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Nov13
Author Talk with Akbar Shahid Ahmed in conversation with Will Bunch
PastAuthor EventPoliticsArdmore, PA

Author Talk with Akbar Shahid Ahmed in conversation with Will Bunch

7:00 PM • Friday, November 13, 2026Mavey BooksFree

Mavey Books and CAIR-Philadelphia are pleased to welcome Akbar Shahid Ahmed for the release of his book, Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza, November 13, 2026. This event will be held at Haraz Coffee House 1822 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Free to attend. Books are available for purchase and signing at the event. Any books pre-purchased for the author talk will be available for pickup at the event.

Nov12
Book Launch: Elena Dudum
PastAuthor EventMemoirArdmore, PA

Book Launch: Elena Dudum

6:00 PM • Thursday, November 12, 2026Mavey BooksFree

Mavey Books is pleased to partner with Al-Bustan Seeds to welcome Palestinian American writer Elena Dudum for the Philadelphia launch of her debut book, They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful. For early chapters of this moving project, Dudum was awarded the prestigious 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress. will be joined in conversation by acclaimed author and journalist Reem Kassis (The Palestinian Table, The Arabesque Table). Together, they will explore personal and collective memory, the emotional landscapes of homeland and exile, and the craft of centering Palestinian stories. Program Schedule: 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Doors open, warm tea, community gathering 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Book Talk & Moderated Q&A with Elena Dudum & Reem Kassis 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Book signing and sales with Mavey Books Mavey Books will have copies of They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful available on-site for purchase, along with a curated selection of titles. The conversation will be followed by an author signing. Purchase the book in advance for pickup and signing at the event. Admission is Pay-What-You-Wish ($5 suggested donation). Seating is limited—please RSVP in advance to secure your seat! Accessibility: located on the second floor up two flights of stairs.

Nov2
Author Talk with Samantha Paige Rosen and Emma Copley Eisenberg
PastAuthor EventEssayArdmore, PA

Author Talk with Samantha Paige Rosen and Emma Copley Eisenberg

7:00 PM • Monday, November 2, 2026Char and StaveFree

Join bestselling authors Samantha Paige Rosen (Living, Together) and Emma Copley Eisenberg (Fat Swim) in celebration of their newest releases, Living, Together and Fat Swim, for a lively conversation about communal living (it’s not just for cults or millennials with a pipe dream!), tales of living in a contradictory world, and collective care on November 2, 7pm. Tickets are highly encouraged to attend this event. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

Oct29
the renovation book cover
PastBook ClubFictionArdmore, PA

Fiction Bookclub: The Renovation

7:00 PM • Thursday, October 29, 2026Mavey BooksFree

Join us for the Fiction Bookclub discussion of The Renovation on Thursday, October 29, 7PM. To join, purchase the bookclub pick at Mavey Books and RSVP online. A woman discovers that her bathroom has been remodeled into a prison cell—where she is an unlikely inmate—in this surreal novel of exile, grief, memory, and migration. In Salerno, Italy, Dilara spends her days caring for her aging father and her hypochondriac husband. Since leaving her native Istanbul, she’s been unable to find a job—adrift, she becomes increasingly fixated on domestic improvement, specifically on the renovation of a second bathroom. When the work is completed, she enters and finds herself not in a bathroom but in a prison cell, and a Turkish one at that. As she tries and fails to conceal the discovery from her husband, she confronts the prison’s other inhabitants—the buffoonish guards who refuse to believe her conundrum; the other women who begin filling the cells beyond hers—and the strange things that drift through it: the smell of the Bosporus, her mother’s voice, calls to prayer . . . To join, purchase the bookclib pick and RSVP online.

Oct28
Draw our new bookmark contest!!!
PastCommunity EventArdmore, PA

Draw our new bookmark contest!!!

Oct 28 – Nov 8Mavey BooksFree

Draw our new bookmark!!!! For the first time ever, we are putting the future of Mavey bookmarks (and our bookshop’s legacy with it) directly into your hands!! Dear reader, we invite you to draw our new bookmark design! No artistic background necessary! Not even a smidge! We will gather all submissions for a public voting period (like a mini democracy, but for bookmarks!). Submission guidelines: Bookmark design should be 2x6 inches and include our address (Mavey Books 8 Cricket Ave, Ardmore, Penna), website (maveybooks.com), and handle (@maveybooks). Submit your design through hello@maveybooks.com OR on instagram (@maveybooks)! That's it! There is not limit on submissions! Have at it! Submissions due by November 8, 11.59pm EST. Voting period follows!

Aug9
PastCommunity EventArdmore, PA

Book Lovers Day

10:30 AM • Sunday, August 9, 2026Mavey BooksFree

Join us ALL DAY on Sunday, August 9 for Book Lovers Day! We're celebrating books the best way we know how: with free books*, a literary scavenger hunt, and bookish freebies all day! This event is free and open to all! Bring your love of literature and come home with a hearts' worth of fine literature! ✏️ Fill a scavenger hunt with books you find in-store and earn a prize! Scavenger hunt sheets can be picked up at the counter 🪩 Snag free bookish swag all day while supplies last 📔 Take home a FREE BOOK* with every $25+ purchase! 🎁 Write down your favorite book, and snag recommendations from other book lovers! This event is free and open to all! *Advanced reader galleys! Included with every $25+ purchase! One per customer per hour, please!