Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.

4th Thursday: Do the Thing with Jamie

Do you have a project that's haunting you, something you just want to get done, are you drowning in tabs???? This is the social self-care session for you. Join Jamie at the community table as we spend an hour sitting down, co-working, and just getting whatever it is you need to work on closer to done. Come and co-work for the full hour (from 6:30-7:30), or take off whenever you are done. From 7:30-8 feel free to hang out for a casual chat or just browse the shelves.

Because the store will be open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, registration is required as seats are limited to 10 people a session.

We host Silent Book Club on the 4th Wednesday of every month.
Golden Bee is proud to be the official Liverpool chapter of Silent Book Club.
Unlike your typical book club, Silent Book Club is more about the actual act of reading than the discussion of books. Come for an hour and read without the interruptions and nagging “should-dos” that often plague us elsewhere. Then chat with your fellow attendees for a half hour, or book it out the door without needing to say a word.

Registration is strongly encouraged in order to ensure adequate seating!

CANCELED

What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and consent, and the pressures of society? This accessible examination of asexuality shows that the issues that aces face—confusion around sexual activity, the intersection of sexuality and identity, navigating different needs in relationships—are the same conflicts that nearly all of us will experience. Through a blend of reporting, cultural criticism, and memoir, Ace addresses the misconceptions around the “A” of LGBTQIA and invites everyone to rethink pleasure and intimacy.

Journalist Angela Chen creates her path to understanding her own asexuality with the perspectives of a diverse group of asexual people. Vulnerable and honest, these stories include a woman who had blood tests done because she was convinced that “not wanting sex” was a sign of serious illness, and a man who grew up in a religious household and did everything “right,” only to realize after marriage that his experience of sexuality had never been the same as that of others. Disabled aces, aces of color, gender-nonconforming aces, and aces who both do and don’t want romantic relationships all share their experiences navigating a society in which a lack of sexual attraction is considered abnormal. Chen’s careful cultural analysis explores how societal norms limit understanding of sex and relationships and celebrates the breadth of sexuality and queerness.

Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.

3rd Thursday: Make a Thing with Casey

It can be hard to pick up a fun new hobby when there’s not enough time in the day. Join Casey and the occasional guest host for an hour each month to learn something or make something. Creative exploration meets casual socializing. Some events will allow for more socializing than others.
THIS MONTH: Mini journals

Because the store will be open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, registration is required as seats are limited to 10 people a session.

Registration is full as of 7/16

SAVE THE DATE:
July: Pieometry/The Book on Pie

This club is WELCOME TO ALL, from amateur home cooks on up. Did your dish go horribly wrong? We won't judge! Did it not get enough seasoning? We won't scream at you or throw a pot at your head! We are not aspiring to be Michelin chefs here; we're just a bunch of people who want to cook for fun, try new foods, and meet some new friends along the way.  

Two Truths and a Lie. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and Emma played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out into the darkness. The last she—or anyone—saw of the teenagers was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips....

Fifteen years later, Emma is a rising star in the New York art scene, turning her past into paintings—massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches over ghostly shapes in white dresses. When the paintings catch the attention of the wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale, she implores Emma to come back to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor.

Despite her guilt and anxiety—or maybe because of them—Emma agrees to revisit her past. Nightingale looks the same as it did all those years ago, haunted by a midnight-dark lake and familiar faces. Emma is even assigned to the same cabin she slept in as a teenager, although the security camera pointed at her door is a disturbing new addition.
 
As cryptic clues about the camp's origins begin to surface, Emma attempts to find out what really happened to her friends. But her closure could come at a deadly price.

Registration is recommended in order to ensure adequate seating.

Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.

2nd Thursday: Letter Writing/Making with Olivia

Do you love getting mail? Let's share that joy with others! In this group we will write letters to a different group each month to give attention to those who would benefit from it. Everyone from older adults to little kids should know there is someone out there who cares for them and what they do. Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own supplies to jazz things up.

