This Saturday is a storybook festival put on by the Vienna Moms!

⛈️ 10:10AM: Leah Moser - I Am a Thundercloud
🍜 10:30AM: Pat Tanumihardja - Ramen for Everyone (+ craft after)
💫 11:00AM: Kathy Ellen Davis - Ta-Da!
✂️ 11:20AM: Gabriella Aldeman - Paula's Patches (+ craft after)

Looking for a Mother's Day gift that will make her see the world in a whole new way? Amy W. recommends We Loved It All, offering insights from Lydia Millet on many subjects, including the perspective-altering experience of becoming a parent. It's her fav book of the year so far.

Signed copies of TSTB are available at Bards Alley Bookshop thanks to the fabulous Alice Scott ✨ 🏳️‍🌈!!

Event with Jo Piazza coming next week at Pazzo Pomodoro in Vienna! Tickets on sale now: eventbrite.com/e/898140110247…

Join us for an evening with the author of The Sicilian Inheritance on May 16th at 6:30pm as we talk all things women in fiction, Italy, family, and more!

Happy #MeowMonday from Nikola Tesla, who sat so pretty in hopes he can convince yall to pick up a copy of DEATH’S COUNTRY tomorrow! Lakelore meets Hadestown in this neon soaked polyamorous fairy tale! @rmromeroauthor Peachtree Teen

Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda releases on Tuesday! This is a short story collection set in a reimagined Lagos, Nigeria with themes of motherhood, gender, tradition, family, and girlhood. 'P.

“I’m loving this one — such beautiful, haunting stories that hit you hard.” -Mallory

Virginian author Erika Howsare will be here on May 30th at 6:30pm to talk THE AGE OF DEER, her book investigating our connection with deer—from mythology to biology, from forests to cities, from coexistence to control and extermination.

RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/881373370477…

We love Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé in this household (store) 😤

'Ace of Spades is one of my long-time favs, and @FaridahLikesTea's sophomore novel - Where Sleeping Girls Lie - did not disappoint, following a girl searching for answers regarding her roommate's disappearance' -Mallory

Another month, another set of book club meetings! Check out what we're discussing at the store, and stop in for one of our upcoming meetings if you can swing it.

More upcoming titles, details, and book club leader contacts can be found on our website at bardsalley.com

From contemporary fiction to YA horror to story time, check out some upcoming events we have going on through May and early June! Details can be found on our website at bardsalley.com, and any RSVP or book reservation links may be found at linktr.ee/bardsalley

Taking it easy and learning to avoid burnout and manage our workload this #MeowMonday with Cal Newport’s recent release, SLOW PRODUCTIVITY.

What are you reading this lazy Monday? 📚

🎉Such a fun morning celebrating #IndieBookstoreDay Bards Alley Bookshop

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Today is the day 🤩 Happy #IndieBookstoreDay everyone! 🎈

We’re open now, so we will see you soon! Don't forget to join us at 10:30am for our story time and craft with Gabriella Aldeman and come pick up your bookstore crawl passport for May. 🛃

Happening soon 🤩🤩 look at these pillows 🥹

🎉Join me this Saturday at 10:30am Bards Alley Bookshop for story time and craft. And an all-day bookish celebration. It’s Independent Bookstore Day!

Excited to sign copies of my forthcoming book #IHaveYourBack at Honor Brewing Company in Sterling, Virginia on #MemorialDay weekend! Books will be sold at the event by Bards Alley Bookshop. Please join us Saturday 5/25 at 5 pm! rb.gy/7bru78

It’s here… 🎈 #IndieBookstoreDay is TODAY!

We open at 10am sharp, so we’ll see you soon! Don’t forget all the Libro.fm and Bookshop.org deals going on too — an audiobook sale, free audiobooks when you start a new membership, and free shipping!

We have two hunts going on during Indie Bookstore Day this year! Find Libro.fm's GOLDEN TICKET and win 12 free audiobook credits #LibroFMGoldenTicket

Find a GOLDEN BUG, and choose between one of our Indie Bookstore Day freebies.

It's agreed! The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is our pick - 'Stay gold, Pony Boy.'

Check out our podcast episode where Jen and Amy get into the book: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespe…

THREE DAYS UNTIL INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY.

- Stuffy sleepover on the 26th + story time/craft on the 27th at 10:30am with Gabriella Aldeman
- NoVA Bookstore Crawl opens!
- Find a Golden Ticket and win 12 free audiobook credits
- Find a Golden Bug, pick a freebie while supplies last!