Vendor Village at the Nook!
2026-01-31 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Saturday January 24, 2025 for our First Vendor Village Event!

We’re turning the 2nd Floor of the Bookstore into a Vendor Village, full of Crafts and Goods from local Vendors!

And of course, shop The Cozy Book Nook that will be Open on the 1st Floor!

January Beer Crawl Book Club!
2026-01-14 18:00 - 20:00 | OH
Join us Wednesday January 14th from 6pm-8pm as we discuss “Dungeon Crawler Carl” by Matt Dinniman over some brews and getting our Dayton Ale Trail Passport stamped!

Get your Copy of the Book Today and join the conversation!https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/…/QOXARJ2EM2G…

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.
You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.
Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show.
Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.

Scott Peterson Book Signing!
2026-01-10 13:00 - 15:30 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us as Twin Bills “Best Fiction Book” 2025 Winner author Scott Peterson stops by to share his writing journey and sign copies of his Award Winning book, “A Month of Game Days”!

January Traditional Book Club!
2026-01-02 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Friday, January 2, 2026 for our 1st Book Club of the New Year as we discuss “The Last Letter” by Rebecca Yarros!

Get Your Copy Today and Join the Conversation!Hardcover special edition : https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/…/OHWPREAYDSM…
Paperback: https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/…/ALCFKKN6NOX…

December Indie Book Club
2025-12-19 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Get your Signed Copies and Join us Friday December 19th In-Person or Virtually starting at 6:00pm as we discuss 3 Indie Books!

“Popping the Clutch” by Rochelle Bradley“The Forgotten” by Christine Barker“Close Call: Lucky Shot” by Sydney Miller

Get your Signed Copies In-Store or Online Today!https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/…/VXX4EKEEGFP…
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Leticia McKnight Book Signing!
2025-12-06 14:00 - 15:30 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
We’re super excited to have Leticia McKnight, author of the Children’s Book, “Where the Butterflies Fly” join us Saturday, December 6th at 2pm as she shares her story and signs copies of her book!
Leticia McKnight is a dedicated educator, proud military veteran, and debut children’s author whose heartfelt work invites young readers to embrace growth, imagination, and the beauty of everyday milestones. Drawing on a rich tapestry of life roles, wife, mother, grandmother, traveler, and teacher, her writing is deeply grounded in personal and universal experiences that inform her storytelling with authenticity and love.
In her first picture book, Where the Butterflies Fly (2024), McKnight transforms the simple phrase “go way, way high where the butterflies fly” into a lyrical journey through childhood’s moments: swinging high, dancing with joy, graduating, and dreaming big. The book celebrates love, encouragement and the power of imagination while emblazoned with the metaphor of butterflies as both children and dreams take flight.
Leticia McKnight currently resides in the Midwest of the United States and continues her work as an educator, mentor and author. Her next creative projects draw upon her interest in service, culturally diverse perspectives, and the lives of children everywhere.

Rachel Smith Book Signing!
2025-12-06 12:00 - 13:30 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
We’re excited to have Children’s Books author, Rachel Smith! Here’s a few things about who she is!
1. She’s 23 years old, and published her first book at 22.
2. She is an Industrial Design student at University of Cincinnati in the School of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP). She is studying to become a toy designer.
3. She loves the color green.
4. She has been drawing her entire life. The Giggletons came out of a desire to refurbish an old dollhouse her great-grandfather built for her mom, and she created them as the family that lives in the dollhouse.
5. As you know, she is a caricature artist, and she also loves to sing. 🙂

December Book Club
2025-12-05 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Friday, December 5th as we discuss “The Intruder” by Freida McFadden!

Get your copy Today and Join the Conversation!
https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/product/the-intruder-hardcover-by-freida-mcfadden/625A2ZPMP4X6RFOY6WVBGUBY

Small Shop Saturday in the Historic Inner East
2025-11-29 12:00 - 18:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Shop & Stroll Dayton’s Historic Inner East neighborhood!

On Shop Small Saturday (Nov. 29), explore unique local businesses just steps from downtown Dayton and enter to win amazing prizes! Shop. Eat. Drink. Play with kitties – there’s so much to see and do!

Here’s how to play: Pick up a card at any participating location and make 3 purchases at 3 different spots. Have staff sign your card! Fill out your info and submit the card at the location with the raffle you’d like to enter. Stay tuned to see if you’re one of the lucky winners!
Keep our city vibrant and unique by shopping small this season. Support these businesses and get a chance to win prizes like gift cards, unique goods, and more!

