Thursday, April 1 | 7:00 pm Bookmarks is excited to host Morowa Yejidé in an online conversation with Bernice L. McFadden. Yejidé’s new novel, Creatures of Passage, explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and the ghosts that haunt it. This is a pay-what-you-can event; attendees can either purchase a copy of Creatures of Passage […]

Bookmarks is pleased to host Morgan Jerkins on virtual tour for her newest book. Caul Baby is Jerkins’s fiction debut that brings to life one powerful and enigmatic family in a tale rife with secrets, betrayal, intrigue, and magic. This is the April pick for Bookmarks’ Signed First Editions Club. For more information about the […]

Join the Bookmarks team for one of our favorite events and learn about the books we’re currently loving. Bookmarks staff will each be sharing three releases coming out this summer, two new releases you can read now, and one paperback favorite. This is a free event, registration required: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/Insight321

Bookmarks joins Reynolda Gardens and the Institute for Classical Art and Architecture (ICAA), North Carolina Chapter for a virtual event featuring author of Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Judith B. Tankard is a landscape historian, author, and preservation consultant; in her newest book, Tankard surveys the inspirations, characteristics, and development of garden design […]

Bookmarks is pleased to host bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe in a conversation about his newest novel, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. Keefe is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author, most recently, of the New York Times bestseller Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and […]

The Bookmarks Romance Book Club meets online monthly to discuss romance from consent and kissing to feminism and friendship. This month we will be joined by romance author Rosie Danan to discuss her novel, The Intimacy Experiment, in which Naomi and Ethan will test how far love can bend before it breaks. This book club […]

Want to try something new, but aren’t sure where to start? Many readers are looking for a comfortable book to help them ease into a new genre or new type of reading. Sometimes it is hard to make that choice on your own. Bookmarks’ New Adventures Book Club helps introduce readers to new genres each […]

The LGBTQ Book Club with Pride Winston-Salem is free and open to the public. Join us to discuss You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat, a story of desire and doubleness that follows the life of a young Palestinian American woman caught between cultural, religious, and sexual identities as she tries to lead an authentic […]

Join Bookmarks for our quarterly book club gathering to learn about new books coming out soon, new releases, and older book favorites with Penguin Publishers. We are thrilled to be joined by penguin Sales Representative Virginia Price and a surprise Penguin author. Free online event; registration required: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/SpringBookClubSocial21

Join Bookmarks for a lunchtime event with Jodi Detjen, author of The Next Smart Step: How to Overcome Gender Stereotypes and Build Stronger Organization. Detjen is an organizational consultant and educator with a foundation in operational change management. The Next Smart Step builds on a positive reality, helping readers recognize and manage unconscious biases, see […]

Join Bookmarks for our monthly book trivia with Caleb! Free online event; email caleb@bookmarksnc.org to register.

Join Bookmarks for our monthly book trivia with Caleb! Free online event; email caleb@bookmarksnc.org to register.

Join Bookmarks to discuss A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib, a powerful novel about two Egyptian sisters—their divergent fates and the secrets of one family. This book club is hosted by Bookmarks Interim Executive Director Jamie. To purchase a copy at our 20% book club discount, and to register, visit: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/BookmarksBookClubApril

Join Bookmarks and Winston-Salem Writers to hear four local authors read from their work and talk about their writing process. This month we will feature Cheryl Wilder, Dannye Romine Powell, Adrian Rice, and Michael Hettich. Free online event hosted by Bookmarks Bookseller Lisa; registration required: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/4on4thApril21

Bookmarks is proud to host the Winston-Salem chapter of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club. Our Well-Read Black Girl Book Club discussions will always be hosted by women of color, but people of all colors and genders who would like to reflect upon the reading and writing of women of color are welcome. This month […]

Bookmarks is thrilled to host best selling mystery/thriller writers Joshilyn Jackson and Jennifer McMahon in conversation about their new psychological thrillers: Mother May I and The Drowning Kind. Jackson’s Mother May I is an addictive novel of domestic suspense in which a mother must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her […]