Because the store will be open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, registration is required as seats are limited to 10 people a session.

Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.

1st Thursday: Creative Writing with Katie

Sometimes the hardest part about writing is actually getting yourself to sit down and do it! That’s what Writing Club is for: a dedicated time each month when you can shut out other distractions and sit down at our community table to create whatever you’d like to create. Come in with your own project to work on if you’d like, but we’ll also have a bunch of different writing prompts to choose from to spark your imagination. You can put in earbuds and zone out for an hour and a half, or commiserate with your fellow creatives about the plots and characters that refuse to cooperate. There’s no pressure to stay for the whole time or share your work with anyone. Younger writers are welcome as long as they’re accompanied by a parent.

Because the store will be open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, registration is required as seats are limited to 10 people a session.

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.

Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.

Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.

But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.

It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyper-intelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.

In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.

Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells "small" fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences…

Even if it’s a lonely life, it’s better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child. Soon, they’re joined by a baker with a "knead" for adventure, and—of course—a slightly magical cat.

Tao starts down a new path with companions as big-hearted as her fortunes are small. But as she lowers her walls, the shadows of her past close in—and she’ll have to decide whether to risk everything to preserve the family she never thought she could have.

Registration is strongly encouraged in order to have adequate seating.

Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.

4th Thursday: Do the Thing with Jamie

Do you have a project that's haunting you, something you just want to get done, are you drowning in tabs???? This is the social self-care session for you. Join Jamie at the community table as we spend an hour sitting down, co-working, and just getting whatever it is you need to work on closer to done. Come and co-work for the full hour (from 6:30-7:30), or take off whenever you are done. From 7:30-8 feel free to hang out for a casual chat or just browse the shelves.

Because the store will be open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, registration is required as seats are limited to 10 people a session.

New! We will now be hosting Silent Book Club on a monthly basis!
Golden Bee is proud to be the official Liverpool chapter of Silent Book Club.
Unlike your typical book club, Silent Book Club is more about the actual act of reading than the discussion of books. Come for an hour and read without the interruptions and nagging “should-dos” that often plague us elsewhere. Then chat with your fellow attendees for a half hour, or book it out the door without needing to say a word.

Registration is strongly encouraged in order to ensure adequate seating!

Add some Pride to your favorite paperback book by painting the book edges with your favorite queer flag colors! Liz from Edgy Pages will be leading the workshop and will provide all materials (paints, stencils, clamps, etc.) needed to paint your book edges. Please bring a paperback that is at least 300 pages and in good condition. Light refreshments will be provided.

Class is $25 and limited to 12 people. Cash, Venmo, Paypal, or credit card accepted and to be paid at workshop. (3% fee for Square cc transactions)

Golden Bee Bookshop is a vendor this year at CNY Pride!
We’ll be featuring a selection of our favorite Queer merch as well as a themed Blind Date with a Book bundles.

The festival opens to the public at 11 a.m., and the Pride parade ends in front of the festival at 12 p.m.
For more details, visit the CNY Pride website.

Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.

As of 6/19 all spots are reserved!

3rd Thursday of the month: Make a Thing/Learn a Thing

We are so excited to be hosting a great friend of the bookshop, Lauren Stohler! Lauren is an author and illustrator who brings magic wherever she goes. For this Thursday session you can attend:
Drawing Emotions: Creating Impactful Art for Journaling, Autobiographical Comics, and Illustration
You do NOT need artistic experience to participate in this workshop! However, this workshop is not participation-friendly to people with low or no vision, or who cannot hold/manipulate a pencil.

As usual this event is capped at 10 attendees so RSVPs are required.
As of 6/19 all spots are reserved!

SAVE THE DATE:
Snackable Bakes: 100 Easy-Peasy Recipes for Exceptionally Scrumptious Sweets and Treats
Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes

This club is WELCOME TO ALL, from amateur home cooks on up. Did your dish go horribly wrong? We won't judge! Did it not get enough seasoning? We won't scream at you or throw a pot at your head! We are not aspiring to be Michelin chefs here; we're just a bunch of people who want to cook for fun, try new foods, and meet some new friends along the way.  

