Events
Upcoming Events Schedule
June-August: Summer Reading Book Bingo
Summer is better with books! And this year Bookseller Allison (aka Double L) made a lil' summer reading challenge for y'all! We've got three bingo cards to choose from, which you can download and print OR grab one of them the next time your in the bookstore.
With each row that you complete (in any direction, they just need to be in a row. Also do I need to explain Bingo to you?!) you get prizes. What prizes you ask? Good question.
Prize Tier #1: Complete a single bingo get an extra stamp on your bookmark
Prize Tier #2: Do a fun shape (like a witches hat, a wine glass, or bunny ears--this is for all ages remember!) and you'll get 10% off in-store that visit
Prize Tier #3: Complete three or more bingo lines and get 20% off in-store that visit
Get blackout Bingo? You get to go to a party at the end of the summer. Do we want it to be pizza? It feels like everyone is doing pizza. We can come up with what kind of party! Anyways, printed versions in store next week but you can get a jump on it and download it directly HEEEERRRRREEEEEE.
7/14 Charlotte Arts & Lectures Presents: Mallory Arnold
Please join us for a night of frights and fun with author Mallory Arnold! We are hosting an author in-conversation launch event (and sip & sign!) to celebrate the release of her new book: Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die.
For this ticketed, author event, Mallory will be in conversation with and author to-be-revealed (we promise it's worth the wait, y'all!) and will feature an audience Q&A after their discussion. We hope you will join us for an evening to remember with this awesome horror author!
With the purchase of a ticket, guests will receive a deluxe edition paperback copy of Mallory Arnold's new book: Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die. Guests can then join the signing line after the event to have Mallory sign and personalize their copy. Additional pre-signed copies of Mallory's backlist titles will be available for sale at the event. Please note that we will not be able to accommodate the signing of personal copies brought from home; please refrain from bringing additional books to this event.
Tickets for the event are $20. Purchase tickets here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mallory Arnold is the USA Today bestselling author of How to Survive a Horror Story. An editor and writer, she resides in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and three cats. She's part of the Women's Fiction Writer's Association and enjoys writing drama, thrillers, and horror. In her spare time, Mallory is tackling her goal of running a marathon in every state of the country. Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die is her second novel.
ABOUT THE BOOK
John Tucker Must Die meets The Final Girl Support Group in a biting slasher following four women who lure their cheating boyfriend to a remote mountain cabin, only to realize that darkness lurks within the very walls, waiting to pick them off one by one.
When three women discover that they’ve been simultaneously dating the same man, their outrage quickly spirals into a plan for revenge. Each have their own reasons to dole out justice, all with a singular betrayal that fuels their vengeance, and so they hatch a plan to lure their boyfriend to a remote ski retreat in a secluded romantic cabin on the top of a snow-covered mountain.
But what starts as harmless payback and a chance at humiliating the jerk who hurt them takes a chilling turn when their not-so-adoring boyfriend is found dead in the cabin.
Stranded and snowed in, the women must grapple with their paranoia and suspicions—are they all suspects, or is there a more sinister force at play? As tensions rise and the storm outside rages, secrets and hidden motives come to light, making the snowy retreat a deadly trap. Each woman must confront her own demons as they uncover whether one of them is the killer, or if an unknown threat lurks in the freezing wilderness, waiting to come for them all.
7/15 Charlotte Arts & Lectures Presents: Emily McIntire
We are thrilled to welcome Emily McIntire to Charlotte to celebrate the release of her new book Forsaking Midnight, the second in the Defying the Stars series! For this ticketed, author event, Emily will be in conversation with Jessica Peterson and will feature an audience Q&A after their discussion. After the event, Emily will host a signing line and take photos with readers! We hope you will join us for an evening to remember with this incredible romance author!
With the purchase of a ticket, guests will receive a deluxe edition paperback copy of Emily McIntire's new book: Forsaking Midnight. Guests can then join the signing line after the event to have Emily sign and personalize their copy and pose for a photo. Additional pre-signed copies of Emily's backlist titles will be available for sale at the event. Please note that we will not be able to accommodate the signing of personal copies brought from home; please refrain from bringing additional books to this event.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emily McIntire is a #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Romance where the stakes are impossible and the happily ever after is always worth the fight. Her books span sub-genres and have been translated into over a dozen languages, hitting bestseller lists around the world.
