Upcoming Events
All Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
All Readers Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the last Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.
Queer Reader Meetup
Queer Reader Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the first Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off off any drink at Compass.
Register for free at Eventbrite
Reflections on Half a Decade: Writing Workshop
An End-of-the-Year Writing Workshop.
Join Sergio and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre for the Reflections of Half A Decade Writing Workshop on Saturday December 14, 11AM-12PM.
Say goodbye to 2024 and hello to 2025! Reflect on your past year or even the first half the of decade.
Bookseller Sergio will lead participants through an interactive and reflective writing workshop, drawing from the past and looking to the future.
Workshop participants will receive 10% off a purchase at Elizabeth’s Bookshop.
BIPOC Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
BIPOC Reader Meetups are from 12-2PM the second Saturday of every month. From 12-1PM., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1-2PM, enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.
Queer Documentary Discussion & Lesbo Bingo
Queer Documentary Discussion & Lesbo Bingo with LuSter Singleton and Julia Applegate
Free Beer Tomorrow: Documenting the History and Culture of Ohio’s Longest Running Lesbian Owned and Operated Bar
In a casual format, filmmakers and storytellers Julia Applegate and Luster P. Singleton will discuss the creation of their upcoming documentary Free Beer Tomorrow. Free Beer Tomorrow tells the story of Jack’s A Go-Go/Summit Station – Ohio’s longest-running lesbian owned and operated bar. In the process of making the film Applegate and Singleton meet former professional women’s football players, lesbian tap dancers, feminist activists, pool sharks, bartenders and drag kings. They also explore the emerging crisis of loneliness and social isolation among elder lesbians in the context of the disappearance of lesbian centric community spaces.
Following this conversation will be Lesbo Bingo, Bingo made for and celebrating lesbians. Bingo cards can be purchased at the door, and all proceeds will go towards the making of the documentary.
Light Enters the Grove Book Launch
Join us for a reading from Light Enters the Grove: Exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park through Poetry on November 13 at 7:00PM.
Celebrate University Press Week and the recent launch of this poetry collection—edited by and including contributions from former and current Elizabeth’s Bookshop employees.
Enjoy an evening of poetry about our local National Park, followed by a Q&A with the editors and a signing.
How to Register:
Register on this page to attend the in-person reading at Elizabeth's Bookshop in Akron, OH
Select your ticket option:
$5 ticket: receive a $5 gift voucher to be used for any purchase at Elizabeth's the night of the event.
$22 Book-as-ticket: Receive a copy of Light Enters the Grove: Exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park through Poetry, to be picked up at Elizabeth's the night of event (or by December 6).
Get Your Books:
Books will be available for pick up the night of the event.
Any books not picked up on November 13 must be picked up from Elizabeth's Bookshop on or before December 6, 2024.
BIPOC Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
BIPOC Reader Meetups are from 12-2PM the second Saturday of every month. From 12-1PM., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1-2PM, enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.
Intro to Poetic Form: Writing Workshop
Join Michelle and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre for the Intro to Poetic Form Writing Centre Workshop on Saturday, November 9, 11AM-12PM.
Are you interested in experimenting with traditional poetic forms? Are you a writer with a love for rhyme, meter, and structure? Or are you looking to expand your formal horizons?
Learn how modern poets are using form, and how restraint in writing can open up the creative process. Perfect for beginners and anyone with a curiosity for formal poetry. No prior experience is required!
Workshop participants will receive 10% off a purchase at Elizabeth’s Bookshop.
Queer Reader Meetup
Queer Reader Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the first Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off off any drink at Compass.
Register for free at Eventbrite
Smells Like Snow Coffee Festival
It's Back!!! & Way Better than hiding your CD collection under your floorboards or spending hours of backbreaking labor making t-shirts featuring humorous topical headlines of things you see around town!
It's the 5th annual Smells Like Snow Coffee Festival! Festivities will take place on Cascade Plaza and Main Street from Mill to Bowery. We have a wide array of local coffee and food vendors, boutique shopping and art experiences, live music, plenty of Gilmore Girls references, and even two special guests from the show.
Find us among the all of the other wonderful vendors!
Book Launch with Marilyn Sanders Mobley
Tuesday, October 29 | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Join Elizabeth's Bookshop and romance author Marilyn Sanders Mobley for the launch of her new book, Toni Morrison and the Geopoetics of Place, Race, and Be/Longing
Dr. Mobley will discuss her new book with Carla Davis, founder of CJ Davis Enterprises LLC.
How to Register:
Register on this page to attend the in-person author talk at Elizabeth's Bookshop in Akron, OH
Select your ticket option:
$5 ticket: receive a $5 gift voucher to be used for any purchase at Elizabeth's the night of the event.
$30.95 Book-as-ticket: Receive a copy of Toni Morrison and the Geopoetics of Place, Race, and Be/Longing, to be picked up at Elizabeth's the night of event (or by November 12).
