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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SAVE THE DATE:
July: Pieometry/The Book on Pie
Signups will become available at the end of July
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 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!
What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it.
A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother tries to overcome demotion at work after maternity leave, a conscientious accountant yearns to open an antique store, a recently retired salaryman searches for newfound purpose.
In Komachi’s unique book recommendations they will find just what they need to achieve their dreams. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library is about the magic of libraries and the discovery of connection. This inspirational tale shows how, by listening to our hearts, seizing opportunity and reaching out, we too can fulfill our lifelong dreams. Which book will you recommend?
Registration is strongly encouraged in order to have adequate seating.
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.
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.
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.
5th Thursday: Complete a puzzle as a group
Join us for a laid back night of jigsaw puzzling and chatting about books, pets, recipes….whatever floats your boat really. This special Social Self-Care is dedicated to unwinding, giving your brain a playdate away from the world, and completing a delightfully unexpected puzzle.
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!
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.
Welcome to Show and Tell Month! This sign-up form is for the event on Wednesday, May 21st, at 6:30pm, when we will be cooking vintage recipes of your choice! Please bring a dish from an older cookbook, a tattered recipe card, one of those ring-bound community/church cookbooks, or any other aged source you can find - and be sure to bring that along too to share with the group! Or, if you need some modern-day inspiration, check out Baking Yesteryear, by B. Dylan Hollis
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.
From the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it.
Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, Arkansas, the small town they all fled after high school graduation. Each is drawn home by a cryptic, scrawled two-word letter that reads, You promised.
It has been fifteen years since the summer that changed their lives, and they’re anxious to find out why Brandi called them back, especially when they vowed never to return.
But Brandi is missing. She’d been acting erratically for months, railing at whoever might listen about magic all around them. About a power they can’t see. And about strange houses that appear only when you need them . . .
Told in two enthralling timelines, The Wonder State is a gorgeous, immersive, speculative Gothic tale about searching for home. Sara Flannery Murphy has created another brilliant, genre-blurring novel―an adventure story laced with nostalgia, exploring belonging and the lasting power of community.
Registration is recommended in order to ensure adequate seating.
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.
This is the first evening in our new Social Self-Care series that will take place every Thursday.
The 1st Thursday of the month: Creative Writing with Katie
The 2nd Thursday of the month: Letter Writing with Olivia
The 3rd Thursday of the month: Learn/Make something with Casey
The 4th Thursday of the month: Get it done/ Closing the tabs with Jamie
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 Thursdays event is: Making a Poptart Sleeve
This craft uses easy stitches and material- all materials provided.
Because the store will be open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, registration is required as seats are limited to 10 people a session.
This is the first evening in our new Social Self-Care series that will take place every Thursday.
The 1st Thursday of the month: Creative Writing with Katie
The 2nd Thursday of the month: Letter Writing with Olivia
The 3rd Thursday of the month: Learn/Make something with Casey
The 4th Thursday of the month: Get it done/ Closing the tabs with Jamie
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.
Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance.
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.
With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer―naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie.
But just when she’s getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat…and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain―and his entire nefarious empire―out.
Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work…and ensure he makes them pay.
After all, a good job is hard to find.
A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea.
Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. She had a normal teenager’s life.
Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. So desperate, that she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion, Khawf, who haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe.
But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. Salama must contend with bullets and bombs, military assaults, and her shifting sense of morality before she might finally breathe free. And when she crosses paths with the boy she was supposed to meet one fateful day, she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all.
Soon, Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are—not a war, but a revolution—and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria’s freedom.
Registration is strongly encouraged in order to have adequate seating.
This is the first evening in our new Social Self-Care series that will take place every Thursday.
The 1st Thursday of the month: Creative Writing with Katie
The 2nd Thursday of the month: Letter Writing with Olivia
The 3rd Thursday of the month: Learn/Make something with Casey
The 4th Thursday of the month: Get it done/ Closing the tabs with Jamie
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.
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!
We will be cooking from and discussing The Dinner Party Project by Natasha Feldman.
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 had to postpone due to staff illness- please note that the new date is Tuesday, April 15
From bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth.
