The Floral Society Holiday Shoppe 2025
Nov
12
to Dec 19

The Floral Society Holiday Shoppe 2025

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The Floral Society Holiday Shoppe is back this year, down the hall from Picture Book & HudCo, with an even more lush and beautiful lineup of Floral Society goods and creative friends of the brand.

Picture Book is honored to be included with a special selection of thoughtfully chosen books to compliment The Floral Society’s offerings throughout the season.

This year we’re joined by SIN, UNDERWATER WEAVING STUDIO, FLORA VINTAGE, THE GOOD WITCH COFFEE BAR, IMMODEST COTTON, & WING MING FARM

Located in the main atrium of the Hudson River Landing Building, Wednesday-Friday 10-5, and also open during weekends for River Arts Studio Tour, Merry Festa 12/6, and during Wicker Creek Market 12/13.

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Wickers Creek Market at HudCo
Dec
13
10:00 AM10:00

Wickers Creek Market at HudCo

Think vintage for the holidays! Wickers Creek, known for their gorgeous markets at the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park is coming inside to HudCo for the holidays. You’ll find wonderful antique and vintage goods, as well as new unique gifts for everyone on your list. Picture Book will have an expanded selection right at the entrance of HudCo with special books for all ages. Don’t forget to check in with NewFriends for on site babysitting options!

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Saturday Shopping for Merry Festa
Dec
6
10:00 AM10:00

Saturday Shopping for Merry Festa

Picture Book and Boxing Day Cafe are open for a perfect shopping Saturday during the first inaugural Merry Festa, Dobbs Ferry! It's a great day of supporting our local businesses and community of Dobbs Ferry, NY capped off by the tree lighting on Cedar & Main. At 145 Palisade Street you'll find Picture Book and Boxing Day Cafe, artist Jessica Miller, and The Floral Society Holiday Shoppe.

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PB Book Club - The Wilderness
Dec
2
8:00 PM20:00

PB Book Club - The Wilderness

Our next book club pick is The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

"Flournoy has delivered a future classic—the kind of novel that generations to come will read to understand the nuances and peculiarities of this time." — Harper's Bazaar

An era-defining novel about five Black women over the course of their twenty-year friendship, as they move through the dizzying and sometimes precarious period between young adulthood and midlife—in the much-anticipated second book from National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy.

Join Sara of Picture Book, and friend-of-the-bookstore Stephanie for a casual discussion on Tuesday September 16h 8-9:30 pm. Cheese and wine provided!

The book is available to pick up in person at the shop Monday-Friday 9-5, on our website, and as an audiobook.

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Closed for Thanksgiving
Nov
27
to Nov 30

Closed for Thanksgiving

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Picture Book will be closed for Thanksgiving so Sara can spend time with her family. I hope you are also having a great time with your loved ones!

If you need a book now, please use our Bookshop.org website. Bookshop is a B Corp that partners with local bookstores like ours, so you can feel good about spending your money with them.

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Nov
8
10:00 AM10:00

River Arts Studio Tour

RIVER ARTS STUDIO TOUR

Picture Book will be open inside HudCo during the River Arts Studio Tour with art books for all ages alongside the wonderful espresso and matcha offerings from Boxing Day Café.

Creative Hearts, a non-profit art school, will be popping up with fun activities for kids of all ages from 11a-2p

View the interactive map of all the artists with open studios here.

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Oct
21
8:00 PM20:00

PB Book Club - Wild Dark Shore

Our next book club pick is


Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

An ENTHRALLING new novel from the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves

A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.

Join Sara of Picture Book, and friend-of-the-bookstore Stephanie for a casual discussion on Tuesday September 16h 8-9:30 pm. Cheese and wine provided!

The book is available to pick up in person at the shop Monday-Friday 9-5, on our website, as an EBook, and as an audiobook.

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Oct
15
6:30 PM18:30

Cooking for Causes at The Lark

Raising the Bar(re) for Women!

Cooking for Causes is hosting this event at the gorgeous @thelarkclub in Irvington to support women’s rights with proceeds going to the @nationalwomenslawcenter! The talented @jlcoachingllc will be leading a mini barre class followed by a very fun mixology lesson of seasonal cocktails 🍸 (and mocktails!) led by @clinkwithcolleen. We will feast on gorgeous autumn snacks from @graze_newyork and get to browse little pop-ups from fellow, women-owned small businesses @picturebookny and the soon-to-open @makeyourmarketny! Plus, lots of fun mixed in between.