Get Your Books:
Books will be available for pick up the night of the event.
Any books not picked up on October 29 must be picked up from Elizabeth's Bookshop on or before November 12, 2024.
All Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
All Readers Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the last Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.
Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival
Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre is excited to pop-up at the Lit Youngstown 2024 Fall Literary Festival Book Fair!
This year's festival will feature 145 accomplished presenters from California to Maryland and Rhode Island to Florida, presenting on understanding, writing, teaching, translating, editing and publishing literature. Discover your new favorite writer; peruse the dozens of bookfair tables; get a jump on a new piece of writing; join a discussion on writing programs in the community college, publishing as a small press, nature and eco writing, coming to writing late in life, and so much more.
Registration is closed. More information about the festival can be found here.
BIPOC Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
BIPOC Reader Meetups are from 12-2PM the second Saturday of every month. From 12-1PM., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1-2PM, enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.
Intro to Tarot: A Writing Centre Workshop
Explore storytelling through the lens of tarot.
Bookseller Kira will discuss methods for reading tarot and finding meaning in the cards, as well as implementation of tarot as a daily practice.
Participants will leave with a bit of knowledge and a wealth of time spent learning with and through their
community.
Participants can bring a deck or borrow one for the workshop. Recommended decks can be purchased from Elizabeth’s Bookshop here.
Workshop participants will receive 10% off a purchase at Elizabeth’s Bookshop.
Queer Reader Meetup
Queer Reader Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the first Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off off any drink at Compass.
Register for free at Eventbrite
All Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
All Readers Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the last Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.
Making Moves: Akron—Panel Discussion and Book Launch
Join NCCAkron for a free panel discussion and book launch event for Artists on Creative Administration at the Akron Art Museum. This free event includes contributing authors and additional case studies exploring themes of community building, organizational transitions, and artistic longevity.
Artists on Creative Administration will be available for purchase through local bookseller Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre and the first 25 event registrants will receive a complimentary copy, sponsored by ArtsNow. You must attend the event to claim your free copy.
Wick Poetry Center 40th Anniversary
In honor of the Wick Poetry Center’s 40th anniversary, we invite you to join us for a celebration at Kent State University. Over two days and three nights of festivities, our keynote speakers, Padraig Ó Tuama, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Hirshfield, and Adrian Matejka will give readings and host engaging panels.Each day Wick Poetry Center staff will guide attendees through generative writing workshops and immersive tours of interactive exhibits centered around the themes of Poetry & Healing, Science, Peace, and Social Justice. As we celebrate four decades of creativity and community, we are also delighted to feature poet and founding director Maggie Anderson, along with our accomplished Wick prize-winning authors.
Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre is excited to be the on-site bookstore for this wonderful anniversary celebration.
BIPOC Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
BIPOC Reader Meetups are from 12-2PM the second Saturday of every month. From 12-1PM., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1-2PM, enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.
Collage & Creativity: Writing Centre Workshop
Join Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre for the Collage & Creativity: Writing Centre Workshop on Saturday, September 14, 11AM-12PM.
Explore your creativity with an interactive collaging workshop. Learn tools and tricks for accessing your intuition and imagination. Then, scour magazines, paper scraps, and books for words and images to add to your own collage.
Bookseller Kira draws on the creative practices and wisdom of writers including Audre Lorde, Natalie Goldberg, and Twyla Tharp to build a foundation for artistic exploration, freedom, and fun.
Learn briefly about tools for overcoming artistic blocks, then grab some scissors and make your own collage with materials provided.
Workshop participants will receive 10% off a purchase at Elizabeth’s Bookshop.
Queer Reader Meetup
Queer Reader Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the first Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off off any drink at Compass.
Register for free at Eventbrite
Summer Rest
Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre will be closed August 24 -September 8 for Summer Rest.
For The Loveland Group, rest is not a reward earned or a destination to rush towards; rest is an essential element of the work — woven into the pace and rhythm of the business of
Much like the soil must be let to lie fallow so that it can restore a state of fullness and balance, so too do the people that do the work of Loveland and the work of Loveland itself. As we move deep into the Summer, we look to our next season of rest.
Akron Pride Festival
We’re so excited to return to Akron Pride Festival for the third year in a row!
Find us among the other amazing vendors, artists, and organizations for the free, all-day festival happening in downtown Akron on Saturday, August 24.
Food trucks, performances, parade, and more!
Artist Panel: Queerness in Art and the Midwest
Join us at Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre for an engaging panel discussion featuring Rachel Cargle, Jesse Factor, and LuSter Singleton. This event will explore the intersection of queerness in art and its expression in the Midwest.
Thursday, August 22 | 7:00 p.m
Register for $5 and receive a $5 gift voucher to use at Elizabeth's the night of the event.
