About this Event
Join us for an unforgettable evening with New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston as we celebrate the highly anticipated release of The Someday Garden — a magical new novel set along the coast of Maine.
The event will take place one day before the official on-sale date, giving ticketholders exclusive early access to The Someday Garden.
The evening will feature a lively moderated conversation between Ashley and debut author Tessa Yang (The Jellyfish Problem), offering behind-the-scenes insight, writing inspiration, and exclusive details about The Someday Garden. The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A, book signing, and meet-and-greet with both authors!
Ticket Information & Signing Guidelines
- Tickets are required and must be purchased in advance through Eventbrite.
- Each ticket includes one pre-signed copy of The Someday Garden. A second ticket option is available that includes both The Someday Garden and Tessa Yang’s The Jellyfish Problem.
- To ensure Ashley is able to meet every guest, she will personalize (name only) one copy of The Someday Garden per attendee. Outside books will not be permitted.
That said, we will have a limited selection of signed copies of Ashley’s beloved backlist titles available for purchase at the event.
Whether you’ve been counting down the days or are just discovering Ashley’s beloved stories, this is a celebration you won’t want to miss. We can’t wait to see you there!
When Sophie Drear takes a summer job as head gardener at Lilymoor, a storied estate perched on the Maine coast, she’s seeking solitude, salt air, and a chance to reset as she grapples with grief. What she doesn’t expect is a secret garden that appears without warning—or the mysterious man she finds inside it, bound by its magic and desperate for her help to escape.
As Sophie is drawn deeper into Lilymoor’s enchantment, she becomes entwined with the estate’s heirs and faced with an impossible choice between what she’s lost and what might still be possible. Ultimately, she must decide whether Lilymoor is only a temporary refuge—or the place where she can finally put down roots.
With its whimsical setting, sharp banter, and signature magical twist, Poston delivers a story that feels both fantastical and achingly real—rich with yearning, beauty, and an emotional payoff that lingers long after the final page.
Ashley Poston is the New York Times bestselling author of Sounds Like Love, A Novel Love Story, The Seven Year Slip, and The Dead Romantics. A native of South Carolina, she lives in a small gray house with her sassy cat and too many books. You can find her on the internet, somewhere, watching cat videos and reading fan fiction.
Dr. Jo Ness prefers jellyfish to people. Her best friend, Aldo, was the exception, but he died seven months ago. So she spends her days hidden away at an underfunded aquarium with her specimens and a draft of the jellyfish guide she and Aldo had been working on together. His voice is alive in the notes in the margins, and it’s enough. Almost.
Until she receives a call from Nadia, one of the few other humans she’s loved but whom she hasn’t heard from in years, asking for her help. Nadia tells her a grand tale of a giant jellyfish terrorizing her tiny island off the coast of Maine and sends a grainy video of the creature. Frankly, the footage looks fake, but Jo drops everything to fly across the country to see Nadia again, and to find this supposed sea beast. She couldn’t save Aldo, but perhaps she can help Nadia.
But when Jo arrives on Shattering Point, Nadia is nowhere to be found, and the islanders she meets each have something different to say about the creature they’ve dubbed Clementine . . . a jellyfish who changes all who see it.
Tessa Yang is the author of the short story collection The Runaway Restaurant. Her work has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Cincinnati Review, Joyland, Foglifter, and elsewhere. She has an MFA from Indiana University and currently lives in Upstate New York. This is her first novel.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Books-A-Million, 430 Gorham Road, South Portland, United States
USD 23.18 to USD 55.20