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Oct
9
10:00 AM10:00

Celebrating Five Years of Picture Book in HudCo!

It’s Picture Book’s Five Year Anniversary!

Picture Book opened inside HudCo October 2020 with a small selection of books on the table, and has grown not only with additional books and shelves, but also to be it’s own community. I couldn’t have done it without the great support of the HudCo owners and team, and I’m so grateful this pop-up has found a home here. Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey that started out of a love for books and has been sustained by a love for this community.

Stay tuned for news on how we’ll celebrate!

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Oct
2
8:00 PM20:00

Kelly Casperson, MD at Joyful Dermatology

The Menopause Moment:

Mindset, Hormones and Science for Optimal Longevity by

Kelly Casperson M D

Joyful Convo: The Menopause Moment with Dr. Kelly Casperson
120 min - $97.00 Join us as Dr. Casperson (@kellycaspersonmd) cuts through the noise around hormones, intimacy, and aging with science, humor, and honesty on Thursday, October 2nd. We'll start at 7pm to gather, conversation goes from 7:30pm-9pm (to hopefully allow those observing Yom Kippur to join us). As always, tickets are final sale. This event is in partnership with the wonderful Picture Book (@picturebookny), and you will each receive a copy of The Menopause Moment to take home.

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Sep
25
10:00 AM10:00

Read Together in September 2025

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Join us to Read Together!

After a successful event inspired by Gretchen Rubin in June, we’re continuing to meet up at the bookshop in HudCo’s cafe to read for 25 minutes this September to help build the valuable habit of making time to read every day.  Research shows that reading is good for us: it benefits mental health, sharpens the brain, makes us more empathetic, helps us learn, and increases our tolerance for uncertainty. And most importantly, it’s fun!

Meet us in the café section around Picture Book inside HudCo and take 25 minutes to read silently together. You are welcome to bring your own book, or ask for recommendations. Come early to get a beverage from Boxing Day Café or to pick out your next read from Picture Book.

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Sep
20
11:00 AM11:00

Dobbs FerryCon 2025

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FerryCon 2025 at the Library

FerryCon is the library’s all day, yearly Comic Con-style flagship event for all ages that takes place one Saturday every fall (formerly spring). Since 2019, FerryCon has brought over 300 participants to the library for fun-filled events including artists alley, classes, panels, and contests that revolved around comic books, graphic novels, super heroes, and more!

Picture Book will have the great James Howe’s books for sale, as well as other super books for fans. Stay tuned for news of more participating authors and activities!

Bunnicula!
The Music Inside Us Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World by James Howe
Bunnicula -The Graphic Novel
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Sep
19
11:00 AM11:00

HudCo Atelier

HudCo Atelier

Join us for a fabulous Friday market full of independent makers and creative minds. Explore upcycled designs, coveted vintage finds, and small-batch garments. Open to all!

AOB Shoes | Hand-made Bespoke Shoes & Leather Goods

Jessica Miller | Expressionist Portrait Painter

Wooden Sleepers | Vintage Specializing in American Workwear & Ivy Style

W O R N O U T Jewelry | Upcycled & Redesigned Vintage Costume Jewelry

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Sep
16
8:00 PM20:00

PB Book Club - The Antidote by Karen Russell

Our next book club pick is


The Antidote by Karen Russell

From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town

"Spellbinding. . . . In The Antidote, Karen Russell, America's own Prairie Witch of a writer, exhumes memories out of the collective national unconscious and invites us to see our history in full. There are, alas, no antidotes for history. Our consolations are found in writers like Russell who refract horror and wonder through their own strange looking glass, leaving us energized for that next astounding thing.” —NPR

Join Sara of Picture Book, and friend-of-the-bookstore Stephanie for a casual discussion on Tuesday September 16h 8-9:30 pm. Cheese and wine provided!

The book is available to pick up in person at the shop Monday-Friday 9-5, on our website, as an EBook, and as an audiobook.

