter and a supernatural skeptic team up for a haunted home renovation project. But is their relationship the real fixer upper? \nJenny Howe\, one of our favorite authors\, returns to The Purple Couch to celebrate the release of her second Young Adult novel How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House. She will be in conversation with fellow authors Aleese Lin and Kelly Andrew to make it a celebration of spooky SummerWeen reads. Your $13.80 tax-inclusive ticket includes the panel and your copy of How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House. Please email us at mailto:info@purplecouchbookshop.com if you’d like to reserve copies of Jenny’s backlist or Aleese or Kelly’s books. \nAbout the book: Amity Callaway is sick of being known as the weird girl. As annoyed as she is that her recently divorced mom just moved them across the country to the tiny\, quirky town of Harlow’s Rest\, Massachusetts\, it could be the fresh start she needs. Until Amity discovers their absolute disaster of a new house is supposedly haunted. \nTheo Hargrave\, amateur ghost hunter and son of the local general contractor\, is a true believer. When he shows up on their property with his EMF reader in hand\, Amity is ready to debunk all his theories. \nBut even Amity can admit their home renovation is doomed. Nothing is going right\, from the paint that refuses to dry to the fixtures that keep coming loose. So Amity and Theo strike a deal—his family’s construction expertise for her help investigating the house’s supernatural secrets. Even scarier than ghosts\, though? Amity’s growing feelings for Theo. \nSamantha Spük: Paranormal Wedding Planner by Aleese Lin: Samantha Spük is your go-to wedding planner\, be it for werewolf\, vampire\, or fae…even if that’s the last thing she would’ve imagined. Samantha “Sabby” Spük has spent her life trying to escape her family’s legacy of supernatural chaos. But then she gets the call: Grandma Rose is gone\, and Sabby has been named executor of her (ahem\, magically binding) will. Now Sabby is stuck in her dreaded hometown of Salem\, Massachusetts\, taking on odd jobs for not-so-human locals—until she can sell the family home. Sabby might pull these weddings off in time to salvage her accounting career…but is she ready to say goodbye to her paranormal one? \nThe Gravewood by Kelly Andrew: The first in a darkly romantic duology that explores disability\, obsession\, and the twisted limits of loyalty. \nShea Parker has lived her entire life in the shadow of the Gravewood\, an impassable forest that’s cut off her town from the rest of the world. With resources limited and supplies scarce\, Shea is forced to carefully ration her hearing aid batteries. When her stash runs out\, she’ll be left in the silence. Desperate\, Shea turns to the only person who can help — Oliver Lysander\, the volatile leader of a vampiric gang that rules the Gravewood. \nThe arrangement between Shea and Lysander starts off simply enough. She gives him her blood. He tracks down batteries. They don’t cross any lines. They don’t make it personal. But when Shea’s best friend is lured into the Gravewood\, her disappearance brings her older brother home from the frontlines. Asher Thorley is willing to do whatever it takes to find his sister\, even if it means holding Shea’s ugliest secrets over her head. For the first time ever\, Shea finds herself leaving home. Swallowed up in the dreamlike dark of the Gravewood and traveling in the company of killers\, it isn’t long before she risks becoming one herself.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/jenny-howes-summerween-spectacular/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260822T120000
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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Nostalgic Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:Who didn’t love the school book fair when we were kids?  This time\, it’s books\, beer and dogs.  Who could ask for anything more? When Beth Cairns (@bethonthebookshelf) organized this last year\, we had such a blast! \n\nThe event will take place at Spyglass Brewing (@spyglassbrewing) in Nashua\, NH.\nThere will be multiple bookstores represented\, each with one or two different genres. (We got Romance\, which fits us perfectly!)\nA raffle supporting Old Dogs Go to Helen\, a sanctuary for senior and hospice dogs.  Gift baskets including books\, store gift cards\, and bookish merchandise from each participating store will be raffled off and proceeds will be donated.\nVictoria Lavine\, author of Any Trope But You\, will be returning this year with her new release Not That Kind of Proposal.  If you miss her appearance at the shop\, please come meet her at this event.\n\nAs you can imagine\, this will be slightly different venue than an elementary school bookstore.  Have a beer\, browse some books and bookish stuff\, and support a very worthy cause. \nOld Dogs Go To Helen is not a facility or a shelter. It is a sanctuary for senior and hospice dogs and a hub for people who love old\ndogs and want to rescue\, adopt\, or donate to help them. “We connect people to older dogs available for adoption and those that are in need of further testing\, special food\, and/or costly medical care. We work with shelters and rescues to help these dogs get what they need without the shelter or rescue having to drain their own resources. We aim to spread awareness of the joys o f senior dog adoption to help people see how bringing an old dog into your home is simply one of the best things you can do for our pups and for your soul.”
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/2nd-annual-nostalgic-book-fair/
LOCATION:Spyglass Brewing\, 306 Innovative Way\, Nashua\, NH\, 03062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Book Bedazzling
DESCRIPTION:Join the Purple Couch Bookclub to beautify and bedazzle your favorite book! \n\nClick Here to Reserve Your Seat \n\n\n\nBeautify your favorite book in great company at the Purple Couch Bookshop’s first Book Bedazzling night. We will provide the art space and all the craft supplies. You bring (or buy) the book you’d like to decorate\, and we will provide the rest. Space is limited\, so sign up now! NEW – Due to the volume of supplies being used\, and staff time needed for clean-up\, we now require that bedazzlers are age 14+.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/book-bedazzling-10/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260828T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260828T200000
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SUMMARY:Aging Well with Cannabis - Dr. Peter Grinspoon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of the uses of Cannabis in general health and aging with Dr. Peter Grinspoon. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT \n\n\nWith sixty million Americans over sixty-five and twice that number over fifty\, many are seeking alternatives to often-harmful pharmaceuticals. Medical marijuana helps with multiple symptoms of aging\, such as chronic pain\, anxiety\, and insomnia\, with relatively low toxicity if used properly. \nJoin the Purple Couch Bookshop and Road Trip Cannabis Dispensary as we welcome Dr. Peter Grinspoon for this important discussion of this essential guide for the “canna-curious” senior\, family member\, or caregiver\, providing practical instructions\, real-life case studies\, and a balanced view of the benefits and risks of cannabis and CBD. Dr. Peter Grinspoon\, a primary care physician and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Harvard Medical School instructor\, addresses the “why” and “how” of cannabis use—from science and health benefits to potential risks\, types and forms of cannabis\, consumption methods\, and appropriate dosages. He guides readers through the buying experience\, legal considerations\, and becoming a certified medical marijuana patient\, emphasizing doctor-patient communication for safe and effective use. \nDr. Grinspoon will be at Road Trip in Salisbury\, MA from 2-4pm for a meet and greet (only guests over 21 with valid ID will be admitted)\, and then he will be coming to the bookshop for a conversation\, Q&A\, and book signing at 7:00pm. One book must be purchased\, but you can also reserve one free companion ticket to bring a friend. Tickets are $21.25\, are tax inclusive\, and include a copy of Aging Well with Cannabis.
URL:https://purplecouchbookshop.com/event/aging-well-with-cannabis-dr-peter-grinspoon/
LOCATION:The Purple Couch Bookshop\, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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