The Hero and the Whore: An Evening with CAMILLE HERNANDEZ, ALICIA T. CROSBY, and TAJ M. SMITH

A Room of One's Own is thrilled to welcome Camille Hernandez, Alicia T. Crosby, and Taj M Smith for a conversation on Black queerness, finding safety and community, and the Black queer imagination. This discussion is grounded in Camille's new book The Hero and the Whore: Reclaiming Healing and Liberation Through the Stories of Sexual Exploitation in the Bible. This is a […]

Free

Big Beer, Bangin’ Books – Grumpy/Sunshine Romance

Giant Jones Brewing Company 931 E Main St, STE 9, Madison, WI, US

Join Giant Jones co-owner, Erika, along with romance reader extraordinaire, Amy, for a trope-tastic romance book discussion! We'll meet up the last Thursday of each month for a friendly conversation over some delicious beers. Each month we'll pick a common romance trope; you bring in a book that you'd like to share that features said […]

Safe and Sound: A Meet and Greet with Mercury Stardust

Madison Public Library - Pinney Branch 204 Cottage Grove Rd., Madison, WI, United States

Room of One's Own is thrilled to welcome Mercury Stardust for a meet and greet for her new book Safe and Sound. This is Room's final event in a series of four events on Mercury's tour! Come celebrate the book and meet Mercury in person! This event is free and open to the public and is NOT ticketed! All […]

Free

The Sapphic Book Club MKE 2/3

Lion's Tooth 2421 S Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Welcome to The Sapphic Book Club!!  Each month we will read a new book with Sapphic characters or storylines and then get together for a discussion! At this meeting, we will be discussing the book Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst -------- Book Summary: Mickey Hayward dreams of writing stories that matter, but, for now, her days […]

Book Launch Party: The Absinthe Underground

A Room of One's Own 315 W. Gorham St., Madison, WI, United States

A Room of One's Own is thrilled to kick off our first in-store event of the year with a book launch party for The Absinthe Underground! Join us for a discussion on and celebration of the book with the local author herself, Jamie Pacton, and Madison's Queer Joy book club leader, Jamie Butler. This is […]