East City Bookshop

Beloved Scottish Writer Margot Livesey in Conversation with Novelist Alice McDermott Beloved Scottish Writer Margot Livesey discusses her new novel, The Road from Belhaven, in Conversation with Novelist Alice McDermottFrom March 2024

Love a book club? We have 14! Check out what our book clubs are reading in March.

Less than a week out from our author panel with Michael Wear and David Brooks! Join us in store and online 2/29 at 7pm for a discussion on Michael’s new title “the Spirit of Our Politics”! Register at the link in our bio

Black History Month at ECB - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459494

February 2024 Events Preview - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459490

Humanities on the Mall is back for it’s first installment of 2024!

Join Michael Roth, Chris Celenza, and Aliza Watters for an amazing panel discussing “Students, College Campuses, and Didficult Conversations”. They will also discuss Michael Roth’s new book “The Student: A Short History”. There will also be wine and cheese, and an audience Q+A!

The event is free and you can register in advance at the link in our bio! Located at 555 Penn Ave NW at 5pm!

In anticipation of East City Bookshop’s upcoming talk with Jas Hammonds to celebrate the paperback release of their YA debut, We Deserve Monuments, we’re partnering with SMYAL for a book drive!

From now until February 7th, purchase a book from the wishlist on our website and it will be donated to SMYAL. All books purchased will be collected here at ECB and given to SMYAL after the drive.

When shopping online, please put ‘SMYAL Book Drive’ in the notes section at checkout. Books can also be purchased in-store; just let the bookseller helping you know that your purchases are for the SMYAL Book Drive at checkout.

SMYAL (Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders) supports and empowers le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the Washington, DC, metropolitan region. Through youth leadership, SMYAL creates opportunities for LGBTQ youth to build self-confidence, develop critical life skills, and engage their peers and community through service and advocacy. Committed to social change, SMYAL builds, sustains, and advocates for programs, policies, and services that LGBTQ youth need as they grow into adulthood.

You can find the wishlist and more info at the link in our bio, and you can also sign up to join us in-store + online on February 7th, 2024 to listen to Jas Hammonds and Maika Moulite discuss We Deserve Monuments!

Presenting the 2024 ECB Reading Challenge - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459486

Anyone else feeling a little foolish? 🎭

Check out our Pals at Faction of Fools January 19 - February 3rd and you might even spot an ECB Bookseller on stage!

Join the Fools for the return of a foolish favorite! Romeo and Juliet, the classic story of two young lovers divided by a family feud, borrows heavily from the tradition of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte. Last performed in 2012, this high-octane version of Romeo and Juliet, featuring five actors in a one-hour performance, brings physical spectacularity to Shakespeare’s poetry and highlights the tragedy by juxtaposing it with humor. Our 2024 remount is performed by two rotating casts, both alike in dignity: the “Montague Cast” and the “Capulet Cast.”

Shows run for 3 weekends at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th Street SE

If you still need to scratch your Shakespeare itch after the show, check out one of these titles on shelves now!

📚”Romeo and Juliet” the edition

📚”What was Shakespeare really like?” By Stanley Wells

📚 “The Great White Bard: How to love Shakespeare while talking about race” by Farah Karim-Cooper

📚 “How to teach your children Shakespeare” by Ken Ludwig

What’s coming up next at ECB? Swipe left to find out about the fun events we have in store!

 📆 2/3 11:30am - In-Store Storytime: Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote

📆  2/4 5pm - Humanities on the Mall: Students, College Campuses, Difficult Conversations, a panel. Event in partnership with the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at John Hopkins University.

 📆 2/6 7:30pm - Virtual Exclusive, East City Bookshop welcomes Rebecca K. Riley to discuss her novel, Greta & Valdin. Joining her in conversation is .

 📆 2/7 7pm - East City Bookshop welcomes for the paperback release of their YA debut, We Deserve Monuments, with . In-Store and Online.

 2/8 7pm - East City Bookshop welcomes to discuss her new novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde. Tia will be joined by Glory Edim of and this conversation will be moderated by Destinee from . In-Store and Online.

 2/13 7pm - East City Bookshop welcomes to celebrate Galentine’s Day and the launch of her book, Sex, Lies, and Sensibility, in conversation with fellow local romance authors and ! In-Store and Online.

 2/20 7pm - East City Bookshop welcomes to discuss her new thriller, A Step Past Darkness, in conversation with . In-Store and Online.

 2/22 7pm - Chocolate City: Black Authors on Black Stories. East City Bookshop welcomes Nicole Cuffy, , and to celebrate Washington DC’s Black Literary Landscape. In-Store and Online.

2/29 at 7pm - East City Bookshop welcomes to discuss his book, The Spirit of Our Politics, with David Brooks. In-Store and Online.

Interested in joining in the fun? Head to the link in our bio to sign up for an event!

What Are the ECB Booksellers Reading? - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459470

East City Bookshop will be closed to conduct our annual inventory on Monday, January 8th, and we will reopen once we have wrapped up later in the day on Tuesday, January 9th. Check our social media or the front page of our website for the most up-to-date information!

Happy New Year! - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459466

We are teaming up with our friends in honor of the large crane outside La Collina, who they affectionately call Mary Anne. Mary Anne is named after the steam shovel in a beloved children’s book, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, so we only thought it fitting that we’d team up to bring you an amazing GIVEAWAY!

We’re giving away a copy of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel AND a dinner for 4 to La Collina! All you have to do is like this post and follow both and . Tag someone you’d bring to dinner for an extra entry! We’ll choose a winner on Sunday, January 7.

Open to participants ages 18 and up. Entrants must be from the DC Metropolitan area. This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administrated by, or associated with Instagram.

2023 Bestsellers - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459462

ECB Book Clubs Best of 2023 - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459458

2023 ECB Staff Favorites - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459454

Day 7 of our 8 days of Kid Lit Giveaways!

To enter today, make sure you:

1) follow
2) like this post
3) Comment which KidsLit authors you want us to feature in 2024 (extra entry if you tag them!)

Holiday Updates for orders, shipping and hours at ECB!

For items that are in stock, order until noon on Christmas Eve.

For items that are out of stock, order as soon as possible for best chance of delivery by Christmas Eve.

To ship items and have them arrive before Christmas Eve, ship by 12/12 for Media Mail and 12/15 for priority mail.

pre-christmas hours
beginning dec 14

monday-friday 11am-8pm
saturday 10am-8pm
sunday 11am-7pm
sunday dec 24 11am-3pm
monday dec 25 closed

post-christmas hours

tuesday dec 26 closed
wed dec 27 - sat dec 30 11am-5pm
sunday dec 31 11am-3pm
monday jan 1 12pm-5pm

An Inside Peek at Events Management 👀 - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459450

Looking forward to having Tim Alberta and Jonathan Swan in the store tomorrow night! There’s still room if you would like to join in the conversation. Link in bio!

December is PEAK hygge (read: cozy) season. It’s when we all just want to curl up with a new book, cup of hot chocolate, and a cozy blanket and ignore the rest of the world for a little while… Join us as we highlight some of our favorite KidLit authors and books that we haven't been able to highlight yet this year, and that will be great gifts for young readers.

Have an audiobook listener in your life? Grab a gift for them and support East City bookshop with 10% off audiobook credit bundles during the Shop Small Sale! Sale runs now through Dec 7. 🎁Link in bio!

This December at East City Bookshop - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459446

Happy Small Business Saturday - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459438

Cookbooks Make Great Gifts - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459434

November is Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month - https://mailchi.mp/eastcitybookshop/weekly-enews-1459430