A Room of One’s Own Bookstore is thrilled to bring Patti Smith to Madison, in celebration of the paperback release of her newest memoir, Bread of Angels. Join Patti Smith for an intimate evening of Songs & Stories at The Orpheum Theater in the heart of Madison.

Join us for a poetry reading on Saturday! We are celebrating John Paul Martinez's collection, "Alternatives to Succulents"! They will be joined in reading by juj e. lepe!

Event tonight with Donna Barba Higuera for Firesnake, The Last Cuentista Book 3. Event is at 6PM, Author signing is at 7PM! This is a middle grade series, and is a suitable event for young readers!

quite saddened to learn that Iranian artist and writer Marjane Satrapi has passed. 🕯️🕊️

Two events at the bookstore this week! 6/4 6PM-7PM More Than What Eyes See by Miso Kwak 6/7 6PM-7PM Again, Harder by Slice Stoehr

Pick Up Picnic Mag, and start your Pride out right ;) In-store or over the phone only (608-257-7888) @picnic-mag.bsky.social

Local legend Sasha Debevec-McKenney has won the prestigious Dylan Thomas prize for her debut poetry book JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME. We are over the moon for this brilliant human and are celebrating with 15% off her book! Online only, we ship anywhere in the us, no code needed. tinyurl.com/4eedcns8

Hey Madison! Our Friends at Freedom Inc. wanted us to push this event tonight about the Police Civilian Oversight Board, and how the City of Madison wants to make the board weaker, with less control. Everyone is welcome! Food Provided, Child Care Offered! Tonight: Wednesday May 13, 2026 5PM-7PM

Wednesday! Tara Mulder's Book Launch of A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome Wednesday 5/13 6PM-7PM

Tomorrow! Vaishnavi Patel's Book Launch of We Dance Upon Demons: A Novel Tuesday 5/12 6PM-7PM

We have two book launches this week! At both events we will be passing the hat for The WI Abortion Fund! Tomorrow: We Dance Upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel Wednesday: A Womb of One's Own by Tara Mulder We hope to see you there! Love, Room

ICYMI ✨️ Happy mother's day ✨️ enjoy 15% off Yesteryear by @caroclaireburke.bsky.social 💻 online only 🗓 starting NOW ⏰️ ends at midnight Monday 5/11 Shop link in bio and story

Very excited to be hosting Wisconsin's own Susan Simensky Bietila, author of Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance TONIGHT from 6-7pm. 🌊✊♾️

You may have heard that we're partnering with The WI Book Fest on May 19th to host Caro Claire Burke for her splash hit novel Yesteryear! But have you heard about our other May Events? Susan Simensky Bietila - May 7 Vaishnavi Patel - May 12 Sahar Mustafah - May 17 Katherine Packert Burke - May 31

We are in the last 7 hours! Whatever you send will be automatically and MAGICALLY * DOUBLED * by the grant. Help us get one billion dollars for these fantastic volunteer run initiatives that help give dignity, care, entertainment, resources, and small windows of freedom to comrades on the inside.

do u hate prisons? do u love books??? wild, us too. we are in a matching grant fundraiser atm for lgbt books to prisoners and wi books to prisoners. whatever you donate will be MAGICALLY DOUBLED and all the money goes to getting books inside prisons. why? cause fuck prisons. ven/mo @roomofonesown

NEW RELEASE! Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell. Our narrator Dan Moran returns to his home for the first time since his brother's suicide and since he transitioned. Dan acts as detective, almost haunting his hometown of Milwaukee in his brothers place. Pithy and darkly comical.

Tuesday and Thursday night events this week!

Tonight in the bookstore... An Evening of Poetry with D.S. Waldman, Alison Thumel, and our very own Anada Werner!! Come listen to some beauty on this bright spring day 🌸🌺🌼🌷 6pm. See you there <3

BELOVED UK TRANSSEXUALS, how do we get copies of T-Fags??! We yearn! We require! We NEED IT.

ok so weird q but do u like queer horror? psychological flannel thriller? midwestern gothic? come hear wisconsin's own Melissa Faliveno read from her newest book HEMLOCK thursday february 19th 6-7pm here at room it's gonna rule.

15% of all our sales (online and in-store) this weekend Jan 17th and 18th will go to mutual aid to directly support people who have been harmed by I.C.E. in Minneapolis and here in Madison. We are open Sat 10-6 and Sun 11-6.

Our final events of the season!! With @drlmmurillo.bsky.social @wiscobirder.bsky.social :)

we will be closing early at 5pm today because of the weather we may close earlier than 5pm if it feels necessary to make sure folks get home safe -- if we close before 5pm, we will update here and on our website <3 stay safe friends

we are supposed to get 1 trillion inches of snow this wknd -- please enjoy a 15% off coupon code STAYCOZY at roomofonesown.com to encourage you to stay home and browse our website (and brand new holiday cat-alogggg) from the comfort and safety of home! roomofonesown.com/catalog/2025...

We've got a whole slate of poetry readings coming up! Check out our events calendar to see what is happening at ROOM :) roomofonesown.com/events/calen...

End your pride month right! Wednesday 6/25 - 7PM-9PM - Queer & Trans Open Mic Night Thursday 6/26 - 6PM-8PM - Game Night Friday 6/27 - 7PM - Screening of Rafiki directed by Wanuri Kahiu Saturday 6/28 - 6PM-10PM - Scorpio Market: SUCCUBUS SZN Sunday 6/29 - 3PM-4PM - A Sharp Endless Need by Mac Crane

T4T4T4T4 -> Wilma's Fund! Join us on Thursday June 5th for a benefit show with our favorite queer & trans local Madison Musicians!

Join us June 2nd at 6PM for an author event on The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want, with @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social and @millbot.bsky.social

HAPPY 50th BDAY TO USSS!!!! (Come in and celebrate with us) ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Events next week!