Debut author Kate McGrath visits Bookish Notions in Media, PA to celebrate the release of her novel "How Do I Know You?", a story about recognition and belonging set among five neighbors in Drexel Hill and Upper Darby in fall 2023.

A recurring writers' circle at Bookish Notions bookstore in Media, PA, featuring roughly an hour of free writing time for adults at any stage of their writing journey.

A Silent Book Club meetup where attendees bring their own book and read quietly together in the back of State Street Pub for an hour and a half.

Silent Book Club Media hosts a free, bring-your-own-book meetup at Bookish Notions on Sunday, November 15 from 4:30-6:00 PM, built around an hour of quiet shared reading.

A free monthly book club at Bookish Notions in Media, PA, meeting on the third Tuesday at 7 PM to discuss books across genres that center LGBT+ experiences, led by community member Alexandria Morales-Garcia.

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout It's autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, who lives nearby in a house next to the sea. Together, Lucy and Bob talk about their lives, their hopes and regrets, and what might have been. Lucy, meanwhile, befriends one of Crosby's longest inhabitants, Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive's apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known – "unrecorded lives," Olive calls them – reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning. Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, "Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love." You can find all our selections here: https://mediauplibrary.org/afternoon-book-club/ Please email [email protected] to join the book club.

A monthly horror book club meeting at Bookish Notions bookstore in Media, PA, where readers gather on the third Thursday at 7 PM to discuss a selected horror novel.

A monthly Sunday afternoon book club at Bookish Notions in Media, PA, dedicated to discussing Jane Austen's classics and Austen-inspired works, with meetings shifting from the third to the fourth Sunday beginning September 2026.

A recurring monthly book club at Bookish Notions focused on classics by women, meeting on the fourth Sunday at 4:30 PM.

A free, drop-in monthly book club at Bookish Notions where readers gather to discuss that month's new fiction pick and vote on the club's next read.

A monthly book club at Bookish Notions where readers gather to discuss a rotating selection of fantasy and science fiction novels, alternating between the two genres each month.

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town's most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie. Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon's newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day. You can find all our selections here: https://mediauplibrary.org/afternoon-book-club/ Please email [email protected] to join the book club.

A free monthly history-themed book club meeting at Bookish Notions bookstore in Media, PA, held on the first Monday of each month at 7:00 PM.

A recurring writers' circle at Bookish Notions bookstore in Media, PA, featuring roughly an hour of free writing time for adults at any stage of their writing journey.

A free monthly book club at Bookish Notions in Media, PA, meeting on the third Tuesday at 7 PM to discuss books across genres that center LGBT+ experiences, led by community member Alexandria Morales-Garcia.

My Friends by Fredrik Backman Most people don't even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it's just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa's care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting's birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she'll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don't always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art. You can find all our selections here: https://mediauplibrary.org/afternoon-book-club/ Please email [email protected] to join the book club.

A monthly horror book club meeting at Bookish Notions bookstore in Media, PA, where readers gather on the third Thursday at 7 PM to discuss a selected horror novel.

A free, drop-in monthly book club at Bookish Notions where readers gather to discuss that month's new fiction pick and vote on the club's next read.

A monthly Sunday afternoon book club at Bookish Notions in Media, PA, dedicated to discussing Jane Austen's classics and Austen-inspired works, with meetings shifting from the third to the fourth Sunday beginning September 2026.

A recurring monthly book club at Bookish Notions focused on classics by women, meeting on the fourth Sunday at 4:30 PM.