
Dumpster Fire Book Club
Featured Book

Coldwire
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
THE HORRORS PERSIST, but so do we! Dumpster Fire Book Club welcomes adults and teens (12+) every other month to read dystopian fiction, led by Betsy! We love imagining a better world through imagining just how bleak it can get first! Email betsy@bookedevanston.com if you have any questions!
In Conversation With
Betsy Haberl
Betsy Haberl (she/her) is co-owner of Booked. In a former life, she wrote Sad Fiction for Grown-Ups and is very grateful that her job now includes reading middle grade fiction that makes her feel feelings, dystopian YA, and weird-ish adult fiction. Betsy takes her role as Booked's events coordinator extremely seriously, ensuring that whimsy and silliness levels remain elevated at all times. She also loves building school and community partnerships and welcoming anyone and everything to come chat with her about books at the store! She loves using exclamation points when talking about books! But perhaps most importantly, Betsy is the store's resident Bubble Fairy, often boasting that Booked's bubble machine produces 2000 bpm (bubbles per minute).
About the Venue

Booked
Booked is an independent bookstore located at 506 Main St. in Evanston, Illinois, that carries a diverse selection of books for children and adults. In fact, it is our favorite independent bookstore, but we are biased, because we own it. We host author events, story times, book clubs, crafting events, birthday parties, just-because parties, and more.
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