Kevin Prufer: Sleepaway

Joy & Matt’s 915 Vine St.

Joy & Matt will welcome Kevin Prufer to the store, to read and discuss his novel Sleepaway. Sleepaway takes place in an alternate 1984, where a mysterious weather event brings with it the “sleeps”, periodically incapacitating the entire population for a time. Some never wake up, leaving survivors alone and helpless against the arbitrary terror. […]

Story Time with P. H. Dee

Joy & Matt’s 915 Vine St.

Joy & Matt welcome local drag artist P.H. Dee for a special Pride Month Story Time that will celebrate reading and inclusiveness.

Rebecca Byrne: Saving Her Name

Joy & Matt’s 915 Vine St.

Joy & Matt will welcome to the store Rebecca Byrne, who will be celebrating and signing her book, Saving Her Name, a contemporary romantic suspense novel!

Emily Jane with Yume Kitasei

Joy & Matt’s 915 Vine St.

Joy and Matt will welcome BOTH Yume Kitasei and Emily Jane for a special sci-fi event. Yume is the author of The Deep Sky (2023) and The Stardust Grail, which just released June 11. Emily is the author of On Earth as it is On Television (2023), now available in paperback.

Nina Ayers: Joy of Murder

Joy and Matt will welcome to the store Nina Ayers, who will be signing her book Joy of Murder: the Life of A Serial Killer!

Stephan Pastis: Pearls Seeks Enlightenment

Stephan Pastis, author and illustrator of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip, will be at Joy & Matt’s to sign Pearls Seeks Enlightenment, a Pearls Before Swine Treasury!!!

Cindependent Film Festival

Joy & Matt’s 915 Vine St.

We are proud to be one of the hosts of the Cindependent Film festival happening September 19-21. Tickets are available from the festival website below. Screenings are at Memorial Hall, we will be hosting two of the “Deep Dive” discussions.

Cincy Bookstore Crawl

Joy & Matt’s 915 Vine St.

A fun way to visit 18 bookstores in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky and meet fellow book people. Get your passport stamped at each visit for 1) a unique memento and 2) chance to win prizes. No purchase necessary for entry.

Open Book Social Hour (Book Club Meeting)

Joy & Matt’s 915 Vine St.

Relaunch of our Book Club. This is an informal gathering to drop in and talk about books. Which books? Anything you’d like to talk about. RSVP here or email us.  

Free

Blink 2024

Cincinnati’s amazing light and art festival.

Wes Blake in Conversation with Michael Alessi

Joy & Matt’s 915 Vine St.

Joy & Matt will be proudly hosting authors Wes Blake and Michael Alessi, to discuss Blake’s novella, Pineville Trace. Lee Martin, author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist The Bright Forever, says, “A man escapes from prison only to find he can’t separate himself from his past. Pineville Trace is a story of a man on the run. Wes Blake renders the tale […]