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Join #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline as she launches her latest historical novel, Loyalty—an emotional, action-packed epic of love and justice, set during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily. This program launches the Gramercy@Home virtual series!
Registration is on Eventbrite. A general admission ticket to access the event is $5; a ticket that includes the purchase of LOYALTY waives that fee.
COLUMBUS BAR ASSOCIATION is Gramercy’s Community Partner for this author program.

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Join freelance writer and novelist Andrew Welsh-Huggins to learn about The End of the Road, his fast-paced thriller about a woman's quest to avenge her boyfriend's shooting. Welsh-Huggins will be in conversation with acclaimed writer Lee Martin.
Registration is on Eventbrite. The purchase of The End of the Road waives the $5 admission fee. Registration closes at 6 pm the day of the event.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM and OHIOANA BOOK FESTIVAL are Gramercy’s Community Partners for this program.

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Join noted poet and essayist Maggie Smith for the launch of her memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, an unflinching look at what it means to live and write our own lives. Smith will be in conversation with acclaimed poet and essayist Saeed Jones.
Registration for this in-person event is on Eventbrite, closing at 6:00 pm on the day of the event. The ticket is $30, which includes the book plus tax.
THE OHIO POETRY ASSOCIATION and THE DREXEL THEATRE are Gramercy’s Community Partners for this program.

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Join Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Evicted, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond, for the launch of  Poverty, by America, one of the most anticipated books of 2023 by TIME. Desmond will be in conversation with WOSU Public Media’s Ann Fisher.
Registration is on Eventbrite. A ticket includes a copy of Poverty, by America and is $30 with tax. Complimentary tickets can be reserved, pending availability, for those for whom price is a barrier by calling Gramercy Books (614) 867-5515.
COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO, WOSU PUBLIC MEDIA, and YWCA COLUMBUS are Gramercy’s Community Partners in presenting this program.

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Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller to learn about Quitting: A Life Strategy, her lively and inspiring exploration of how quitting is, counterintuitively, the key to success. In this thoughtful book, Keller blends scientific research with stories of real-life decisions to show how quitting can be a powerful way to take control of your life.
Registration for this in-person event is on Eventbrite. The purchase of Quitting: A Life Strategy waives the $5 admission fee. Registration closes at 6 pm the day of the event.

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls, is Hang the Moon, Gramercy’s Book Club selection for May. A riveting story about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition, the book discussion will be facilitated by historical novelist Janet Beard. Kittie’s will be open only to attendees, beginning at 5:00 pm, with beverages and sweet and savory snacks available for purchase. The book discussion begins at 6:30 pm.
Registration is on Eventbrite. A ticket to this program includes a copy of Hang the Moon at a 15% discount. It is strongly encouraged that registrants read the book prior to the program.

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Join author, herbalist, gardener, seed saver, and educator Bevin Cohen in conversation with food system expert Amy Bodiker Baskes, about his new book, Grow Great Vegetables Ohio, an ultimate guide to growing food in the Buckeye State!
Registration is on Eventbrite and closes at 6:00 pm on the day of the event. The purchase of Grow Great Vegetables Ohio waives the $5 registration fee.
LOCAL MATTERS is Gramercy’s Community Partner for this in-store program.

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In partnership with Books & Books and participating indie booksellers, Gramercy Books is proud to co-host an engaging conversation with Fred Guttenberg and Thomas Gabor, authors of American Carnage. Guttenberg, who lost his beloved daughter Jaime in the 2018 Parkland school shooting, and Gabor, an international gun policy expert, teamed up in American Carnage to dismantle some of the most common myths about guns and gun violence.
Tickets for this event are free. Register on Eventbrite. A link to the Crowdcast platform will be sent to all registrants the day of the event.

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Join booksellers Katie Cerqua and Nikki Snyder who will facilitate a book discussion of Camille Kellogg’s, Just As You Are! Equal parts witty and steamy, this debut rom-com brings a healthy dose of queerness and a whole lot of heart to a Pride and Prejudice-inspired enemies to lovers romance.
A social hour at Kittie’s will precede the program at 5:00 pm, with the book discussion beginning at 6:15 pm.
Registration is on Eventbrite. A ticket to this program includes a copy of Just As You Are at a 15% discount and a beverage at Kittie’s. It is strongly encouraged that registrants read the book prior to the program.

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Join journalist and critic Jody Rosen as he launches the paperback edition of his immensely popular Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle, named one of the best books of the year in 2022 by The New Yorker. Rosen will be in conversation with Pelotonia CEO Doug Ulman.
PELOTONIA is Gramercy’s Community Partner for this exclusive Gramercy@Home program!
Registration is on Eventbrite for this live streamed event. The purchase of Two Wheels Good waives the $5 registration fee.

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Join New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace, Fiona Davis, for a delicious lunch at Giuseppe’s Ritrovo and step into mid 1950s Manhattan and the glamorous Radio City Music Hall in her thrilling new novel, The Spectacular, about a talented young Rockette and a mysterious bomber terrorizing New York City.
A limited number of tickets at $50 available through Eventbrite will include lunch, the author talk, and Davis’s novel (including tax), which she will sign after the program.

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Join writer Thao Thai to learn about Banyan Moon, her sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women from 1960s Vietnam to the wild swamplands of the Florida coast. Thai will be in conversation with acclaimed novelist and scholar Lee Martin.
Registration is on Eventbrite. The purchase of Banyan Moon waives the $5 admission fee. Registration closes at 6 pm the day of the event.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM is Gramercy’s Community Partner for this program.

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Join New York Times bestselling authors of The Personal Librarian—Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray—as they launch The First Ladies, a novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune—an unlikely friendship that changed the world.
Registration for this event is on Eventbrite, closing at 3:00 pm on the day of the event. The ticket is $30, which includes the book plus tax.
THE KING ARTS COMPLEX is Gramercy’s Community Partner for this exclusive program.

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