About this Event
In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the release of Bookstore Romance (featuring Brookline Booksmith!) with author Judith Rosen, in conversation with Alex Schaffner.
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RSVP to let us know you're coming! Depending on the volume of responses, an RSVP may be required for entrance to the event. You will also be alerted to important details about the program, including safety requirements, cancellations, and book signing updates. In the event that we reach capacity and have to close RSVPs, there will not be a waiting list.
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Books will be available for purchase at the event, but you can ensure that you get a copy by preordering on this page. You can pick your book up after 6:30PM on the day of the event.
Can't make it to the event? Preorder the book here to have it signed, and choose to have it held or shipped from the store!
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Livestream!
When possible, events are livestreamed. Check out our store YouTube channel for livestream updates. No registration is required for the livestream.
Bookstore Romance: Love Speaks Volumes
Stories and photographs of bookstore engagements and weddings that celebrate literature and love.
What is the most romantic place to get engaged? A bookstore, of course. The perfect wedding venue? A bookstore! Book-loving couples from all over America agree, and Bookstore Romance celebrates not only a couple's love for each other, but also their love of books and bookstores.
Bookselling journalist Judith Rosen interviewed twenty-four couples who tell their stories about how they planned and celebrated their engagements and weddings in independent bookstores. And of course, these perfect occasions could not have been orchestrated without the help of willing booksellers who slipped rings into books, made special displays of handmade volumes, and hid behind bookshelves to snap photos.
These heart-warming stories, and inspirational photographs collected in this charming book will make a perfect gift for the book-lover in your life.
A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donation to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
Judith Rosen worked in publishing and book- selling for a dozen years before writing about them both as the long-time Bookselling Editor and New England Correspondent for Publishers Weekly. Some of her interviews and articles have been collected in Writing for Your Life and in The Writer’s Handbook. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Alex Schaffner has worked in the book industry since 2003, employed by libraries, publishers, trade review publications, and Brookline Booksmith. In 2023 and 2024, Alex served on the Boston Book Festival’s YA programming committee. Here at the Booksmith, Alex has been a children’s bookseller, an Events Director, and (since 2023) the store’s first ever Community Engagement Coordinator. Alex identified the Booksmith as a great spot for dates long before working here. (The relationship worked out.)
About Brookline Booksmith
We are one of New England’s premier independent bookstores, family-owned and locally run since 1961. We offer an extensive selection of new, used, and bargain books; unique, beautiful gifts; award-winning events series; and specialty foods. Every day, we strive to foster community through the written word, represent a diverse range of voices and histories, and inspire conversations that enrich our lives. Find more at brooklinebooksmith.com!
EVENT ACCESSIBILITY
This event will take place at street level. If possible, the event will be livestreamed to YouTube. ASL interpretation may be provided (based on the availability of interpreters) but must be requested at least 2 weeks in advance of the event. Seats are limited. Please email us at [email protected] as soon as possible if you require ASL interpretation, guaranteed seating, or other accommodations. We will do our best to serve your needs!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 35.97
