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Sea Howl Bookshop

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Sea Howl Bookshop

An independent, community-minded bookstore at the elbow of Cape Cod, offering new and used books, puzzles, stationery, greeting cards and more.

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08/05/2026

Happy August, book lovers! 🌞📚

This Friday, August 7, we’ll be open from 10am–8pm, offering 10% off your total in-store purchase from 5pm–8pm.

This is the penultimate First Friday of Summer 2026, so we hope to see you out and about! 💛

07/29/2026

📚 Join us for a Book Talk with journalist John A. Jenkins!

Jenkins, a veteran Washington journalist, will discuss his book Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America — a gripping look back at one of the most transformative stretches in modern U.S. history.

🗓️ Thursday, July 30
🕕 6:30–8:00 PM
📍 Orleans Historical Society, 3 River Road, Orleans, MA

🎟️ Tickets are $10 ($8 for OHS members) — grab yours here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/john-a-jenkins-summer-of-71-five-months-that-changed-america

Books will be available for purchase and signing. Come for the history, stay for the conversation!

07/01/2026

It’s July, which means the second First Friday of the summer is in a few days. 🤩

🌀On Friday, July 3, we’ll be open from 10am–8pm—and when you stop in from 5pm–8pm, you can get 10% off your total in-store purchase (!!!).

What are you dreaming of picking up? A new release in fiction? 📖 Some summery stationery? ⛱️ 🌊 A bookish puzzle? 🧩 Perhaps a Cape Cod postcard? 💌 Let us know in the comments. 🤗

06/26/2026

We’re participating in the Orleans Rec Town-Wide Yard Sale happening this weekend, but we’re putting our own spin on it. ✨😎

Come one, come all to the SEA HOWL INVENTORY REFRESH SIDEWALK SALE!!

When: Tomorrow only (Saturday, 6/27)
Where: Under the tent outside the shop

Get 50% OFF all items under the tent—from hardcovers and paperbacks to stationery, art, and more! 📚🖼️💌 Pick up your next summer read or discover something new that’s been lurking in the shop.

04/25/2026

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY IS HERE!!! 🥳🎈 Which means our SCAVENGER HUNT is afoot, AND it’s the official start to the 2026 CAPE & ISLANDS BOOKSTORE TRAIL!! 👣📖 🗺️ (We’re bursting with excitement, can’t you tell?!)

Pick up your trail map at our shop (or any of the 20+ participating bookstores on the map) and receive a colorful book sticker to mark your visit. 📚 If you visit at least three participating stores, you can enter to win one of the prizes, including a $100 and $50 gift card. 🌟 (More details on the back of the map as to how to enter.)

We got lots going on at the shop today, so don’t miss all the fun (and bookishly good freebies)! 🎉

🧷Free Sea Howl BUTTONS (while supplies last)
😊 Free Sea Howl STICKER with any purchase (while supplies last)
👕 Free Sea Howl TOTE or T-SHIRT with a purchase of $100 or more
🎫 Chance to win one of two $50 Sea Howl Gift Cards or the Golden Ticket by participating in our Bookshop Scavenger Hunt!

✨ Open 10am–5pm today. ✨

(Psst… If we were you, we’d get to the shop early—before all the scavenger hunt prizes are uncovered! 🥸)

04/22/2026

Earth Day is today! 🌏💚 This beautiful planet is home to not just us but to a myriad of wildlife, plants, microbes, and more. So it’s important we care for this place and continue to learn more about all its wonders and the true impact we have on it. (After all, we are a part of the larger cycles and ecosystems at play, not separate from them.)

To celebrate Mother Earth, we’ve rounded up an environmental, ecological, and all-around nature-focused reading list for adults and kids, one that highlights the very real realities of our climate crisis, shines a light on the tangible steps we can take to get back in tune with the natural rhythms, offers hope, and allows us to grow our knowledge. 🌱

Click the link in our bio for our Earth Day reading lists—and swipe to see some new releases and store favorites (including kids’ books!) that we’re spotlighting this month. 🌟📚

04/19/2026

The Cape is starting to wake up! Part-time residents are returning; year-round locals are coming out of hibernation. People are out and about—and they’re hankering for some good, new reads. 😎📚 Soooo….

Starting TOMORROW (Monday, 4/20), we’ll be open six days a week once more (every day except Tuesday), with new titles arriving weekly. We can’t wait to see you!! 🤩👋🏻

Curious to see what’s most recently graced the stacks? Swipe to see some of the new releases in fiction and nonfiction in the shop, plus new books we’re especially excited about. 🤗

04/18/2026

Independent Bookstore Day 2026 is a week from today!!! ♥️💙💛 Mark your calendars for SATURDAY, APRIL 25, to join us in celebrating this annual, nationwide holiday dedicated to indie bookstores. 📖

Along with a wide selection of books and bookish goodies, we’ve got some freebies and fun in store to celebrate and say thank you to you—our customers❣️(Without you, we wouldn’t be here!)

We’re giving away…

🧷 Free Sea Howl BUTTONS (while supplies last)
😊 Free Sea Howl STICKER with any purchase (while supplies last)
👕 Free Sea Howl TOTE or T-SHIRT with a purchase of $100 or more

And, of course, we’re hosting our in-store SCAVENGER HUNT again this year! 😎

Our staff will be hiding three sets of literary clues in books throughout the store. When you enter the shop, just let us know you want to participate, and we’ll give you your first clue…👀

🔍 Follow the trail of clues from book to book to claim one of these prizes: a $50 gift card to our shop (two are up for grabs!!) ✨ or the coveted Golden Ticket. 🎫

Saturday also is the start of the 2026 Cape & Islands Bookstore Trail!! 👣📚 We are so happy to be participating again this year along with 20+ other independent bookstores on the Cape and Islands. Pick up your trail map at our shop, or any other participating bookstore, and receive a colorful book sticker to mark your visit on the map at each store. If you visit at least three participating stores, you can enter to win one of five prizes, including a $100 gift certificate, $50 gift certificate, or a book-themed tote.

🎈🎉 It’s gonna be oodles of fun, so come celebrate with us!!!

04/11/2026

Poetry is like painting with words. A linguistic puzzle that dazzles the mind and feeds the soul. 💫 It holds the power to connect us, to inspire change, to tap into what is often hard to put into words. And, oftentimes, it’s just plain fun!

April is National Poetry Month, which means we’re celebrating the poets, their poems, and our collection of poetry published by indie publishers like Milkweed Editions, Wesleyan University Press, Faber & Faber, Copper Canyon Press, New Directions, and so many others. Handfuls of our customers have remarked that the titles they come across in our small but mighty poetry section are ones they haven’t stumbled upon elsewhere. 📚 (We love to hear it!)

So next time you’re in, stop and take some time to comb through the thin chapbooks, classic collections, and large anthologies. You may be surprised at what you find (who knows, maybe you like poetry and you don’t even know it!). 📖

Address

46 Main Street
Orleans, MA
02653

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	11am - 4pm

Telephone

+15082553343

Website

http://seahowlbookshop.com/

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