Please join us as we welcome award-winning cartoonist, author, and illustrator Gemma Correll, who will discuss her graphic memoir, Anxietyland, an honest and surprisingly funny look at her lifelong experience with anxiety and depression. Her book explores the idea that there is no linear path through Anxietyland and no cure-all, but there are ways to feel...
Join us as we welcome children's book authors Karen Leggett and Carrie Maslen, who will read their picture books ZamZam and Baking Bread with Jiddo in honor of National Grandparents Day the following day. Both stories feature loving relationships between grandparents and grandchildren. Children (and grandparents) of all ages are welcome!
Veteran college admissions advisor Beth Heller Gelles discusses her new book, Crazy for College: The Stories, The Secrets, & The Shot of Sanity You Need to Make It Through Admissions, an honest, behind-the-scenes look at how the modern college search and application process actually works.
Saturday 4/25 is Independent Bookstore Day, a day that celebrates independent bookstores and the value they bring to local communities. There are many wonderful indie bookstore in the DMV and MoCo, and we hope that people will come out and support them on Saturday. There is a bookstore crawl that people can do, and once...
The Memoir Book Club is led by the Wonderland bookselling team and focuses on memoir/biographies. It meets every six weeks, usually on Mondays at 7PM. To join the club, please email info@wonderlandbooks.com. The first meeting is on February 19, where we will discuss The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin.
The Literary Fiction book club is led by Wonderland Books co-owners Amy Joyce and Gayle Weiswasser, whose love for great fiction is reflected by the sheer square footage of the store devoted to this genre. They will switch off leading discussions, which will take place every 6 weeks or so. To join this club, please...
The Romantasy Book Club is led by Wonderland bookseller (and yes, the store's Instagram star!) Grace Cross. As a romance novel connoisseur and intermediate explorer of fantasy realms, Grace is looking forward to swooning over stories and analyzing publishing trends. Her favorite romantasies include: Once Upon a Demon’s Heart by KM Moronova, The Crown of Oaths and Curses by...
The Teen Book Club is organized by Kathy Fuller and is geared toward high school readers aged 14-17. It meets roughly every 8 weeks on Sundays at 5PM. The first meeting is on Sunday February 1 at 5PM, where the group will discuss Codebreaker by Jay Martel. If you or your teen is interested in joining this...
The Historical Fiction Book Club is led by Robin Altice, and highlights historical fiction set in and aound the DMV. Robin has also planned field trips to destinations in the books, which she will lead in tandem with the discussion meetings at Wonderland. The Historical Fiction club meets once a month on Mondays, with the...
Award-winning author Erica Perl will read her new book, Whale and the Birthday Rocks, the fourth book in her Level 2 Ready-to-Read series about friendship featuring Whale, Quail, and Snail. Craft activity to follow. Perfect for children ages 5-7, but all are welcome!
Local author Thomas Dann discusses his new debut novel, Midnight in Memphis, a Southern noir crime thriller set in Memphis in the 1950s in which two detectives forge an unlikely alliance as they strive to bridge the racial divide and catch a killer hell bent on revenge.
Join the Mystery/Thriller Book Club for our November read: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. All are welcome!