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Sep
15
8:00 PM20:00

Repro Rights Book Club

Rivertowns for Reproductive Rights Book Club at Picture Book

Join us for our 2nd Repro Rights Book Club at Picture Book to discuss Coercion: Surviving and Resisting Abortion Bans by Kylie Cheung. This is a collaboration between local bookshop Picture Book and the homegrown organization Rivertowns for Reproductive Rights.

We'll meet on the HudCo couches for a community discussion, fueled by cheese and beverages from Bloomy Cheese & Provisions. Your ticket helps cover food costs and the rest will be donated to NYAAF.

Picture Book is donating 10% of all Coercion book sales to NYAAF, and you can choose to add the book onto the ticket, or buy directly on Picture Book's website to avoid additional Eventbrite fees. It is also available as an EBook from Bookshop.

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Sep
7
10:00 AM10:00

New Friends Story Time

Back-to-school Recovery Morning & Story Time

Think of it as your week-one victory lap.

Adults will enjoy a quiet morning of conversation, recuperation and coffee while the NewFriends sitters supervise the kids (in a separate room! with closed doors!) for storytime and games with local author and Tarrytown Mom, Lauren Glattly. Go Headless Horsemen!

New Friends is a social club for families where parents AND kids actually enjoy themselves founded by Melissa Cullens.

Space is limited, so please get your tickets now. HudCo members use the discount code in the app.

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Jul
16
10:00 AM10:00

Read Together in July 2025

Join us to Read Together!

After a successful event inspired by Gretchen Rubin in June, we’re continuing to meet up at the bookshop in HudCo’s cafe to read for 25 minutes this July 2025 to help build the valuable habit of making time to read every day.  Research shows that reading is good for us: it benefits mental health, sharpens the brain, makes us more empathetic, helps us learn, and increases our tolerance for uncertainty. And most importantly, it’s fun!

Meet us in the café section around Picture Book inside HudCo and take 25 minutes to read silently together. You are welcome to bring your own book, or ask for recommendations. Come early to get a beverage from Boxing Day Café or to pick out your next read from Picture Book.

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Jul
14
6:30 PM18:30

Liberte, Egalite, Bon Appetit: A Julia Child Fête for NYAAF

Liberte, Egalite, Bon Appetit: A Julia Child Fête for NYAAF at The Good Witch with Cooking for Causes

Picture Book is popping up at The Good Witch for an epic evening of advocacy at Cooking for Causes' cookbook club dinner collaboration with Rivertowns for Reproductive Rights and The Good Witch Coffee Bar.

For this special fête we're raising funds in support of NYAAF (NY Abortion Access Fund) and we'll be dining on everything Julia Child. (Fun fact: Julia was a staunch supporter of reproductive rights and even hosted fundraising dinners for Planned Parenthood!)  

Picture Book is bringing a selection of books that champion women’s rights, Julia Child, and all things French and fun. 10% of book sales will be donated to NYAAF!

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Jun
25
10:00 AM10:00

Read 25 in 25

Join us to Read 25 together!

Each year on the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast, Gretchen issues a challenge to herself and listeners. This yearly challenge started in 2020, with “Walk 20 in ‘20”: Walk for 20 minutes each day in 2020. Since then, thousands of people have joined the annual challenge as a practical, manageable way to boost happiness and build positive habits. 

For 2025, Gretchen is bringing back a fan-favorite challenge with reading: Read 25 in ’25 to help build the valuable habit of making time to read every day.  Research shows that reading is good for us: it benefits mental health, sharpens the brain, makes us more empathetic, helps us learn, and increases our tolerance for uncertainty. And most importantly, it’s fun!

To celebrate we’ll get together in the café section around Picture Book inside HudCo and take 25 minutes to read silently together. Come early to get a beverage from Boxing Day Café or to pick out your next read from Picture Book.

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Jun
24
6:30 PM18:30

Cooking for Causes Pride Pasta Party

Taste the Rainbow: Pride Pasta Party Benefitting A4TE

Cooking for Causes is back this month (woohoo!) celebrating our LGBTQ+ community with a rainbow cavatelli pasta-making class from 

Flours Pasta + Bakeshop featuring pasta naturally dyed with fruits, vegetables and spices by owner and artisan pasta maker Sofia Todisco 

This Cooking for Causes event will seek to celebrate Pride and embrace our LGBTQ+ community with a special focus on raising funds in support of Advocates for Trans Equality. While we aspire to be allies and protectors of our entire LGBTQ+ community, our trans friends and family deserve acute support in the wake of the daily attacks on their freedoms, safety and basic human rights. Picture Book is joining in on the cause, offering 10% of all book sales that night to the chosen charity.  Find great pasta cookbooks, celebratory LGBTQ+ books for all ages, and the books for the next Cooking for Causes meetup in July!

