About this Event
Columbia's favorite indie bookstore, Queen Takes Book, is throwing a Galentine's Books & Brunch Party at the Lakefront! Join us as we transform The Collective Encore into a romance lover's haven.
Our annual boozy book fair brunch features a discussion with two romance authors and a curated shopping experience from Queen Takes Book. Tickets include enhanced continental breakfast and coffee station. Featured, themed cocktails/mocktails will be available for purchase, including bottomless Mimosas and Bloody Marys.
Doors open at 11:00am / Author discussion starts at 11:30am
Featured Authors:
Susie Dumond
Susie Dumond is a queer writer originally from Little Rock, Arkansas. She is a senior contributor at Book Riot and a bookseller at Loyalty Bookstores who lives in Washington, D.C., with her wife, Mary, and her cat, Maple. When she’s not writing or reading, you can find her baking cupcakes or belting karaoke at the nearest gay bar.
Susie's books: Bed and Breakup, Looking for a Sign, Queerly Beloved
Jenni Howell
Jenni Howell is an American dark academia and thriller author whose books feature characters that pluck themselves out of their pages and into your mind, eerie mysteries, and swoon-worthy romances that are almost never a good idea. Fans of The Raven Cycle and Atlas Six will find themselves at home in her words.
Jenni's book: Boys with Sharp Teeth
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Collective - Encore, 10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, United States
USD 23.38











