FIRST EVER HALLOWEEN JELLY-DROP FRIDAY AT NOON
Calling all Halloween Jellycat followers.
To make things fair for everyone, there will be a limit of three (3) total Jellies from the Halloween collection, per person, per day, while supplies last. This is to give all our customers the best chance of receiving the ones they want the most.
NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE. Pick up your Jellies in person, or pay over the phone, starting at drop time. Click here to see the Halloween Jellies we will have available.
SAVE THE DATE: SEPT 23 WRITING WORKSHOP
Maureen Aitken's Flash Fiction Writing Workshop will be on Tuesday, September 23rd at 7:00PM.
Join award-winning flash fiction writer and college professor Maureen Aitken for a one-hour reading/workshop on writing flash fiction. Maureen Aitken's short story collection, The Patron Saint of Lost Girls, will be available Sep. 16. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews calls it “a moving work that demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the human condition.”
The workshop is free if you purchase a copy of The Patron Saint of Lost Girls from River Bookshop. You can buy the book on the day of, or show your copy with your receipt at the door. To read more about the book, click here.
SUNDAY STORY TIME AT 11AM
This week at Story Time, Local Educator Ina Berard joins us to share some children's classics and fun new favourites that we are all sure to LOVE.
Come read with us at Story Time this Sunday at 11AM.
HOLE IN THE WALL PATIO OPEN FOR FALL FLAVOURS
We said good-bye to Open Air Weekends, but the party downtown goes all year round. Visit the patio, or make your reservation for the dining room. Click here to book a table.
Featured above: house made focaccia bread, toasted in cold pressed olive oil, Sicilian pistachio paste, thinly sliced to order San Daniele Mortadella, burrata & pickled mustard seeds.
GIBSON GALLERY: NEW EXHIBIT COMING SOON
From the Depths of My Soul - A Stephen Romanow exhibit. Runs September 11 to September 28. Reception September 28 from 1PM to 3PM. Gibson Gallery is open Thursday through Sunday, 11AM to 5PM.
Stephen's work crosses many genres, styles, and media. Some works convey a message, while others are merely whimsical, or appreciative of beauty or a bizarre sense of aesthetics. Other works in progress include his book "Ghost Stories and other thoughts" (part of his "Spirits and Spirituality" series), for which he is still working on illustrations.
SAVE THE DATE: UNCOMMON FESTIVAL SEPT 19-21
This year, experience the Lucky Barber Show, catch the captivating spectacle of Steve Goodtime Steampunk Opera, and be dazzled by the tricks and charm of Charming Cheat. Young wizards-in-training can enroll in the WFCU Wizard Academy, while creative minds try their hand at button-making or take a swing at wacky mini-golf. Keep your eyes peeled for roaming giraffes, bathtub singer, and stilt characters wandering the streets, or test your aim with thrilling axe throwing.
Enjoy festival favourites like bingo, enter or cheer on the costume contests, shop from our Uncommon vendors, and watch art come to life during live mural painting — plus countless other surprises to discover all weekend long!
—Art Amherstburg Society
Huge thank you to Nadine Draper for joining us as our guest reader from all our friends at River Bookshop. Our Story Time families enjoyed the last weekend of Open Air, and we look forward to continuing our Story Time Sundays. Meet us in the Art Alley when the weather is nice, and in the Children's Nook when it's cold or rainy.
So much to see and do in Amherstburg!
We hope to see you downtown this weekend.
The River Bookshop Team
We also want to take a moment to recognize a great man as we close out the newsletter today.
The Face and Voice of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra has passed away.
Today we are very sad because of the passing of a good friend, Maestro Robert Franz. He was an enthusiastic supporter of our bookshop (Sunday Story Time reader), the Amherstburg Freedom Museum (Black History Month), and the town of Amherstburg (numerous annual concerts). We will greatly miss him.
There are very special people in our lives who never leave us … even after they are gone.