Join The Book & Cover as we celebrate the pub day launch of local author Matthew Hubbard’s charming debut novel, The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge!

Matthew will be joined by author Julian Winters in conversation about the book and the writing process, and will sign copies of the gorgeous novel afterwards.

This engaging YA novel, called a “glitter-dusted revolution of a book” by Becky Alberthall, author of New York Times bestselling novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, is a fantastic queer story full of heart and verve.

Visit this link to RSVP, or simply join us for what promises to be a fun and uplifting time!

Register/purchase tickets here!

The Book & Cover is thrilled to welcome readers and neighbors back for the third annual Ink Drink and Independent Bookstore Day celebration. We invite you to venture with us into a curious realm of literary and community wonder.

There will be events throughout the day, only some of which are ticketed.

7 am - *Reserve a spot* Audiobook Run/Walk starting at the shop

10 am - Storytime Tea Party party with Alice in Wonderland and her friends (children are invited to wear their favorite costume from any story!)

11 am - 1 pm - Free face painting available at the shop with Andrea Zoppo!

12 pm - Poetry Pizza Picnic (join us on the grounds, where you can order lunch from the Pizzeria Cortile truck and enjoy live readings from local poets!)

4 pm - *Reserve a spot* Author Panel at Daily Ration feat. Kevin Wilson, Meredith Garrett, Natalie Lloyd, and Matthew Hubbard

6 pm - *Ticketed* Books & Covers Afterparty

Audiobook Run/Walk

This fun event has become one of our favorites! Whether you’d like to stroll with the walking group or get your heart rate up with the running group, let us know you’ll be joining us. This year the Audiobook Run/Walk is sponsored by our friends at Fastbreak and Libro.fm!

Libro.fm is offering up to 50 free audiobook credits for participants (1 per person), and these will be first come first serve so be sure to sign up so you don’t miss your chance!

All participants will also be entered in a drawing courtesy of our friends at Fast Break for a pair of After Shokz Bone Conduction headphones — if you want to know how great these are, just ask Sarah!

Signup is free. Let us know you’re joining us!

Author Panel

We’re so excited to gather some of our favorite southern writers to talk about writing in the South, how authors support each other, and so much more. This event will be held around the corner at The Daily Ration, and they’ll have the bar open for sips and snacks for attendees!

This event is free, but please let us know if you plan to attend so we know how many seats we’ll need:

Books & Covers After Party

The Ink Drink Cocktail party is always a marvelous time, and this year we’re so excited that we’ll be joined by soft pressed, who will be playing Taylor Swift and boygenius covers! We’ll also have an on-site friendship bracelet vendor, Bird’s Beads, and your ticket will include charcuterie and two free drinks. There will also be a cash bar, and the Pizzeria Cortile truck will be open.

Tickets are $35, limit two per purchaser.

Curiouser and curiouser!

Join us each Saturday for Storytime in the Storybook Forest! The first Saturday is bilingual storytime in partnership with Chattanooga School of Language.

Join us each Saturday for Storytime in the Storybook Forest! The first Saturday is bilingual storytime in partnership with Chattanooga School of Language.

Join us for an afternoon of poetry (encouraged by a 15% off poetry sale) and jewelry inspired by poetry crafted by local jewelry artisan Sister Homage (also available for a discount!). This pop-up is free to attend and folks can enjoy treats & sips while they browse.

Kait Makes x The Book & Cover Holiday Soirée

Join us for a festive evening at The Book & Cover! Get ready for a night full of creativity, merriment, and holiday cheer.

Kait Makes will be live stitching Out of Print Library Card totes - you can pre-order your tote here or plan to purchase your tote that evening. Tote purchasers get 10% off their book purchase that evening only so plan to stock up for all the literary lovers in your life (and don't forget yourself).

We will have seasonal sips & snacks and Catherine Campbell will be in the house crooning indie holiday classics.

RSVP here and start planning for a merry time!

Join us Monday, November 6 for an outdoor evening with Margaret Renkl as she discusses her new book, The Comfort of Crows.

The Book & Cover is proud to announce an evening with New York Times bestselling author, columnist, and Tennessean Margaret Renkl on Monday, November 6, 2023 at the Ampitheathre in Riverview Park with seats opening at 6pm EST and the event to begin at 6:30pm EST.

