Please note: All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Request an Author Event
Please contact the Bookstore at [email protected]
University Departments and Student Groups may request that the bookstore help support their author events. These events can be held at a university hall, outside venue, or the bookstore can be requested as the location. The bookstore will provide the books for the event and help with marketing and promotions, if needed.
Please use our online request form. There will be a fee of $75 per event charged to the hosting departments cost center to cover the associated costs of staffing, shipping, and selling of merchandise.
Alumni, Local Authors, and the Community may request that the bookstore help support their author events. These events can be held at an outside venue or the bookstore can be requested as the location. The bookstore will provide the books for the event and help with marketing and promotions. Please use our online request form.
Please note: You will be asked to sign-in to Gmail, if you aren't already, before accessing online form.
Bookstore Location
244 Thayer Street
Providence, RI
Phone: (401) 863-3168
Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event but would like an autographed book. We will do our best to accommodate your request at the author's and publisher's discretion.
Upcoming Bookstore Events
Book Talk with Sean Briody '19 - Author of The Brown University Band: An Ever True History
Friday, September 27th
4:00 pm
The Brown Bookstore kicks off our Fall 2024 author event series with Sean Briody '19, former Brown University Band percussionist and author of The Brown University Band: An Ever True History.
Alumni Author Talk with Rebecca Arnold '99, Author of The Rooted Renegade
Thursday, October 17th
4:30 pm
Join us for a book talk with alumna author Rebecca Arnold '99, discussing her June 2024 release The Rooted Renegade.