We’re proud to be a vendor that this summer market!

Come celebrate the sunny season by shopping locally, indulging in some delicious food and drinks, enjoying live music, strolling the greenhouses and taking in the horizon. The whole family is welcome! This is a free event for all to attend.

Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.

2nd Thursday: Letter Writing/Making with Olivia

Do you love getting mail? Let's share that joy with others! In this group we will write letters to a different group each month to give attention to those who would benefit from it. Everyone from older adults to little kids should know there is someone out there who cares for them and what they do. Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own supplies to jazz things up.

Because the store will be open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, registration is required as seats are limited to 10 people a session.

A small-town waitress and a big-city Broadway press agent swap homes to escape the messiness of their personal lives, only to find new purpose—and new love.

Tatum Ward and Eleanor Chapman lead totally opposite lives. Tatum’s never left her Midwestern hometown. She resides in a quaint guest cottage on her parents’ property while working part-time as a waitress, where she spends most shifts ignoring her feelings for a beautiful regular named June. Eleanor dedicates every waking hour to her high-profile press career, sacrificing personal relationships for professional success, save for the occasional hookup to fight off her loneliness. When both women’s lives unexpectedly blow up at the exact same time, they each need an escape, and fast.

In Tatum’s hometown, Eleanor expects a quiet hideaway where she can recharge. Instead she gets wrapped up in the family drama that Tatum left town to avoid, pulled in by Tatum’s charismatic older sibling, Carson, who charms Eleanor at every turn. Tatum ends up in Eleanor’s New York high-rise apartment withJune. One week together in the big city might make it impossible for Tatum to avoid not just her true feelings for June, but her real dreams for her life.

Amid a friendship with a reclusive Hollywood actress and a complicated family reunion, Tatum and Eleanor each discover much more than they bargained for away from home. Their house swap won’t last forever, but it might be just long enough for both women to surrender their defenses and finally fight for the life—and love—they deserve.

Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.

1st Thursday: Creative Writing with Katie

Sometimes the hardest part about writing is actually getting yourself to sit down and do it! That’s what Writing Club is for: a dedicated time each month when you can shut out other distractions and sit down at our community table to create whatever you’d like to create. Come in with your own project to work on if you’d like, but we’ll also have a bunch of different writing prompts to choose from to spark your imagination. You can put in earbuds and zone out for an hour and a half, or commiserate with your fellow creatives about the plots and characters that refuse to cooperate. There’s no pressure to stay for the whole time or share your work with anyone. Younger writers are welcome as long as they’re accompanied by a parent.

Because the store will be open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, registration is required as seats are limited to 10 people a session.

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that were crumbling in the trunks of desert shepherds. His goal: preserve this crucial part of the world’s patrimony in a gorgeous library. But then Al Qaeda showed up at the door.

“Part history, part scholarly adventure story, and part journalist survey…Joshua Hammer writes with verve and expertise” (The New York Times Book Review) about how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist from the legendary city of Timbuktu, became one of the world’s greatest smugglers by saving the texts from sure destruction. With bravery and patience, Haidara organized a dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of the city to the safety of southern Mali. His heroic heist “has all the elements of a classic adventure novel” (The Seattle Times), and is a reminder that ordinary citizens often do the most to protect the beauty of their culture. His the story is one of a man who, through extreme circumstances, discovered his higher calling and was changed forever by it.

Registration is strongly encouraged in order to have adequate seating.

Songs and stories for our littlest readers!

Most Fridays from 10:30-11 check our website or social media for any cancelations.

Our current group of attendees is primarily around the age of 2 so we tend to select books for that age range. We can easily pivot to include more titles geared toward the 0-1 crowd, especially as many of our regulars have children of both age groups.