Book Bedazzling
2026-09-13 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
Join the Purple Couch Bookclub to beautify and bedazzle your favorite book!

Beautify your favorite book in great company at the Purple Couch Bookshop’s first Book Bedazzling night. We will provide the art space and all the craft supplies. You bring (or buy) the book you’d like to decorate, and we will provide the rest. Space is limited, so sign up now! NEW – Due to the volume of supplies being used, and staff time needed for clean-up, we now require that bedazzlers are age 14+.
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Romance Book Club - Lost and Found by Tarah DeWitt
2026-09-17 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
Tarah DeWitt’s novels are devoured by authors like Elsie Silver, Julie Soto, Jessica Joyce and Rachel Lynn Solomon. Join us to find out why as we discuss Lost and Found.
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Bea always wanted to be a mom. But she never expected she’d have to lose her best friend to do it. Armed with nothing but her best friend’s eggs and a bucket list to complete, Bea’s world is a sea of changes.
When she needs a place to stay, her longtime friend Silas steps in to help. A firefighter grappling with the aftermath of an accident, Silas has his own challenges to work through that have left him cautious and vulnerable.
At first, they expect nothing. But as these two former sunshines knit together in a love that has been unfulfilled until now, a new beginning comes out of the ashes of the past—one that will lead to a love that can withstand all the slings and arrows, joys and triumphs, that life can throw.

Sunday Silent Book Club
2026-09-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-11-15 10:00 - 12:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
We invite you to hold space with us on select Sunday mornings from 10am -12pm.
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With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework?
At Silent Book Club, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 10:00-10:30am. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then, from 10:30-11:30, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will be opening to the public at 12pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.

Fantasy Book Club - Summoned to the Wilds by A.K.Caggiano
2026-09-20 15:00 - 16:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
A.K. Caggiano is a customer favorite here at the shop and the Fantasy Book Club agrees! Join the conversation to find out why.
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She’s sworn to protect the realm. Her heart has other plans.

Lady Ammalie Avington, Baroness of Faebarrow, knows it’s not safe to pine after the son of a demon. Especially not the blood mage who threatened and abducted her and now intends to bring ruin to the realm. The very realm she is sworn to serve. It’s just a terribly inconvenient fact because, well…he’s rather cute.
Despite her best efforts, Amma can’t seem to get him out of her mind, not whilst locked up in a tower surrounded by infernal beings, nor trapped below ground in a den of beguiling vampires, and definitely not in the heart of a wild jungle under the tutelage of esoteric witches. She just can’t help herself around Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne, danger be damned. And what danger is there? Damien’s heart, the one he swears to not have, has been softening right before her eyes. Perhaps with her guidance, Damien won’t rain chaos and destruction down on the world. Perhaps she can even save them both as Damien searches for a way to magically unlink them on their quest to fulfill their destinies.
So, when Amma learns she may have ancient, innate magical powers of her own, why not use them to do exactly as she pleases?

BOO-ks & Brews: A Grown-up Book Fair Featuring Paul Tremblay and Jilly Gagnon
2026-09-22 18:00 - 21:00 | Rapscallion Music Hall & Brewery, 56 Island St., Lawrence, MA, 01840, United States
Chase that nostalgic book fair high! The Purple Couch Bookshop is turning Rapscallion Music Hall & Brewery into a pop‑up book fair for grown‑ups with a dark twist — no permission slips, just spine‑tingling stories and strong drinks.
Meet New York Times bestselling horror author Paul Tremblay (A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, Horror Movie), along with Jilly Gagnon (Cards on the Table w/Lana Harper, What If It’s You?) for signings and quick chats about their latest work.
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Sip your way through the stacks with a Rapscallion craft beer or signature cocktail and grab a bite from the kitchen while you browse curated tables from The Purple Couch Bookshop, each stacked with picks across different genres — edge‑of‑your‑seat thrillers, swoony romance, mind‑bending sci‑fi, memoir, horror, and more.
Get your fix choosing stickers, bookmarks, journals and bookish goodies you wouldn’t be allowed to bring home from school.
Once the last page is browsed, stick around for Book Fair Trivia: Dark & Stormy Edition — teams face off on literary trivia (authors, plot twists, banned books, horror classics, and a few local history and pop‑culture curveballs) for bragging rights and prizes.
No parental restrictions, no book fair bucks — just frothy drinks, hand-crafted eats, a little friendly competition, and books galore.
We expect this event to be popular so RSVPs are strongly recommended. Frankly, we have no idea how many people to expect. The authors can’t stay all night, so there will be time slots for signings available for free sign-up.
We will have copies of both authors’ books on hand. We recommend preordering your copy of one or both authors’ books to make sure you’ve got one in case we underestimate. If you would like to preorder any of the authors’ older titles, please visit this unique event preorder link on our website.
About the authors:
Paul Tremblay is the multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of eight previous novels (Horror Movie, The Pallbearers Club, Survivor Song, The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts, No Sleep Till Wonderland, and The Little Sleep) and two short fiction collections (The Beast You Are and Growing Things). He lives outside of Boston with his family. For more information, find him here: https://www.paultremblay.net/
Jilly Gagnon is currently based in Salem, Massachusetts, but is originally from Minnesota, a fact she’ll likely inform you of within minutes of meeting you. She is the author of eight novels, most recently What if it’s You? Her humor writing, personal essays, and op-eds have appeared in Newsweek, Elle, Vanity Fair, Boston magazine, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, among others. For more information, find her here: https://jillygagnon.com/about/

Fiction Book Club - The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
2026-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
A bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs.

