Evening Fiction Club - December '26
Featured Book
84, Charing Cross Road
What started as a request for an out-of-print book evolved into a 20-year friendship between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York, and Frank Doel, a used-book dealer in London.
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
Join us for our Evening Fiction Club on Wednesday, December 16th at 6:45pm. This month we'll be reading 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. Copies of the book are available at Queen Takes Book and can be purchased at 10% off in-store through December 16th. Use the code BOOKCLUB to get 10% off through our website. You can also order through Bookshop.org (paperback) or Libro.fm (audiobook) to support local independent bookstores.
About the Venue
Queen Takes Book
We are Columbia, MD's only independent bookstore. We believe that everyone should be able to see themselves in the pages of a book and are committed to providing a welcoming environment for everyone who walks through our doors. Columbia is halfway in-between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., making us accessible to people from both of these cities. We have a robust slate of book clubs and also do on-site and off-site author events and book fairs.
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