Lee Cole’s sophomore novel, FULFILLMENT, is a fiery blend of class tensions, half-sibling rivalry, and even a love triangle—and we’re launching it on 6/17 at H&H Books!
H&H Books' newest book club is reading WINTER OF WORSHIP, and poet Kayleb Rae Candrilli will join us for our June meeting.
Pride Month wouldn’t be complete without celebrating Mac Crane’s sophomore novel, A SHARP ENDLESS NEED. Learn more and register!
Join Ms. AJ and guest author Sarah Prager for a morning of Pride-themed stories, songs, and activities!
Join us to celebrate the launch of Arianna Rebolini's debut memoir, BETTER: A MEMOIR ABOUT WANTING TO DIE. Arianna will be in conversation with writer Emma Copley Eisenberg (HOUSEMATES), with Q&A and book signing to follow.
H&H Books will be selling books at Queer Novels Now, an event featuring readings from queer lit luminaries Kristen Arnett, Lydi Conklin, Emma C. Eisenberg, Alejandro Heredia, Melissa Mogollon, and Torrey Peters. Tickets are available here!
Ms. AJ will lead us in story and song throughout the year. Expect percussive instruments to share and play, great reads, and song circles!
H&H Books' newest book club is reading ROOT FRACTURES for our May meeting. Read on to register & learn more.
Due to a scheduled PECO power outage, our 5/8 story time must be rescheduled. Thank you for your understanding!
Join poet Sara Mae as they share from their new chapbook and lead workshop participants in an exploration of visual poetry.
Ms. AJ and Athena from the Girl Scouts will lead us in story and song around a pretend campfire. Geared towards ages 4-6, but all are welcome!
Join us for Indie Bookstore Day on April 26th! We have a slew of goodies and giveaways for you + signed copies, swag, specialty totes and more!
Join us as we welcome author & editor Jeremy Gordon and musician & poet Sadie Dupuis to discuss Jeremy’s debut novel, SEE FRIENDSHIP.
Read and discuss The Sisters by Jordan Windholz with us in April!
Ms. AJ will lead us in story and song throughout the year--along with some special guests--as we explore a new theme each month. March’s theme and books to come, so stay tuned!
Register for free on eventbrite.
Join H&H on Tuesday, April 1st at 6pm at Taller Puertorriqueño for another celebration and conversation with a panel of the authors & illustrators from the 2023-2024 Riverwards Chapbook Series! Learn more and RSVP here.
Ms. AJ will lead us in story and song throughout the year--along with some special guests--as we explore a new theme each month. March’s theme and books to come, so stay tuned!
Register for free on eventbrite.
Author & literary agent Eric Smith is launching his own agency, Neighborhood Literary, with a free query letter workshop & critique!
Channel your inner Katniss Everdeen and celebrate Sunrise on the Reaping, the newest novel in the Hunger Games series, with H&H Books and Philly Archery.
Join authors Shayne Terry & Jiordan Castle as they launch Shayne’s book, Leave: A Postpartum Account,and discuss the craft, challenges, and conventions of the memoir genre. Register for free on Eventbrite and read on for more details.
Celebrate Lunar New Year and Black History Month with stories, music, and a special reading of "Celeste is a Star" by local author C. Park!
Join us for a reading and conversation about Mother Archive: A Dominican Family Memoir, the captivating debut image-text memoir by writer and photographer Erika Morillo. Register for free on Eventbrite and read on for details.
Attend this virtual event to hear nine Philly-based authors discuss their highly anticipated 2025 releases! Presented in collaboration with Blue Stoop. Read on for registration details!
In our first event of 2025, we’ll host authors Stephanie Gorton and Carrie Hagen as they discuss Gorton’s book The Icon and The Idealist: Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry that Brought Birth Control to America. Register for this riveting discussion on Eventbrite and read on for details.
