UPCOMING EVENTS
Authors Sarah K. Jackson and Emily J. Edwards will be our special guests at our RIAL Hangout on Sunday, June 4th. If you’d like to be able to participate in these conversations, please click the button below to learn more about our RIAL crew.
- Not Alone by Sarah K. Jackson
- Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River by Emily J. Edwards
- Tell Me Everything by Minka Kelly
PAST EVENTS
We have the privilege of hosting authors Victor LaValle and Lavanya Lakshminarayan at our RIAL Hangout on Sunday, May 7th where they will discuss their respective novels. (We’ve got our fingers cross that Alejandro may join us too.) If you’d like to be able to participate in these conversations, please click the button below to learn more about our RIAL crew.
- Lone Women by Victor LaValle
- The People Who Report More Stress by Alejandro Varelo
- The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Authors Joseph Earl Thomas and Lakiesha Carr will be our special guests at our Reading Is a Lifestyle Hangout on Sunday, April 2nd. Thomas’ memoir was our Inspirational book pick for March, and Carr’s debut novel was our Contemporary pick. We’re excited to host both authors! Please note that this is a members only event.
- Sink by Joseph Earl Thomas
- An Autiobiography of Skin by Lakiesha Carr
- Tina, Maffia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli
*Become a Reading Is a Lifestyle member on April 15th*
We’re focused on being DRAMA FREE all 2023! You’re invited to attend the conversation with New York Times Bestselling author author Nedra Glover Tawwab and Marsha Barnes of The Finance Barnes on March 25th. Nedra’s new book Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships is set to hit shelves (no pun intended) on 2/28/23.
*A ticket is required to attend this event.*
Shop with us in-person at one of our favorite coffee shops in the city of Charlotte during the month of March.
DATES: March 11th and 18th
TIME: 9am-2pm EST
ADDRESS: 2620 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
*Enderly also serves as a Local Pickup location for Mecklenburg County residents that order from our online store. They deliver for us on Fridays too.
Our Reading Is a Lifestyle Hangout during Women’s International History Month will feature special guests Dizz Tate and Jennifer McCauley. This members only event will be held on Sunday, March 5th.
- Brutes by Dizz Tate
- When Trying to Return Home by Jennifer Maritza McCauley
- River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
*Become a Reading Is a Lifestyle member on March 15th*
Join us at That’s Novel Books Book Fair on Tuesday, February 28th in celebration of their 3-year anniversary. Good Postage will also be onsite. We will have both books and apparel available for purchase.
TIME: 4pm-8pm EST
ADDRESS: 330 Camp Road Suite B Charlotte, NC 28206 (located inside of Lokal)
We are participating in Anthropologie’s Community Pop-Up Market on Saturday, February 18th. We will have both books and apparel available for purchase.
TIME: 11am-2pm EST
ADDRESS: 2000 South Blvd Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28203
Our first Pop-Up Bookstore of 2023 is happening on Saturday, February 11th. We will have both books and apparel available for purchase.
TIME: 9am-2pm EST
ADDRESS: 2620 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
*Enderly also serves as a Local Pickup location for Mecklenburg County residents that order from our online store. They deliver for us on Fridays too.
Debut novelist Kashana Cauley will be our special guest at our second Reading Is a Lifestyle Hangout of 2023 on Sunday, February 5th, and we are geeked! Kashana’s novel was our Speculative Fiction book pick for the month of January. Please note that this is a members only event.
- The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley
- Drinking Games by Sarah Levy
- The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
*Become a Reading Is a Lifestyle member on February 15th*
Our first Reading Is a Lifestyle Hangout of 2023 will feature special guests Bushra Rehman and Rosemary Simpson at our next RIAL Hangout on Sunday, January 15th. It’s always a treat to have one of our book pick authors hang out with us. By the way, this is a members-only event.
- Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Reman
- Death at the Falls by Rosemary Simpson
- Strega by Johanne Lykke Holm
*Become a Reading Is a Lifestyle member on January 15th*
When you shop with us in person at Enderly Coffee Co. this December, you will receive a free book. Yes, that’s right! Buy a book or something from our Reading Is Freedom apparel and receive a free book with your purchase (while supplies last).
DATES: December 3rd, 10th, and 17th
TIME: 9am-2pm EST
ADDRESS: 2620 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
*Enderly also serves as a Local Pickup location for Mecklenburg County residents that order from our online store. They deliver for us on Fridays too.
We’re closing out 2022 with a bang! Shelves will host actress & writer Nell Hudson and author Ousmane K. Power-Greene at our next RIAL Hangout on Sunday, December 11th. This is a members-only event, and we’re stoked to have both authors join us.
- Just For Today by Nell Hudson
- The Confessions of Matthew Strong by Ousmane K. Power-Greene
- A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
*Become a Reading Is a Lifestyle member on December 15th*
Celebrate the release of Vanessa Miller’s new novel What We Found in Hallelujah with her on December 1st! Secure your spot when you order a copy of the book from Shelves.
DATE: Thursday, December 1st
TIME: 6:30pm EST
WHERE: The Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library
ADDRESS: 2412 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216
Each copy of What We Found Hallelujah that you purchase = 1 RSVP
Shop with us in person at Enderly Coffee Co. in November.
DATES: November 12th and 19th
TIME: 9am-2pm EST
ADDRESS: 2620 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
*Enderly also serves as a Local Pickup location for Mecklenburg County residents that order from our online store. They deliver for us on Fridays too.
We’re hosting 2 of our 3 adult book pick authors for the month of October at our RIAL Hangout on Sunday, November 6th and it’s going to be great time!