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger.
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist.
After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows—a love that is both captivating and forbidden.
This month’s activity is bookmarks! There will be a few different options to use as the base, and plenty of decorations to pull from, as well as examples of potential styles to create. Please bring $3 to cover cost of materials.
The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself, The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams. Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the life of poverty she was born into so that she can build the future she chooses for herself – and help other girls like her do the same. Her spirited determination to find joy and hope in even the most difficult circumstances imaginable will “break your heart and then put it back together again” (Jenna Bush Hager on The Today Show) even as Adunni shows us how one courageous young girl can inspire us all to reach for our dreams…and maybe even change the world.
It might seem far off, but the first day of Spring will soon be upon us! And we are celebrating the blooms to come with a play reading of the classic The Secret Garden. Join us March 29 for a journey through the mysterious Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors.
Our next two plays, for February and March, are available to purchase through Bookshop.org! You can support Golden Bee Bookshop by shopping at the link: bookshop.org/shop/goldenbee or by clicking Choose a Bookstore in the top right corner of the webpage, and then selecting Golden Bee.
Liverpool Play Reading Club is a gathering place for all those who love theater and anyone who just wants to widen the breadth of their reading list. Once a month we get together to read a play out loud as a group — discovering these stories the way they were meant to be read! Anyone may participate — from actors who want to work on their skills in a no-pressure environment to readers who have never performed in a play before. This will also be a great opportunity to read roles that you may not have the opportunity to play in a traditional theater setting. You are not required to sign-up for a role if you would just like to attend, listen, and participate in discussion.
Please contact the Club directly with any questions at liverpoolplayreadingclub@gmail.com
Join us for an evening celebrating the release of this sweet and wonderfully Queer novel. Pip will be in conversation with Casey, owner of Golden Bee Bookshop, followed by a Q&A with the author. After you can meet the author and get your book signed. Grab your friends and come celebrate with us!
Books will be available for purchase at the bookshop starting March 18!
We will be cooking from and discussing Mi Cocina by Rick Martinez, or choose your own Mexican recipe and bring the cookbook/source along to share and discuss.
We are doing things a little differently this month! Due to the complexities of some of the recipes in this book, we are opening up a spreadsheet for attendees to discuss their recipes. Once you complete the form below, you will be given a link to the sheet that you can access over the course of the month (it will also be emailed to you). This is where you'll be submitting your chosen recipe, along with any other notes: if you'd like to collaborate with someone else (pair a main dish with a salsa, for example), want to request/share hard-to-find ingredients, email address (optional) if you'd like to contact other attendees, or anything else you can think of. This is the first time we're trying this new process, so please be patient as we iron out any wrinkles!
In Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body. Even here at the Empire’s borders, where contagions abound and the blood of the leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death both terrifying and impossible.
Assigned to investigate is Ana Dolabra, a detective whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities. Rumor has it that she wears a blindfold at all times, and that she can solve impossible cases without even stepping outside the walls of her home.
At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol, magically altered in ways that make him the perfect aide to Ana’s brilliance. Din is at turns scandalized, perplexed, and utterly infuriated by his new superior—but as the case unfolds and he watches Ana’s mind leap from one startling deduction to the next, he must admit that she is, indeed, the Empire’s greatest detective.
As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the Empire itself, Din realizes he’s barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabra—and wonders how long he’ll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect.
By an “endlessly inventive” (Vulture) author with a “wicked sense of humor” (NPR), The Tainted Cup mixes the charms of detective fiction with brilliant world-building to deliver a fiendishly clever mystery that’s at once instantly recognizable and thrillingly new.
Come say hi at the CNY Women’s Market on from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Syracuse Marriott Downtown!
The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival. The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo.
But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside.
After the previous sheriff leaves the silo in a terrifying ritual, Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, is suddenly and inexplicably promoted to the head of law enforcement. With newfound power and with little regard for the customs she is supposed to abide, Juliette uncovers hints of a sinister conspiracy. Tugging this thread may uncover the truth . . . or it could kill every last human alive
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore apart not just her beloved country, but also her family.
Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope.
