Sunbound Books

10/26/2026

Happy After-Fall Festival Forecast 🍁
☀️ Turn in your reading logs on 10/31!
☀️ If you pre-ordered and RSVP’d in time to attend the ACOTAR 6 midnight release party, we’ll see you tonight! No need to arrive exactly at 9:30 unless you want a tattoo or permanent jewelry.
☀️ If you are not attending the midnight release party, we’ll have plenty of copies available tomorrow when we open 🤗
☀️ Come say hi at the Kekionga Craft Company Sip & Read event on Tuesday evening 🍎
☀️ Mark your calendars! Friday 11/6 at 6:30 Amanda Uhle will be in conversation with Carrie Wisehart discussing Amanda’s memoir “Destroy This House”

10/25/2026

10/22/2026

Our annual Fall Festival is this Saturday, October 24 from 1-5 p.m. 🍁📚 Stop by to shop local vendors (see the list below!), enjoy live music, and enjoy games, crafts, and activities for kids!

Vendors:
☀️ The Coffee Club | a coffee shop for real life
☀️ Kaci @ Good Neighbor
☀️ Dirty Bird Pottery
☀️ Ellie & Erin Collective
☀️ The Poem Market
☀️ Joan Reimer - crochet

10/19/2026

✨Very Chill Forecast✨

☀️ Saturday (10/24) Liz & Liz | bookish besties 📚✨ Fall Festival from 1-4. Featuring several local vendors, live music, and crafts for kids.

☀️ Sunday (10/25) We are participating in Blessings In A Backpack Fort Wayne Fantastical Fort at the Fairfield from 12-5. Come find us and say hi!

☀️ Also on Sunday Liz & Liz | bookish besties 📚✨ book club will be meeting at 4:00 to discuss Fruit Fly.

10/15/2026

Mid October New & Notable

☀️ Wing and Claw Threshing Day (limited quantities)
☀️ Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus
☀️ Off The Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones
☀️Deluxe Box Set Alchemised by SenLinYu
☀️ Walk The Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
☀️ Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li

And many more!! 🎃✨

10/12/2026

Happy Forecast! ✨
☀️ Kate Mooney will be visiting us on Wednesday (10/14) to share her new supernatural mystery thriller “The Woman of the House” at 6:00.

☀️ A violin duo from Fort Wayne Philharmonic will be performing on Thursday (10/15) at 11:00 a.m. All ages welcome! Tickets are $5/family and can be purchased online at the link in our bio. 🎻

☀️ The “A Court of Splintered Harmony” midnight release party is officially sold out. If you pre-orders the book and RSVP’d keep an eye on your inbox for an email from us! 👀

10/09/2026

If you’ve been thinking about pre-ordering A Court of Splintered Harmony through us and attending our midnight release party, consider this your gentle nudge! We will be accepting RSVPs until 11:59 p.m. on October 10 ✨ Visit the link in our profile or go to sunboundbooks.com to pre-order your copy and RSVP for the party before it’s too late.

10/08/2026

17 year-old Sammie Vance is the founder of Heidi Vance an organization she began when she was 8 years-old. Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Sammie and her Buddy Bench Project have been featured by TIME, People, and a variety of talk shows and news organizations. Sammie’s book “Inspire The World” is being re-released under a new publisher and we’re excited to celebrate this milestone with her! Stop by Sunbound Books at 2:00 this Saturday (10/10) to learn more about Sammie and her Buddy Bench Project. There will be an author Q&A, crafts for kids, and a book signing. Illustrator Talitha Shipman Illustration / Picture Book Author-Illustrator will be joining Sammie as well! It’s sure to be an inspiring afternoon for the whole family.

10/07/2026

Kate Mooney will be visiting Sunbound Books on October 14 at 6:00 to share her newly released supernatural thriller, The Woman of the House. Grab a thriller-loving friend and stop by to celebrate spooky season with us at Sunbound Books!

10/07/2026

October Events 🎃
☀️ 10/8 - Gathering Winds Mahjong - A 4 Blondes Mahjong Ambassador is teaching a Mahjong 101 class from 6:30-9 🀄️ Sign up at the link in our bio.
☀️ 10/10 - Guilty Pleasure Scent Company will be teaching a hands on candle making workshop at 7:00. Register at the link in our bio.
☀️ 10/10 - Heidi Vance and Talitha Shipman Illustration / Picture Book Author-Illustrator are having an author & illustrator event at 2:00. There will be a craft, a Q&A, and book signing.
☀️10/14 - Kate Mooney is stopping by Sunbound Books at 6:00 to share her newly released supernatural thriller, The Woman of the House. A perfect spooky season read.
☀️ 10/15 - Fort Wayne Philharmonic will be performing a violin duo at 11. This concert is open to all ages 🎻 Get your tickets online at sunboundbooks.com
☀️ 10/24 - Sunbound Books and Liz & Liz | bookish besties 📚✨ are hosting our second annual Fall Festival from 1-5! Stop by to shop local vendors, enjoy refreshments, and check out the crafts and activities for kids 🍁
☀️ 10/25 - Don’t miss the Blessings In A Backpack Fort Wayne Fantastical Fort event! Visit between 12 and 5 and come find us in the Enchanted Forest Realm 🌲✨
☀️ 10/25 - Liz & Liz | bookish besties 📚✨ book club is meeting at 4:00 to discuss Fruit Fly by Josh Silver.
☀️ 10/27 - Visit Kekionga Craft Company for their Sip & Read book fair from 5-8:30 🍎📚 Shop books and bookish vendors while you enjoy local c***r and delicious food.

November event preview 🍁
☀️ 11/1 - Sunbound’s nonfiction book club is meeting at 6:30 to discuss Strangers by Belle Burden.
☀️ 11/5 - Bring your little bookworms to story time at 10:30! We’ll be reading stories, singing songs, and doing crafts all about knights and princesses 🏰
☀️ 11/6 - Author Amanda Uhle is visiting us on her tour promoting her memoir, Destroy This House. At 6:30 Carrie Wisehart will be interviewing Amanda to help us learn more about her family and childhood (based partially in Fort Wayne!)