Sharpen your No. 2 pencils and dust off your dictionaries — H&H Books is hosting SPELLADELPHIA, an adults-only, no-holds-barred, throw-down spelling fiasco, and we want YOU to be there.

  • COMPETE in teams of up to three for glory, fame, and $500 to donate to your favorite organization!

  • CHEER, HECKLE, and SHOW LOVE for our alphebetical acrobats as they battle to the finish

  • DONATE money to help support our work to actualize our nonprofit mission

  • SPONSOR to show your commitment to free literary programming, indie bookstore culture, and a more literate, weird Philadelphia

Spelling bee teams of up to three people will battle it out through three rounds that get trickier as the night goes on: gnarly Philly and PA names, local restaurants from all cultures, and the literary terms you half-remember from that one English class. Miss and you're out — last spellers standing go to sudden death.

It all happens at Star | Bolt on Thursday, November 12, with a cash bar, free appetizers, prizes for every round, and superlative awards for Best Literary Cosplay, Best Philly Pride Swag, and Most Ridiculous Team Name.

Every dollar raised goes straight into H&H’s hub! With your ticket purchase or sponsorship, you will:

  1. help us spruce up our lower level and create a vibrant third-space

  2. fund social justice-driven community programming in partnership with our neighbors

  3. properly compensate the book nerds who keep this organization running

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