Craft-ernoon at Elizabeth's
Open Craft Time at Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing
Centre.
Join our booksellers every Thursday afternoon for open craft time. Collage materials provided, or bring your own craft!
Every Thursday from 4pm-6pm.
Garden Book Bricks Workshop
Start your very own Garden Book Shelf!
Join Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre for our first ever Bookish Craft Night, perfect for a girls night out, a family activity, or a date night!
Receive instruction and inspiration to paint your favorite book covers on bricks that can be displayed in your garden or outdoor space.
Registration includes:
Two blank bricks primed and ready for painting
Guidance and instruction from Elizabeth’s staff
Example books and visual guides to provide inspiration
Light refreshments
All materials provided!
Wednesday, August 14, 6:00-8:00PM
Doors open at 5:30 with refreshments provided. Craft instruction begins at 6:00.
Cost is $20, and includes two bricks that you will paint and take home with you.
BIPOC Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
BIPOC Reader Meetups are from 12-2PM the second Saturday of every month. From 12-1PM., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1-2PM, enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.
Punk Rock Flea Market
Elizabeth’s Bookshop is excited to return to the Punk Rock Flea Market! Find our booth indoors at 159 S. Main St, Akron, OH
ARTISTS & MAKERS, FOOD TRUCKS & RAFFLES! This summer event will be stacked with 150+++ alternative artists/ vendors, crafters, unique makers and small local independent businesses from all over Ohio and surrounding cities, states and communities!
We’re talking food trucks, live music and cool drinks in beautiful downtown Akron. Just blocks away from The University of Akron.
Come celebrate and support the infinite talents of our proud resilient community with us this summer in the heart of the city at Punk Rock Flea Market Akron.
ORIGINAL ART & GRAPHIC APPAREL, ODDITIES, TAXIDERMY, BAKED GOODS & SWEETS, VEGAN TREATS, LIVE ART, VINTAGE CLOTHING, VINYL RECORDS, MACABRE CREATIONS, HANDMADE JEWELRY, LOCAL GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMIC BOOKS, VINYL FIGURES & TOYS, TWISTED PLUSHIES & DOLLS, COLLECTIBLES AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ALTERNATIVE ARTS COMMUNITY!Every purchase you make with a vendor gets you a raffle ticket to use at the We Are the Weirdos Ohio raffle booth!
Food trucks, drinks (alcoholic beverages) and concessions!
FREE TO THE PUBLIC with no entry fees!
Saturday, August 10, 202412 PM - 6 PMOutdoors at the corner of S. Main St & W. Bowery St.and indoors 159 S. Main St, Akron, OH
Black Out Poetry: Writing Centre Workshop
Join Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre for the Writing and Grief: Writing Centre Workshop on Saturday, July 13, 11AM-12PM.
Poetry is often one of those things that brings to the surface complicated feelings and challenges us to make language from something that seems so impossible to convey.
Explore the ways in which poetry can help us name the uncomfortable and unexpected parts of grief and mourning and allow us to better process those feelings in a safe and open space.
While doing this, we will use parts of Victoria Chang’s OBIT as a foundation for generating poems that elegize while still searching for the hope within the despair.
Bookseller Madison will lead participants in this free, interactive writing workshop.
Workshop participants will receive 10% off a purchase at Elizabeth’s Bookshop.
Audiobook and Craft Night
Event Details:
Date and Time: Thursday, August 8. 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5:00 p.m.)
Location: Elizabeth's Bookshop& Writing Centre, 647 E Market St, Akron
Audiobooks: A survey will be sent out prior to the event to determine the two audiobook choices.
Registration: $5, and attendees will receive a $10 gift voucher to use at Elizabeth's Bookshop the night of the event.
Age Restrictions: Please note that the audiobooks may include adult content.
Craft materials, headsets, and audiobooks provided! Refreshments will be available.
Tickets are non-refundable, and space is limited. We recommend registering in advance.
Assuage HER is a project dedicated to providing artistic workshops to women and gender-expansive folks.
Queer Reader Meetup
Queer Reader Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the first Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off off any drink at Compass.
Register for free at Eventbrite
Craft-ernoon at Elizabeth's
Open Craft Time at Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing
Centre.
Join our booksellers every Thursday afternoon for open craft time. Collage materials provided, or bring your own craft!
Every Thursday from 4pm-6pm.
All Reader Meetup
As your local hub for books and community, Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre has established regular opportunities for readers looking to make new friends.
All Readers Meetups are from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the last Saturday of every month. From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., bring a book or purchase one from our shelves and READ. Carving out designated time to read each week is an act of self care! You deserve it!
Then, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy unstructured social time with other readers. Find out what others are reading or recommend you favorite books to others. It's also a great time to meet people in your community looking for friends.
And enjoy 10% off any regular-priced book at Elizabeth's and 15% off at Compass. It's that simple.