Everyone wish a happy birthday to resident bookstore dog AND birthday girl Maggie! 🎉🐶♉ While she's not at the store today, you can catch her on Sunday to give her some pets and belly rubs! Can you guess how old she's turning??

STORY TIME TOMORROW 🗓️

May 18th at 11am, join us as @Meghanacreates reads her newest release A Little Bit of Everything at Bards Alley, asking readers to celebrate themselves. No RSVP required, just pop into the store for a kid-friendly event!

Saturday at Mary Riley Styles Public Library! Alex Travis will be discussing her debut The Only Black Girl in the Room. May 18th at 1:00pm 🗓️ It explores what it means to believe in your future when everyone and everything is working against you.

RSVP: mrspl.org/event/alex-tra…

'Years after reading How Much of These Hills Is Gold, I still feel like my brain is on fire. C Pam Zhang's brilliant debut pits its heroines - children of Chinese immigrants - against the mythic brutality of the American frontier. Land of Milk and Honey will be a treat.' -Amy W.

Looking for a hidden gem? TRIPPING ARCADIA by Kit Mayquist | PAPERBACK OUT NOW!, a contemporary gothic with eat-the-rich vibes is out in paperback and on our shelves so come pick up a copy, tell 'em Alice sent you. Dutton Books

Check it out online at Bookshop: bookshop.org/book/978059318…

Remember our event with @JoPiazza TOMORROW? Location change incoming!

We'll be at Bards Alley now on May 16th at 6:30pm! No RSVP required and the event is FREE to attend. Cozy up at the bookstore with the author as we enjoy an evening discussing The Sicilian Inheritance!

This #MeowMonday features The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston - a witty, time-bending rom-com from Ashley Poston (Updates Only)! This follows a publicist who falls in love with a roommate... only to find that they are living seven years in the past.

Have you read this one before?

What a beautiful day for story time! Thank you, Bards Alley Bookshop

While you're out at the Town Green for our storybook festival today, we have another story time event happening soon!

On May 18th at 11am, join us as @Meghanacreates reads her newest release A Little Bit of Everything at Bards Alley, asking readers to celebrate themselves.

New Jellycat are here! We recently received a huge shipment of Jellies new-to-the-store, including a bunch of different dogs, a capybara, and more - stop in to check out the whole haul spread throughout the store 🐶

This Saturday is a storybook festival put on by the Vienna Moms!

⛈️ 10:10AM: Leah Moser - I Am a Thundercloud
🍜 10:30AM: Pat Tanumihardja - Ramen for Everyone (+ craft after)
💫 11:00AM: Kathy Ellen Davis - Ta-Da!
✂️ 11:20AM: Gabriella Aldeman - Paula's Patches (+ craft after)

Looking for a Mother's Day gift that will make her see the world in a whole new way? Amy W. recommends We Loved It All, offering insights from Lydia Millet on many subjects, including the perspective-altering experience of becoming a parent. It's her fav book of the year so far.

Signed copies of TSTB are available at Bards Alley Bookshop thanks to the fabulous Alice Scott ✨ 🏳️‍🌈!!

Event with Jo Piazza coming next week at Pazzo Pomodoro in Vienna! Tickets on sale now: eventbrite.com/e/898140110247…

Join us for an evening with the author of The Sicilian Inheritance on May 16th at 6:30pm as we talk all things women in fiction, Italy, family, and more!

Happy #MeowMonday from Nikola Tesla, who sat so pretty in hopes he can convince yall to pick up a copy of DEATH’S COUNTRY tomorrow! Lakelore meets Hadestown in this neon soaked polyamorous fairy tale! @rmromeroauthor Peachtree Teen

Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda releases on Tuesday! This is a short story collection set in a reimagined Lagos, Nigeria with themes of motherhood, gender, tradition, family, and girlhood. 'P.

“I’m loving this one — such beautiful, haunting stories that hit you hard.” -Mallory

Virginian author Erika Howsare will be here on May 30th at 6:30pm to talk THE AGE OF DEER, her book investigating our connection with deer—from mythology to biology, from forests to cities, from coexistence to control and extermination.

RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/881373370477…

We love Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé in this household (store) 😤

'Ace of Spades is one of my long-time favs, and @FaridahLikesTea's sophomore novel - Where Sleeping Girls Lie - did not disappoint, following a girl searching for answers regarding her roommate's disappearance' -Mallory

Another month, another set of book club meetings! Check out what we're discussing at the store, and stop in for one of our upcoming meetings if you can swing it.

More upcoming titles, details, and book club leader contacts can be found on our website at bardsalley.com

From contemporary fiction to YA horror to story time, check out some upcoming events we have going on through May and early June! Details can be found on our website at bardsalley.com, and any RSVP or book reservation links may be found at linktr.ee/bardsalley