A stage IV breast cancer thriver, you can find Emily in Tennessee with her family and her cats who think they run the house.
ABOUT THE BOOK
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes the second book in the Defying the Stars series, where small-town drama meets sizzling retellings of forbidden romances.
A forbidden, emotionally charged twist on the legend of Lancelot and Guinevere. Loyalty, love, and lies collide when a rebellious heir is forced to protect the one woman he can never have. Secrets simmer, betrayals burn, and in a town built on power and sin, falling for her could cost him everything.
9/2 Charlotte Arts & Lectures Presents: Rachel Harrison
We are thrilled to welcome Rachel Harrison to Cleary's Bookstore to celebrate the release of her new book Kiss Slay Replay. For this ticketed, author event, Rachel will be in conversation with Anna Dupre Landry, aka @Anna Rose Reads, and will feature an audience Q&A after their discussion. We hope you will join us for an evening to remember with one of our favorite horror authors!
With the purchase of a ticket, guests will receive a signed copy of Rachel Harrison's new book: Kiss Slay Replay. Additional pre-signed copies of Rachel's backlist titles will be available for sale at the event. Please note that we will not be able to accommodate the signing of personal copies brought from home; please refrain from bringing additional books to this event.
Tickets for the event are $30. Purchase tickets here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Harrison is the New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice, So Thirsty, Black Sheep, Such Sharp Teeth, Cackle, and The Return, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and in her debut collection, Bad Dolls. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and their cat/overlord.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty and Play Nice.
It’s the picture-perfect wedding weekend: The venue is dreamy, the weather is beautiful, love is in the air—and Willa Sullivan is having a bad time. She’s excited to celebrate her best friends’ finally having the big wedding they’ve always wanted, but this is the first time she’s seen her ex-fiancé in months, and he brought a date. Everything feels off, like she stumbled into an alternate universe. But things start to look up when Willa meets Danny, the groom’s charming and single childhood best friend. When they sneak off together, their rendezvous is interrupted by a masked killer terrorizing the reception. Willa and Danny fight to save the ones they love and survive the night, but the killer is unrelenting. A final girl Willa is not.
Or is she? She wakes up and it’s the morning of the wedding. She just had the most intense nightmare of her life. Only as the day unfolds, there are some uncanny coincidences that make her question whether it was really a dream, déjà vu, or something more sinister. After a horrifying turn of events, Willa comes to understand that she’s stuck in a loop of carnage and terror that she must learn how to escape or else suffer a fate worse than death—being an eternal wedding guest.
9/23 Charlotte Arts & Lectures Presents:
Ariel Lawhon
We are thrilled to welcome Ariel Lawhon to Charlotte to celebrate the release of her new book The Pirate Queen. For this ticketed, author event, Ariel will be in conversation and will feature an audience Q&A after their discussion. We hope you will join us for an evening to remember with one of our favorite authors!
With the purchase of a ticket, guests will receive a signed copy of Ariel Lawhon's new book The Pirate Queen. Additional pre-signed copies of Ariel's backlist titles will be available for sale at the event. Please note that we will not be able to accommodate the signing of personal copies brought from home; please refrain from bringing additional books to this event.
Tickets for the event are $35. Purchase tickets here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ariel Lawhon is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction. Her books have been translated into over forty languages and have been Good Morning America and One Book One County selections. She lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and four sons. Ariel splits her time between the grocery store and the baseball field.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia.
Grace O’Malley was born to be a sea captain. But despite her natural skill on the water, Grace learns early that her dreams of a life at the helm are not compatible with the expectations of her noble family. As the only daughter of a powerful chieftain, her role is to secure a strong alliance and bear children. But when she’s sent to foster with a nearby clan, Grace falls for a clever and open-minded second son—a man she cannot have.
Married off against her will to a brutal warrior, Grace performs her duty, all the while gathering followers loyal to her, and consolidating her husband’s power, only to be ousted from his lands. But this betrayal offers Grace the opportunity to return to sea, finally leading clan O’Malley’s mighty fleet. Just as she finds true independence, Queen Elizabeth’s incursions into Ireland grow bolder and Grace must fight to defend her land, her ships, and the people she loves most against the cruel and power-hungry English deputies, who will stop at nothing to check her influence.
Keenly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhon's new action-packed novel channels the untamed beauty and harsh realities of sixteenth-century Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine who rightly became “the Pirate Queen of Ireland.”