Tickets are sold out for the event, but please feel free to stop by and shop in support of the great cause!

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Jun
22
to Jun 28

Auction for The Loft LGBTQ+ Community Center

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HudCo’s Auction for The Loft LGBTQ+ Community Center

Go to the HudCo Instagram page to bid on wonderful items from local makers and small businesses, including Picture Book! Our auction item is a stack of kids picture books featuring loving LGBTQ+ families and themes of empathy, kindness, and self-love.

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Jun
20
5:00 PM17:00

Summer Solstice Book Bar at HudCo

Summer Solstice Book Bar at HudCo

Join us at Book Bar, the perfect blend of literary charm and crafted cocktails in the elegant atmosphere of HudCo.

Indulge in specialty cocktails crafted to perfection by the Clink with Colleen team at the HudCo Bar, with a range of exquisite flavors that cater to every palate, including low- and no-ABV options for those seeking a mindful drinking experience.

Picture Book’s carefully curated selection of beautiful books are the perfect pairing for your cocktails, and we’re thrilled to offer this evening browsing experience to our book loving community. Whether you're here to unwind with a novel or engage in lively conversation, Book Bar offers a unique, sophisticated escape for the evening, right here in Dobbs Ferry.

Picture Book is launching our summer reading recommendation lists for Book Bar! Get ready to fill your TBR pile!

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Jun
14
to Jun 15

Phoenicia Flea Dobbs Ferry 2025

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The Phoenicia Flea at the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park

We are excited to return to the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park, with its striking views of the Hudson River and Palisades, for our 4th year of Phoenicia Flea at the @riverarts Music Tour on Saturday, June 14 from 11am to 5pm.
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For Westchester’s largest free music event we’re excited to announce that we’ll have over 20 amazing local vendors, food, and drink from 11am to 5pm with FREE entry! And you can finish the day with a sunset picnic and performances under the stars at the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront that runs until 9pm!
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Parking is FREE, but wanna catch the train? The Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park is ONE MINUTE walk from the Dobbs Ferry Metro North Station. No car, no problem!
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Can’t wait to see you June 14th! (Rain date: Sunday, June 15th.)
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May
29
8:00 PM20:00

PB Book Club - Audition by Katie Kitamura

Our next book club pick is


Audition by Katie Kitamura

“A tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thriller."—NPR

“Bold, stark, genre-bending, Audition will haunt your dreams.”—The Boston Globe
One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love.

Join Sara of Picture Book, and friend-of-the-bookstore Stephanie for a casual discussion on Thursday May 29th 8-9:30 pm. Cheese and wine provided!

The book is available to pick up in person at the shop Monday-Friday 9-5, on our website, as an EBook, and as an audiobook.

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May
16
1:00 PM13:00

Author Event: Barbecue Book Signing with Shana Liebman

Barbecue:

Smoked & Grilled Recipes from Across the Globe

Join us to celebrate the launch of a local author Shana Liebman’s new cookbook Barbecue: Smoked & Grilled Recipes from Across the Globe with a book signing.

Barbecue is the ultimate guide to cooking with fire and smoke, featuring 280 beloved barbecue and grilling recipes from cultures across the globe.

Shana Liebman is a writer/editor with a culinary degree from the Institute of Culinary Education and an MFA from Columbia University. She writes about food and culture for many publications, including New York Magazine, the Independent, Salon, and Food52.

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May
9
11:00 AM11:00

Meet & Greet: Katie Tolson, featured in The Flower Farmers

Meet Katie Tolson of Seed on Hudson, featured in the new book The Flower Farmers

Join us to celebrate the release of the new book The Flower Farmers; Inspiration & Advice from Expert Growers by Debra Prinzing & Robin Avni, which features our local flower farmer Katie Tolson along with 28 more of today's most inspiring flower farmers offering how-to-cultivate expertise, and favorite new varieties in a lushly photographed guide to feed your every floral fantasy. Come to Picture Book inside HudCo, pick up a copy of this essential book for flower garden enthusiasts, and get a chance to talk to Katie Tolson and benefit from her specialty knowledge in seasonal practices for our specific region.

