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We've always known this about Chris. 🤩🤩🤩 Congratulations!

Thank you for the coverage, Democrat & Chronicle! We're so hyped for this event! Have you stopped by Ampersand to pick up a copy of “The City We Became”? Hot tip: It's discounted just for Rochester Reads!

Ampersand Books is open from 11 - 5 PM today (Friday) and tomorrow! Stop in to browse our table of authors for Hispanic Heritage Month!

It's true! Ampersand has tons of choices for you at the University of Rochester Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Conference. If you're there, stop and say hi to Clara and Lilly!

Are you ready? @rochesterfringe starts at W&B this evening! The 7 pm Saturday show sold out, but you can still get tickets for 9 pm Saturday: rochesterfringe.com/tickets.../the… This Saturday all meetings and groups are canceled for 24 Hour Plays, but Ampersand Books will be open from 11-5.

Calling all #ROC food trucks! We're looking for 2 - 3 food trucks for Saturday, October 28 during the Rochester Reads book festival, at the SUNY Brockport Downtown location. Interested? E-mail [email protected]

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Writers & Books live event, Kristen Gentry reads from her debut short story collection, Mama Said, out now from WVU Press. at.pw.org/Gentry

This week is the annual Rochester Reads Festival! Come enjoy book signings and other fun events this Saturday, October 28th from 10am-4pm. 161 Chestnut Street, Rochester, NY (SUNY Brockport Downtown Campus) wab.org/event/rocheste…

She's here!! Author N.K. Jemisin is in Rochester for Rochester Reads. If you're not one of the 300 people attending the talk in person tonight, you're still able to watch over Zoom. Details on how to register (and more!) in this week's newsletter: conta.cc/45GyPzf

The Rosewood Hunt is OUT!🥀 after three years of this story and characters living in my head, my debut novel about a crew of teens who need to reluctantly ally to hunt down a missing fortune is out now in the US and Canada. Welcome to Rosetown (officially, literally, finally)🥀

New Lily's Pick just dropped for November! tiktok.com/@writersandboo…

Clear your calendar! We're having a Flash Sale at Ampersand on Friday and Saturday this week! Get details and more in our latest newsletter: conta.cc/3QQtXTK

Neighbors, if you see Dexter, please let Erica know!

It's JRR Tolkien Day! The Hobbit was one of the books that influenced my love of reading at a young age. What are your earliest literature loves? nationaltoday.com/jrr-tolkien-da…

A week from Wednesday at the Livingston County Historical Society on Center Street in Geneseo.

Join Cyrus Cassells, Jennifer R. Kellogg, K.E. Semmel (The Book of Losman is out now!), & Kaija Straumanis for the literary conference "Translation: Expanding Our Horizons" on April 28th at 11:30 AM EDT, hosted by Writers & Books! Learn more and register here: buff.ly/3VsXENp

Up now on our Booktimist blog, a conversation with Sejal Shah, author of How to Make Your Mother Cry, released May 1. In a May/June starred review, Foreword's Elaine Chiew calls HTMYMC a "groundbreaking literary collection that transcends limits to heighten meaning and emotional

Sejal (Sejal Shah) curated Rochester Roots, happening at The Little (The Little Theatre) TOMORROW (Wednesday). Get your tickets now: wab.org/event/rocheste…