Renkl, author of bestselling books Late Migrations and Graceland at Last, will read from and discuss her new book, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year. The Comfort of Crows is described as a literary devotional comprising of 52 essays centered around the flora and fauna of her own backyard in her trademark lyrical, reflective prose. She will also sign books at the conclusion of the event.

Tickets are limited and must be reserved to attend the event. Your ticket includes one copy of The Comfort of Crows. Copies of Late Migrations and Graceland at Last will be available for purchase at the event.

Join us the first Saturday of each month for a bilingual story time in our Story Book Forest with Chattanooga School of Language!

Agatha and Edgar Award-nominated mystery author Valerie Burns will be in conversation with Gretchen Archer, author of the Davis Way Crime Caper series, at The Book & Cover! The two authors will discuss mystery writing and Burns’ new title, Murder is a Piece of Cake, the second in her Baker Street Mysteries series! Join us for a fun conversation about all things mystery at The Book & Cover.

Join us the first Saturday of each month for a bilingual story time in our Story Book Forest with Chattanooga School of Language!

Join us on Thursday June 8 and hear acclaimed nature and true-adventure writer Patrick Dean talk about his new book, Nature’s Messenger, with Jenise Gordon. Patrick will also be available to sign his books.

In the pages of this dynamic, fresh story, Patrick explores the life of naturalist and artist Mark Catesby—who predated John James Audubon by nearly a century— and his influence on how we understand American wildlife. 

Nature’s Messenger takes us from the rice plantations of the Carolina Lowcountry to the bustling coffeehouses of 18th-century England, from the sun-drenched islands of the Bahamas to the austere meeting-rooms of London’s Royal Society, then presided over by Isaac Newton. It was a time of discovery, of intellectual ferment, and of the rise of the British Empire. And there on history’s leading edge, recording the extraordinary and often violent mingling of cultures as well as of nature, was Mark Catesby.

Come mix and mingle with author Susan Crispell to celebrate the release of her new YA novel The Broken Hearts Club! This event is free to the public with refreshments provided.

Join us the first Saturday of each month for a bilingual story time in our Story Book Forest with Chattanooga School of Language!

Join us the first Saturday of each month for a bilingual story time in our Story Book Forest with Chattanooga School of Language!

Join us the first Saturday of each month for a bilingual story time in our Story Book Forest with Chattanooga School of Language!

Space is limited, please reserve your spot here: Marty Solomon in Conversation with Jay Banasiak Tickets, Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

This event is free and open to the public, please RSVP here.

Join us the first Saturday of each month for a bilingual story time in our Story Book Forest with Chattanooga School of Language!

Join us the first Saturday of each month for a bilingual story time in our Story Book Forest with Chattanooga School of Language!

Join us the first Saturday of each month for a bilingual story time in our Story Book Forest with Chattanooga School of Language!

Escape the early December chill at The Book & Cover as we host SJ Tilly, author of the contemporary romance Sleet, Sin, and Darling series, in conversation with Dr Carol Stoney, a licensed professional counselor and mental health specialist with a specialization in couples and relationship therapy.

The event is free, but space is limited so we ask folks to please pre-register here! Due to the nature of the discussion, this event is limited to audience members 18+.

Light refreshments will be available.

We are thrilled to host local poet Corrie White in our space for an evening to celebrate the publication of her debut book of poems, Gold Hill Family Audio.

Of White’s collection, folks are saying:

Corrie Lynn White’s debut collection stays faithful to the idea that holiness can be found in any earthly place. —David Roderick, author of The Americans

It is the anxieties of this poet’s very human search that ring most true. And, as a woman, I have rarely felt so seen by a book. —Lauren Goodwin Slaughter, author of Spectacle

Please RSVP for the event here.

Poet Kate Baer will be doing a meet & greet and book signing of her latest collected, And Yet, from 2-4:30PM and again, following our 7pm separately ticketed event (sold out).

While this event is open to the public and first come, first served in terms of line order and entrance, we ask that those who plan to join us for meet & greet/signing please sign up so we can ensure that we have a copy of Kate's new book And Yet for you. Attendees may reserve a book here.

The Book & Cover invites you to read books & stay curious with us as part of the annual Holiday Hoopla!

We will be open late & offering complementary sips + 15% off purchases of three books or more!

Pizzeria Cortile will be here 12-9!

Courtney Maum, author of the new memoir The Year of Horses, in conversation with Chattanooga equine therapist Erin Rayburn. Book signing to follow.