About Katie:
Seed-on-Hudson is the brainchild of flower farmer and seed saver Katie Tolson based in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Her love of plants and flowers started with freshly picked summer strawberries and roses in her mother's & grandmother's gardens. California raised her, the UK made her a mother, and New York gave her the space to grow dreams.

 Inspired by her love of all things organic, flavorful, fragrant and homegrown, and frustrated by the lack of places to buy good quality, healthy seedlings of heirloom varieties and native plants, Katie set up Seed-on-Hudson to serve her local Westchester community. Katie is a Committee Member of the Hastings Pollinator Pathway Project and initiated The Great Hastings Seed Swap in February 2021.

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May
5
5:30 PM17:30

Book Bar: Marga-READ-a Edition

Book Bar at HudCo
Marga-Read-A Edition

Join us at Book Bar, the perfect blend of literary charm and crafted cocktails in the elegant atmosphere of HudCo.

This week we’ll be mixing up the perfect margarita and have complimentary chips and guacamole to pair.

Picture Book is thrilled to offer this evening browsing experience to our book loving community.

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May
3
11:00 AM11:00

Open with Generation Love for SPRING

The Book Shop Is Open Saturday!

Picture Book is open Saturday 11am-4pm, and donating 10% of sales to SPRING Community Partners. Boxing Day Café will be here in the afternoon to keep you going through the day. And the main event is a giant pop up shop of Generation Love clothing as a fundraiser for SPRING.

From Generation Love:

Back by popular demand for an amazing cause!! Just in time for Mother’s Day, shop the latest styles from GENERATION LOVE as well as a special sample sale offering (with items up to 70% off)! Enter a raffle to win fabulous prizes, including blazers, dresses, and more! 20% of all Generation Love sales as well as 100% of raffle proceeds will benefit SPRING Community Partners, a local non-profit that helps bridge the gaps so all children in Dobbs Ferry can thrive. Also featuring Picture Book NY and Boxing Day Coffee.

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May
1
to May 2

Mother's Day Bazaar 2025

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Mother’s Day Bazaar

In honor of Mother’s Day and Teacher Appreciation Week, we invite you to our Spring Pop-Up Market—a joyful gathering of local artisans (many of them wonderful mamas!) sharing fresh blooms, thoughtful gifts, and sweet little treats sure to make you smile.

Adonia Floral Design | A stunning selection of candles, vessels and treats.

A D’Zine | Vintage jewelry with timeless character and charm.

Bloomy Cheese | An assortment of domestic and imported cut-to-order artisan cheeses, fine charcuterie and pantry items, and handmade gifts.

Ennui | Vintage inspired housewears. Lovingly handcrafted at home in the Hudson Valley.

Lady Jane | Jewelry that sparks joy and encourages playfulness in everyday life

Living Notes Photography | Portrait and branding photography for families and individuals—a timeless and meaningful gift.

Seed-on-Hudson | Heirloom and unusual varieties of homegrown vegetables, herbs, fruits, native plants & flowers.

And, of course, our resident pop-ups:

Boxing Day Café | Coffee/Pastries

Picture Book | Beautiful titles for every age.

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Apr
30
8:00 PM20:00

Rivertowns for Reproductive Rights Book Club

Rivertowns for Reproductive Rights Book Club at Picture Book

Join us for the inaugural Rivertowns for Reproductive Rights Book Club at Picture Book to discuss Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win, the important new book by Jessica Valenti.

Abortion is a handbook for the overwhelming majority of Americans who support abortion rights, whether they’re seasoned activists or those just starting to learn. With the wit, expertise, and blunt moral clarity that’s made her writing popular for decades, Valenti offers an essential manifesto in an urgent moment.

We'll meet on the HudCo couches for a community discussion, fueled by cheese and beverages from Bloomy Cheese & Provisions. Your ticket helps cover food costs and the rest will be donated to NYAAF.

Picture Book is donating 10% of all Abortion book sales to NYAAF, and you can choose to add the book onto the ticket, or buy directly on Picture Book's website to avoid additional fees. It is also available as an audiobook on Libro.fm, or as an EBook from Bookshop.

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