Ms. AJ will lead us in story and song throughout the year--along with some special guests--as we explore a new theme each month. Expect percussive instruments to share and play, a couple of great reads, and a song circle whenever Ms. AJ graces us with her presence in our gender-inclusive space where all identities are encouraged to thrive. Our first Story Time will feature the books Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music by Amy Ignatow, Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo by Monica Brown (this book will be read in English but is a bilingual option for Spanish-speaking families), and 88 Instruments by Chris Barton.
Folks of all ages are welcome to register for a bookmaking and collage-making workshop, led by artist Michelle Anne Harris at H&H! Tickets are $35 per person and available here.
What happens at the intersection of poetry & music? Join poets Sadie Dupuis, Anni Liu, and Jimin Seo as they discuss craft & process; stay for their readings and performances. We’ll have their books for sale & available to be signed. RSVP on Eventbrite.
Born in the year of the metal goat, Anni Liu is the author of Border Vista (Persea Books), which won the Lexi Rudnitsky Prize and was a New York Times Best Poetry Book of 2022. She’s the recipient of an Undocupoets Fellowship, a Djanikian Scholarship from the Adroit Journal, and residencies at Civitella Ranieri, the Anderson Center, and University of the Arts. She’s an editor at Graywolf Press and lives in Philadelphia.
Sadie Dupuis is the guitarist, songwriter & singer of rock band Speedy Ortiz, as well as the producer & multi-instrumentalist behind pop project Sad13. Sadie heads the record label Wax Nine, edits its poetry journal, and is a regular contributor to Spin, Tape Op, Talkhouse, and more. She holds an MFA in poetry from UMass Amherst, where she also taught writing. Mouthguard, her first book, was published in 2018 (Gramma); Cry Perfume, a second poetry collection, was released in 2022 (Black Ocean). She is an organizer with United Musicians & Allied Workers and its local UMAW Philly.
Jimin Seo was born in Seoul and immigrated to the US to join his family at the age of eight. He is the author of OSSIA, winner of The Changes Book Prize, and the forthcoming chapbook A - 1982 (mercury firs). His most recent projects were Poems of Consumption with H. Sinno at the Barbican Centre in London, and a site activation for salazarsequeromedina's Open Pavilion at the 4th Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.
The time is FINALLY near! Our 2023-2024 Riverwards Arts & Letters series comes to a grand finish on November 8, 2024 with the release of THREE new chapbooks published by The Head & The Hand! We’ll have readings, artist talks, libations, chapbooks & prints for sale, and MORE!
Join us at H&H for a cozy October morning story time with Deepa Iyer, author and activist for social change, for a reading and discussion geared for young children and their caregivers. Deepa will do an interactive reading of her debut picture book, We Are The Builders! (Simon & Schuster, Sept. 2024; illustrated by Romina Galotta) which provides a gentle introduction to social change. Deepa will answer questions, and provide fun exercises for young people to think about their roles in changing their community!
This event is best geared for kiddos ages 3 - 7, but all are welcome!
You can RSVP here.
Our Beyond the Page series kicks off with an open mic, poetry feature, and tequila cocktails from Middle Child to celebrate our featured poet, Brandon Melendez! Come with new shit, old shit, or a piece that inspires you to share with us!
We’re thrilled to welcome Tony Tulathimutte to the shop to discuss his new work of fiction, REJECTION, with author Alyssa Songsiridej.
"Personal Velocity" organized by Katie Bennett. The series will feature personal stories (creative nonfiction/ memoir) by Philadelphia-based writers who identify as women, nonbinary, and trans. The September line-up is Andalyn Young, Ana Woulfe, Nina St. Pierre, and Emma Copley Eisenberg.
Join us in welcoming Jessica Nirvana Ram, who will read from her debut poetry collection, Earthly Gods (Variant Literature, Sept. 2024). RSVP here!
Hear author & musician Franz Nicolay and drummer Benny Horowitz discuss BAND PEOPLE: LIFE AND WORK IN POPULAR MUSIC (University of Texas Press, 2024).