- Jackal by Erin E. Adams
- Everything I Never Dreamed by Ruth M. Glenn
- The Furrows by Namwali Serpell
*Become a Reading Is a Lifestyle member on November 15th*
Pop-Up Bookstore + Enderly Coffee Co. = Good vibes
DATES: October 22nd
TIME: 9am-2pm EST
ADDRESS: 2620 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
*Enderly also serves as a Local Pickup location for Mecklenburg County residents that order from our online store. They deliver for us on Fridays too.
Meet us at Enderly Coffee Co for our Pop-Up Bookstore. We’ll have books on sale!
DATES: October 15th
TIME: 9am-2pm EST
ADDRESS: 2620 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
*Enderly also serves as a Local Pickup location for Mecklenburg County residents that order from our online store. They deliver for us on Fridays too.
We get to hang out with 2 of our 3 adult September book pick authors at our RIAL Hangout on Sunday, October 9th, and it’s gonna be a good time!
- Dirty Lying Faeries by Sabrina Blackburry
- Sacrificio by Ernesto Mestre-Reed
- Unleashed by Cai Emmons
*This event is exclusively for Reading Is a Lifestyle subscription members.*
We’re headed back to Enderly Coffee Co for another Pop-Up Bookstore, and we will have several books ON SALE too.
DATES: October 8th
TIME: 9am-2pm EST
ADDRESS: 2620 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
*Enderly also serves as a Local Pickup location for Mecklenburg County residents that order from our online store. They deliver for us on Fridays too.
All 3 of our August adult book pick authors will attend our RIAL Hangout on Sunday, September 11th, and we are stoked!
- Face by Joma West
- Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld
- The Lost Kings by Tyrell Johnson
*This event is exclusively for Reading Is a Lifestyle subscription members.*
Join us for a live art demo and book signing with author and illustrator Ashley Belote on Saturday, July 30th in celebration of her debut picture book Listen Up, Louella. For more information on how to RSVP, please click the button below.
DATE: Saturday, July 30th
TIME: 11:00am EST
WHERE: The Art Gallery at Morning Star
ADDRESS: 12509 Idlewild Rd, Matthews, NC 28105
We’re so excited to have all 3 of our June book pick authors attend our RIAL Hangout on Sunday, July 10th!
- The Seaplane on Final Approach by Rebecca Rukeyser
- The Seamstress of New Orleans by Diane C. McPhail
- Heartsick: Three Stories about Love, Pain, and What Happens in Between by Jessie Stephens
*This event is exclusively for Reading Is a Lifestyle subscription members.*
This event has been postponed!
We’re hosting not 1, not 2, but 3 local authors on Saturday, July 9th in celebration of Patrice Gopo’s debut children’s book All the Places We Call Home and New York Times Bestselling author Derrick Barnes latest book The Queen of Kindergarten.
DATE: Saturday, July 9th
TIME: 11:00am EST
WHERE: The Art Gallery at Morning Star
ADDRESS: 12509 Idlewild Rd, Matthews, NC 28105
We are proud to partner with Freedom School Partners for their Great Day of D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Book Drive this year! Their goal is to provide almost 600 of their scholars with copies of Susan Verde’s children’s book I Am One this summer.
To donate a copy of the book, please follow the steps below:
- Add I Am One to your Shelves shopping cart. (You can donate as many copies as you want).
- Enter the following shipping address at checkout: Regina [First Name], Rhodes [Last Name], Freedom School Partners [Company], 3605 Drive [Street Address], Suite D [Apt, Suite, Unit, etc.], Charlotte [City], NC [State], 28211 [Zip Code].
- Under shipping, select the Donation – Great Day of D.E.A.R. Book Drive option.
Click here to donate a copy of I Am One.
**All book donations will be delivered to the schools after the campaign ends on June 30th.
On June 22nd, we turn 3 years old, but we’re celebrating all month long! In addition to product discounts and giveaways, we are popping up at Enderly Coffee Co. every Friday & Saturday during the month of June. We hope you will come out and support us.
DATES: June 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, and 25th.
TIME: 9am-1:30pm EST
ADDRESS: 2620 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
*Enderly also serves as a Local Pickup location for Mecklenburg County residents that order from our online store. They deliver for us on Fridays too.
Kindred Stories, Solid State Books, Cafe Con Libros, and Shelves Bookstore present Good Morning, Love with debut novelist Ashley M. Coleman in conversation with Pauleanne Reid. Anyone that purchases a copy of Ashley’s novel before 6.22.22 will be automatically added to the guest list for this event.
DATE: Wednesday, June 22nd
TIME: 7:30pm EST/6:30pm CST/4:30pm PST
WHERE: Crowdcast (virtual)
It’s never too early or late to start raising young people to be antiracist!
Join us on Thursday, June 16th on Zoom as we celebrate Juneteenth—and learn how to talk to the young people in our lives about its history and significance. Ibram X. Kendi, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, will be joined by panelists to discuss Juneteenth; the ways it is celebrated across the country; how the holiday can serve as the perfect jumping-off point to talk to kids from toddlers to teens about our country’s complicated, often-ugly history; and how they can shape an antiracist future.
Every ticket will include a copy of Dr. Kendi’s forthcoming book, How to Raise an Antiracist, which has been called “the quintessential parenting book for these times” by Publishers Weekly. Buy your ticket soon to get a special copy with a signed bookplate from Dr. Kendi! The event will also feature a special conversation between Dr. Kendi and illustrator Cbabi Bayoc about their new children’s book Goodnight Racism, a modern bedtime classic that gives children the language to dream of a better world.
DATE: Thursday, June 16th
TIME: 7:30pm EST
WHERE: Zoom (virtual)
We’re so excited to have all 3 of our May book pick authors attend our RIAL Hangout on Sunday, June 5th!
- Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej
- Darling Girl by Liz Michalski
- Our Little World by Karen Winn