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

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!

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.

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, 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!!!

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.

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.

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.  

Cincinnati’s amazing light and art festival.

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 […]

Author Allison Tyra will be in our store with her debut book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work. The book will be out on May 6th. Allison Tyra is the creator and manager of Infinite women, an ever-expanding encyclopedia of women. You can find more information here: https://www.infinite-women.com/. RSVP here or email us.  

Author Lorien Elizabeth will be in our store to sign and answer questions about her debut Fantasy novel The Book of Pleione. Lorien Elizabeth is a visionary storyteller and spiritual explorer whose work weaves together cosmic narratives, social sciences, and a deep connection to the natural world. Her passion for nature, spirituality, and interdisciplinary studies […]