Bookstore Romance Day 2025

WHAT

Bookstore Romance Day, a celebration of the romance genre at independent bookshops.

At LaLa we will be having local author readings and book signings, as well as a Romance Trivia game and a raffle for a book tote filled with romance reading.

WHO

Local authors, including Elizabeth Franta, Mary Hart, Molly Kerr, Nik Kiri, Elena Markem, Sara Marks, K. Nies, Becky Lee Whitehouse – and yours truly, Sebastian Nothwell.

WHEN

Saturday, August 9th

1:30pm – Reading & Signing 1
2:15pm – Romance Trivia
3:30pm – Reading & Signing 2

WHERE

LaLa Books
189 Market Street
Lowell, MA

There’s a parking garage just down the block and across the street from the bookshop. The bookshop’s handicap-accessible entrance is around back.

I can’t wait to meet you there!

Halfway to Halloween at Bookery Manchester!

WHAT

We all know the best time of year comes in late October, but why wait? Join us for our Halfway to Halloween Party!

🎃 food and drinks
👻 costume contest
🎃 prizes
👻 spooky author signing

WHO

🎃 Naomi Fredette
👻 Marti Fuerst
🎃 Jennifer Gordon
👻 Jared Grace
🎃 Mae Murray
👻 …and yours truly, Sebastian Nothwell!

WHEN

Saturday
May 3rd
4pm – 7pm

WHERE

Bookery Manchester
844 Elm Street
Manchester, New Hampshire

Book Signing at Tatnuck Bookseller!

Literally tomorrow!

I’ll be signing books at Tatnuck Bookseller on Saturday June 22nd from 11:30am-3pm, including…

• Oak King Holly King, a Victorian mm romantasy between a fae warrior destined to die and a mortal clerk fated to save him.
• Fiorenzo, a queer fantasy-of-manners romance between a duke and a courtesan with swordplay and hurt/comfort.
• Hold Fast, a gay Victorian romance between a whaler who inherits a baronetcy and the estate agent tasked with turning him from sailor to gentleman.
• Mr Warren’s Profession, a gay Victorian cross-class romance between a wealthy baronet and a working class engineer.
• The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, a lesbian Gothic romance rife with horror and heartache, wherein an heiress makes an ill-advised marriage to bring herself closer to the woman who’s stolen her heart.

See you there!