Participating Spots and Raffle Prizes: @fifthstbrewpub – Seasonal beer collection + Set testing flight if you visit every business @gemcitycatfe – 1-year membership & $20 gift card @thecozybooknookdayton – $50 Gift Card + 10% off purchase of $50 or more @made.by.dayton – One seat in “Take It For A Spin” Workshop + 10% off workshop with retail purchase @pinkmoongoods – Basket of goods valued at $50 + Free Gift with purchase @skeleton_dust_records – $20 Gift card + Free turntable slipmat with purchase of $50 @theuglyducklingdyt – $25 gift card @adelaidesbaked $20 Gift card and Goodie Box

Disclaimers: Purchases and submissions must be completed on 11/29. Winners have 3 days to arrange prize pickup. Check individual business hours before your visit!

Grand Opening!!!
2025-11-22 12:00 - 16:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
It’s Time!!!

Please join us Saturday November 22, 2025 for the Grand Opening at our New Location 1400 East 3rd St, Dayton, OH!!!

Will be having door prizes, a visiting author, one of our very one Indie Authors singing, and the Grad Prize of a Free Book a Month for a Year!!!!

Follow us for more information as we get closer to the Big Day!!

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit
2025-11-15 12:00 - 20:00 | Waynesville, Main, High, Scioto Square, Waynesville, OH, 45068, United States
Let’s Bring Middle Earth to Life!
Step into the Storybook-

Meet Thorin Oakenshield, enjoy a Hobbit Tea Party, AND SO MUCH MORE!

Details coming soon!!

Leslie's November Traditional Book Club
2025-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us November 7th for our monthly Traditional Book Club as we discuss “What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan!

Get your Copy In-Store or Online Today!
Hardcover: https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/…/4AG2QUL2SBI…
Audiobook:https://www.libro.fm/audiobooks/9798895948194

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker prize–winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending new novel full of secrets and surprises; an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can ever be truly known.
“It gave me so much pleasure I sometimes felt like laughing. . . . It’s a sophisticated entertainment of a high order.” —The New York Times
“Brilliantly, and surprisingly, plotted.”—The Washington Post • “A novelist of consummate skill.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Elegantly structured and provocative.”—Los Angeles Times
2014: At a dinner for close friends and colleagues, renowned poet Francis Blundy honors his wife’s birthday by reading aloud a new poem dedicated to her, ‘A Corona for Vivien’. Much wine is drunk as the guests listen, and a delicious meal consumed. Little does anyone gathered around the candlelit table know that for generations to come people will speculate about the message of this poem, a copy of which has never been found, and which remains an enduring mystery.
2119: Just over one hundred years in the future, much of the western world has been submerged by rising seas following a catastrophic nuclear accident. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. In the water-logged south of what used to be England, Thomas Metcalfe, a lonely scholar and researcher, longs for the early twenty-first century as he chases the ghost of one poem, ‘A Corona for Vivian’. How wild and full of risk their lives were, thinks Thomas, as he pores over the archives of that distant era, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith. When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the elusive poem’s discovery, a story is revealed of entangled loves and a brutal crime that destroy his assumptions about people he thought he knew intimately well.
What We Can Know is a masterpiece, a fictional tour de force, a love story about both people and the words they leave behind, a literary detective story which reclaims the present from our sense of looming catastrophe and imagines a future world where all is not quite lost.

Soft Opening!
2025-10-25 12:00 - 16:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
It’s Time!!! We’re ready to start letting in the General Public!

While we’ve been putting the place together, we’ve had minimal hours, but now we’re ready to open the doors wide!

Come in to check the new place out! We’ll be giving tours, having sales, snacks/beverages, and much, much more!!

Valloween: Speed Dating with Dark Romance/Horror Books!
2025-10-18 13:00 - 15:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Looking for some Romance or Horror to read during the Spooky Season? We’ve got you covered!
Speed Date around the room as each author has just a few minutes to pitch you their books! Pick the ones you’d like to take home with you, and get them autographed by the authors themselves!
Reserve your spot by claiming the Free Ticket and receive a treat from each author! You’ll also be entered into a drawing for a Free Gift Bag from us!!
Reserve your Spot for Group 1 (1pm-2pm):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/valloween-speed-dating-with-a-romancehorror-book-group-1-tickets-1641497977639?aff=oddtdtcreator
Reserve your Spot for Group 2 (2pm-3pm):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/valloween-speed-dating-with-a-romancehorror-book-group-2-tickets-1641513524139?aff=oddtdtcreator

Leslie's October Indie Book Club
2025-10-17 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Friday October 17th as we discuss three Indie Books! Pick one or two or all three to read before then.

