a buffet of pastries and delectable conversation

While nibbling on cream cheese frosted carrot cake, dark chocolate ganache mini tarts, and French macaroons, we'll be chatting with author Carina Finn about food as storytelling, and the challenges of a world that sees only in absolutes, and what place fairy tales have in the lives of adults and children. 

Copies of book 1 & 2 of the Feast & Famine series will be available for purchase and to have signed and dedicated by the author, or can be reserved by pre-ordering.

Event & books for ages 10 and up. 

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Jersey's first and only market dedicated to showcasing LGBTQIA2S+ makers and artists.

Join us on Monday, May 19th in the Atrium of the Asbury Hotel for an evening of conversation with Niko Stratis talking about her new memoir The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman.

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Hailed as "a piercing memoir of trans adolescence and young womanhood amid Canada's beauty and desolation" by Sasha Geffen, author of Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Brike the Binary.

Niko Stratis is a culture writer based in Toronto, Ontario with bylines her work regularly appears in outlets like Spin magazine, Xtra, and Paste Magazine, and covering events like Riot Fest, and Warped Tour. Stratis provides a unique voice in cultural spaces seeking to work through lifelong traumas and emotional highs and lows through her work. Her column in Catapult, Everyone Is Gay, was a widely read series that explored gender and sexuality in 90s music and music criticism, and its impact on her as a closeted queer and trans woman in her teen years. Her newsletter, Anxiety Shark, is a self-published weekly essay collection using music to explore her relationship to themes like gender and sobriety.

“A book that sits beautifully with the bloodiness and bones of a working-class trans life. A wonderfully queer love letter to artists and musicians and all those who have had to bare their souls just to carve out a life in a world that has no place for them. A lesson on how to write yourself alive.”

—Carvell Wallace, bestselling author of Another Word for Love: A Memoir

Books will be available for purchase day of event for those selecting FREE tickets.

Paid tickets include a Signed copy of The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman.

To respect Stratis' time, personalized dedications will only be guaranteed at the Reserved ticket tiers.

No Assigned Reading. Ever.

Is it ok to …talk?

Yup! We all love some silent reading time, but this book club is all about chatting it up. Need some space and feeling overstimulated? You can always step aside and just read! Don’t worry, we’re all readers here. We get it.

Do I need to be a member?

Nope! It’s a free event, and open to everyone. Come to just one, or make us the hub of your social scene. It’s up to you!

Is it ok if I come alone?

Sure! This is all about meeting new fellow readers. But you can always come with a crew and we’re psyched to meet your friends!

Ok… How does it work?

1. Show up.

2. Write 2-3 books you’ve read on a notecard.

3. Get grouped with fellow readers.

4. Pass your notecards around the goup.

5. Talk about books you’ve read, find out where your reading overlaps, and maybe discover your new favorite author.

WARNING: group sharing of BIR* may result in increase of TBR**

*BIR: Books I’ve Read - As in any book you’ve read, ever.

**TBR: To Be Read - The stack of books you’ve accumulated, or the list you keep adding to, of books you plan to read.