We're having a party, and you're invited!
Our Birthday Bash, Holiday Open House, and authors galore!
This past month we hit a remarkable milestone - TEN years of having our little bookshop, Curiosity House Books. An entire decade of books and community. Wow, what a journey it has been. And we are only a small part of the bookstore’s story, in fact, the bookstore is entering its 30th year in the village of Creemore, Ontario. Impressive. There’s been a few moves, a pivot or two, and different owners through the years, but one thing remains constant: a strong readership and community support to keep it going.
To thank you for your continued support, we are throwing a BIRTHDAY BASH.
We invite you to celebrate TEN years with us on:
When: Friday November 29th
Time: 11am to 5pm
Cake & Coffee
10% off all books
Giveaways
Author signings (*check our social media for updates, and author reveals*)
*and surprises…but you have to be there to find out what they are :)
Last Friday we hosted bestselling author Brett Popplewell at Creemore Springs Brewery for our popular Beer & Books speaker series. It was a fantastic night.
Our live recording is now up on the Podcast section of our Substack. You can listen to it here.
On Finding Meaning: An Evening with Brett Popplewell - the live recording
On Finding Meaning: An Evening with Brett Popplewell
We have our last Beer & Books event of 2024 coming up on Tuesday December 3rd with bestselling author Nita Prose. This event is very close to being SOLD OUT. If you would like to purchase a ticket, please email us, give us a call, or click here.
Nita Prose is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, which has sold more than two million copies worldwide, The Mystery Guest, and The Mistletoe Mystery. A Good Morning America Book Club pick, The Maid won the Ned Kelly Award for International Crime Fiction, the Fingerprint Award for Debut Novel of the Year, the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, and the Barry Award for Best First Mystery. The Maid was also an Edgar Award finalist for Best Novel.
For more information, click here.
An Evening with Nita Prose
We are so excited to announce our final Beer & Books for the year: award-winning and bestselling author Nita Prose.
I recently interviewed author Sarah Selecky for our Why I Write series. You can read the full interview here.
Why I Write
Sarah Selecky is the author of Radiant Shimmering Light and This Cake Is for the Party, which was was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Book in Canada and the Caribbean, and was longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Prize.
And of course, we’re also excited to welcome you to our Holiday Open House on Friday December 6th from 5pm to 8pm. This is a very special invite to our Stories from the Pink House and Curiosity House Books community of subscribers and members. It’s our way of thanking you for your support this past year, and a way for us to come together and celebrate the festive season.
To RSVP, please email us: info@curiosityhousebooks.com
or reply to this email.
It’s a Merry Meet & Mingle with our community, and special guests:
Authors Gwen Harvey, Katie Zdybel, and Katie Laliberte
Artist Lianne Brossard
Katie Laliberte will be providing samples from Heydays at the June Hotel, the cookbook she co-wrote with husband Freddy Laliberte, Evan Baulch, and Emma Baulch.
Refreshments on hand while you browse our selection of Holiday gifts. We are welcoming new inventory every week up until the holidays. So come in and see what’s new, and what we can recommend.
Consider it the very best sort of ‘sip and shop’, a sneak peek of all of our latest offerings…
Gwen K. Harvey is an accomplished entrepreneur, active foundation director, and the founder of a well-established Toronto-based family wealth strategy firm. With over three decades of honing her writing skills through business commentary, her passion for storytelling led her to venture into creative writing. She is currently enrolled in the Creative Writing Certificate program at the University of Toronto. She self-published her debut novel The Girlfriend Book in 2021. In addition to her professional achievements, Gwen cherishes her role as a mother of three. Alongside her husband and their rambunctious Bernese Mountain dog, Bear, she divides her time between Toronto and Mulmur, Ontario.
Equipoise, Katie Zdybel's debut collection was shortlisted for the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction and the ReLit Short Fiction Award. Her stories have won the Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award, the Exile Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction award, and been shortlisted for the Ex-Puritan Short Fiction award and Room Magazine’s Short Fiction contest. Katie is currently working on her first novel and a novella, which was recently shortlisted for the Malahat Review Novella Contest. She is a graduate of the UBC MFA in Creative Writing program and the Humber College Post-grad Certificate in Creative Writing. She lives and teaches on the shores of Georgian Bay.
KATIE LALIBERTÉ spent weekends in 2020 working the Heydays patio and leverages her day-job skills to support all the tech systems that make up a busy restaurant. She's a writer and sometime bookseller, and is currently working on a restaurant romance!
All author’s books will be available to purchase and sign.
Liane Brossard’s art show, A Little Whimsy, is on view currently in Curiosity House Books, with new pieces added. The art is available for purchase. Liane will also be bringing new notecards to the event.
A note to our paid subscribers: your WINTER book is set to ship out to you in the coming weeks. Watch out for an email about it soon.
Paid subscribers receive a free book as part of their subscription, four times a year.