Get your Signed Copies Today and Join the Discussion!
https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/shop/leslies-october-book-club/QUUSH5ARNVOLU5DLICFMQZVS

Banned Books Read-In
2025-10-07 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Banned Books Week Read-In

We’ve teamed up with @librofm and @silentbookclub to host a #BannedBooksWeek Read-In on 10/7/25 at from 6-8pm in protest of censorship. Join us as we read and learn how to take action to fight book bans!

Attendees will receive a free audiobook copy of Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books

Book bans are loud, but our voices are louder!

Leslie's October Traditional Book Club
2025-10-03 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Friday October 3rd, 6pm-8pm as we discuss “Katabasis” by R.F. Kuang!

Get Your Copy In-Store or Online Today and Join the Conversation!
https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/shop/leslies-october-traditional-book-club/HYFTYYN2UTW2DULJ6HVIT72L

"Soup"tember
2025-09-21 12:00 - 15:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Come celebrate all things cozy and fall with us at our first annual “Soup”tember. Bring a soup to share and we will take votes on who has the best soup in several categories.

Please also bring a cupcake tin if you have one to hold your soup samples. They will be served in dixie cups. This is an event to create community and to celebrate the beginning of Autumn. Let’s warm our hearts and our bellies together.

We will also have cozy fall reads out and available to purchase. Keep your eyes open as the location for this event may be at the Moraine store or at our new location at 1400 E Third St in Dayton.

Audiobook Walk
2025-09-14 14:00 - 15:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Sunday afternoon for a relaxing walk, listening to audiobooks!
Listen to any Audiobook you’d like and meet up back at the bookstore afterwards to share your thoughts! Snacks will be waiting!
Don’t have an Audiobook? We’ve got you!
Sign up with Libro.fm using our link below and use the code “SWITCH” to get 2 Free Audiobooks when you sign up!
http://www.libro.fm/thecozybooknookdayton
Download the Libro.fm app and an audiobook!
Need help? Come a little early and we’ll help you get set up!

September Book Club
2025-09-12 17:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Friday September 12, 2025 6pm-8pm as we discuss “The Boyfriend” by Freida McFadden!

Get your copy today and join in on the discussion!

Get the Physical Book:
https://bookshop.org/a/100089/9781728296227

Get Audiobook:https://www.libro.fm/audiobooks/9781666665642

Leah Lore Book Signing!
2025-08-21 17:30 - 19:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
We are super excited to host our good friend, Leah Lore, who will be joining us Thursday August21st to share her writing journey and sign copies of her debut book, “Contact Initiative”!
Double Reward Points for Pre-Orders and purchases of her book at her book singing event on the 21st!Pre-Order your copy Today!https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/…/5CPRCOW75Z5…

Cari Dubiel Book Signing
2025-08-16 12:00 - 13:30 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Author Cari Dubiel joins us Saturday August 16th 12:00pm-1:30pm to share her writing journey and sign copies of her books.

Pre-Order your copy today and receive a Free Gift from us at the event!https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/…/672ZFZBNVH7…

2025 Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo
2025-08-09 12:00 - 16:30 | Mid-Ohio Indies, 1801 Gateway Cir, Grove City, OH, 43123, United States
The Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo is a book fair that’s open to the public and features works of fiction and non-fiction by some amazing self-published and independently published authors from Ohio and beyond.

If you’re of a reader of fantasy, horror, non-fiction, mystery, romance, young adult works, devotional reading, or maybe you’re looking for fun and unique children’s books, this event is for you!

Join us August 9, 2025 from 12 PM – 4:30 PM at the Aladdin Shrine Center, 1801 Gateway Circle, Grove City, OH 43123 for an afternoon of good books, good food, and a hands down good time for all ages, including activities for young readers and lots of book giveaways. Free parking and free admission, this family-friendly event is open to everyone.

To learn more visit www.midohioindies.com or call Alicia at 614-886-2458.

August Book Club
2025-08-08 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Friday August 8th as we discuss Indie Books, “I Thee Dead”, Interception”, and “Immortal Sonata”!

Get your Signed Copies Today and Join the discussion on the 8th!https://thecozybooknookdayton.square.site/…/PXHQZKZLKJV…

Blake Myers Book Signing
2025-08-05 17:30 - 19:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Tuesday August 5, 2025 as author Blake Myers with Coffin & Nails Press publishing shares his writing journey and signs copies of his debut novel, “Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?”!

Pre-Order a copy of “Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?” and be entered to win a Gift Bag!https://square.link/u/7LUg4tuI

Every Pre-Order also comes with a Free Gift from us!

“Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?”
When Dr Emma Lloyd relocates to the quaint English parish of Hagley, she hopes to leave her painful past behind and reinvent herself as a forensic investigator. But her fresh start takes a sinister twist when she’s drawn into the parish’s most infamous cold case: the mysterious 80-year-old murder of a Jane Doe found discarded in a tree’s hollow. A woman the locals have come to know as Bella.
As Emma digs deeper and secrets come to light, she faces unexpected resistance—from her superiors to Bella herself. Haunted by Bella’s vengeful ghost, Emma begins to suspect the case is far more dangerous—and personal—than she ever imagined.
To uncover the truth, Emma must navigate a tangle of lies and confront the dark secrets buried in Hagley’s past. But some mysteries refuse to be answered, and as Bella’s restless spirit grows increasingly violent, Emma will have to decide how far she’s willing to go to lay her and the town’s ghosts to rest.
Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? is a spine-chilling tale of obsession, betrayal, and the deadly consequences of secrets left too long in the dark.

Writing Session
2025-07-21 17:00 - 19:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Looking for a quiet place to Write? Come to the Bookstore, break out your favorite writing medium, and get some quality writing in.

Leslie's July Book Club
2025-07-11 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Join us Friday July 11, 2025 for our Monthly Book Club where we’ll discuss “Great Big Beautiful Life” by Emily Henry!

Buy your copy today!

Paperback: https://bookshop.org/a/100089/9798217067541
Hardcover: https://bookshop.org/a/100089/9780593441299
Audiobook: https://www.libro.fm/audiobooks/9798217063987…

lice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century.
When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.
One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.
Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.
Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.
But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.
And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who’s telling it.

Writing Sprints
2025-06-23 17:00 - 19:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Are you wanting to work on your book without all the distractions you have at home and work?

Bring whatever type medium you like to write on as we do Writing Sprint Intervals with small breaks in between!

Treasure Island
2025-06-21 12:00 - 20:00 | Waynesville, Main, High, Scioto Square, Waynesville, OH, 45068, United States
Ready for a Pirate Adventure!Step into the Storybook-
Captain Flint, the notorious pirate, hid a treasure chest in Waynesville during a secret inland journey by he and his crew in 1742. His cryptic journal, recently unearthed contains clues scattered across town!
The Ship Of Fools, a little known ship of his wrecked along the Little Miami with some from his old crew and Jim Hawkins in our village.
YOU must help us find this treasure during Literary Adventure, Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island
Bring your crew, solve the riddles, complete tasks, and collect pieces of eight and tokens to unlock the chest’s location!
Treasure Hunts-Adult (and kids 12 and up) *1pm-5pm* Start at the Main Street Gazebo. Meet Long John Silver, Isreal Hands, Billy Bones, and Jim Hawkins while searching for Flint’s lost hoard. Complete tasks, solve riddles, and have fun! All who complete this task will receive a bit of treasure, prizes from our shops and restaurants to take home as well a special gift. This treasure hunt is $5 per person, or $15 per crew of four to participate. Limited time to complete and all participants get prizes. Purchase your quest at the gazebo when you check in. Solvable within 1 hour.
Kids Hunt- All Day and FREE! Start at the Main Street Gazebo, get your map and find all four locations to win a prize!
Scavenger Hunt- All Day and FREE! Grab your map at the Main Street Gazebo, Stone House Tavern or Mami Fina’s and explore the town, shops and restaurants. Complete and turn in to Green Feather Apothecary 234 High St. to enter to win a Treasure Island Literary Adventures tshirt! 10 winners!
See the Sirens at the Ship of Fools. Ambient performance on the ship from 1-3pm
Rum Tasting at Stone House Tavern!
Live music!
Meet characters of Treasure Island!
Welcome Midwest Falconry! Have an encounter with a falcon
Ship of Fools, an 8 x 32 foot pirate ship will be parked right in the center of town!
Adult Costume Contest winners get two tickets to Ohio Renaissance Festival
Pirate Pup Costume Contest at 4pm at Stone House Tavern
Scavenger Hunt and Treasure Hunt
Three TTRPGs!Gilded Suns: Buccaneers of the Bronze Coast : https://tinyurl.com/bne3d6uj
Wilderfeast: Monster Hunters of the ship, The Jagged Fang: https://tinyurl.com/5y6kc9bp
Quest for the Siren’s Tear: A Treasure Hunt https://tinyurl.com/y6dek4fp
Welcome back 1572 Roadhouse BBQ Food Truck from the Ohio Renaissance Festival
Welcome back the Naughty Lobstah Food Truck
Cocktail and Food Specials at Stone House Tavern, Village Family Restaurant and Mami Fina’s
Paint & Sip with Bookworms and Brushes!More!

Craft and Listen
2025-06-17 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cozy Book Nook, 1400 East 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45403, United States
Bring a Craft to work on while we listen to an assortment of clips from various Audiobooks. Coffee and Tea will be provided.