Join us to discuss one of the biggest books of the year from the bestselling author of The Help, Kathryn Stockett.
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Oxford, Mississippi, 1933.
Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable “big girls” at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed.
Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she’s left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister’s seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies.
Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates–and Meg’s–converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan for them to take control of their lives. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women’s freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences.
The Calamity Club will make you laugh, cry, and cheer–an epic testament to underestimated women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings. This is Kathryn Stockett at her most confident, heartfelt, and hilarious–the triumphant return of one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.

Horror Book Club - When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
2026-09-27 13:00 - 14:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
An unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality.
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Stephen King says; “Get your claws into this one, horror fiends. It’s terrific. . . . Sink your teeth into a classic.”
Grady Hendrix says ,“This is the kind of great, big, epic horror novel we got back in the ’80s that came out swinging for the fences and left everything on the field. Welcome back, you shaggy, bloody monster of a book!”
One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy’s father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives.
As they attempt to evade the boy’s increasingly desperate father, Jess slowly comes to a horrifying understanding of the butchery that follows them—the boy can turn his every fear into reality.
And when the wolf finally comes home, no one will be spared.

Thursday Silent Book Club
2026-10-01 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-11-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-12-03 18:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
With traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the selected book, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books and friends —without any homework?
CLICK HERE TO SAVE YOUR SPOT
At Silent Book Club, there’s no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books… it’s BYOBook. Join us at the Purple Couch Bookshop to socialize from 6:00-6:30pm. Staff will be on hand to help you find a great read if you need one. Then, from 6:30-7:30, pick a spot and read whatever makes you happy. The store will stay open until 8:00pm for those who need to finish one more chapter or are ready to find their next great book.

Queer Book Club - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
2026-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
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Thriller Book Club - Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
2026-10-08 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
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Romantasy Book Club - Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
2026-10-11 13:00 - 14:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
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Romance Book Club
2026-10-15 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
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Author Tanya Pell - This B Just Won't Die
2026-10-18 13:00 - 14:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
Tanya will be joining us to discuss her new book This B Just Won’t Die. The ticket price of $30.81 includes the book for the cover price plus MA State Sales Tax.
Please look for updates as we work with more authors to join Tanya for this event.
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This humorous, heart-pounding, feminist slasher follows an aging scream queen as she is pursued by a serial killer impersonating the antagonist of her films.
Former scream queen Barbra Jacobs desperately wants to break out of the box Hollywood has neatly packaged her in. Cast as the star of the Mirror horror franchise films twenty years ago, the breakout role that shaped her career has also destroyed her dreams of being taken seriously as an actress. Now forty, and still seeking the approval of everyone around her, she makes ends meet by signing old photos of herself and doing meet and greets at horror conventions.
So when a producer calls asking her host The Monsters We Made, a hot new horror docuseries, she sees it as a step in the right direction. But when fans begin dying around her—and in ways that mimic the kills in her films—Barb is thrust back into a role she can’t seem to walk away from: The Final Girl.
Will she ever break out of the display-box-life she’s been imprisoned in, or will Mirror Man end it all in Barbie’s Scream House?

Fiction Book Club
2026-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States

Horror Book Club
2026-10-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-11-29 13:00 - 14:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States

Fantasy Book Club - Please note date change
2026-10-25 15:00 - 16:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
Please note that in October, Fantasy Book Club will be meeting on the 4th Sunday instead of the normal 3rd Sunday due to an author event.
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A Court of Splintered Harmony Midnight Release Party
2026-10-26 22:30 - 2026-10-27 00:30 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
A Court of Splintered Harmony will be here on October 27th at midnight!
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The long wait is over. Let’s celebrate! Join us for some ACOTAR themed activities, share predictions with other fans, and do a little late-night shopping while we count down to the midnight release.
Doors open at 10:30pm. Attendees will be able to pick up their copies beginning at 12:00am on 10/27 until our 12:30am closing. We will reopen for normal hours on Tuesday, October 27. If you have purchased a ticket and are unable to attend, we will hold your copy for 30 days.
Sarah J. Maas, the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, returns to the courts of Prythian . . .
What was broken will be remade.
Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he’s been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands.
The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.
To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.
But to defeat Koschei’s creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.

Queer Book Club - The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann
2026-11-04 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States

Romantasy Book Club - Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu
2026-11-08 13:00 - 14:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States

Thriller Book Club - Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams
2026-11-12 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States

Fantasy Book Club
2026-11-15 15:00 - 16:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States

Save the Date: Author Cleo White - Royally Forbidden: Creation
2026-11-16 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
Cleo will be returning to the Purple Couch as a featured author for Royally Forbidden: Creation, the 3rd book in the series. We were lucky enough to have Cleo join us as a conversation partner for A.K. Caggiano earlier this year and she wowed the audience.
Stay tuned for the cover reveal and ticket information.

Romance Book Club
2026-11-19 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
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Closed for Thanksgiving
2026-11-26 00:00 - 23:59 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
We will be closed on Thursday, November 26 to celebrate with our families. We will reopen on Friday, November 27 for normal business hours.

Save the Date: Author Nicole Cubba
2026-12-08 19:00 - 20:00 | The Purple Couch Bookshop, 350 Winthrop Ave unit 9b, North Andover, MA, 01845, United States
Stay tuned for details and tickets.
