Cellar Door Books

07/19/2026

See you all tonight at 6:00 pm! Meg Elison is here to talk about Foundling Fathers! (It’s our last author event at this location, don’t miss out!)

07/15/2026

This Saturday 7/18 at 6:00pm at Cellar Door Bookstore, we're welcoming Meg Elison back to celebrate her newest book, Foundling Fathers! Come in and buy it now to read it before she comes on Saturday! https://cellardoorbookstore.com/foundlingfathers

07/13/2026

Cellar Door has a new home!!! 6675 Magnolia Ave., right next to the Dairy Queen. We’re going to be a little smaller, but there is a good feel to this place, and we can’t wait to show you around! We are neighbors with VIP laundry, just across the street from the Brockton Arcade and down Central from the Riverside Plaza, so there are lots of indie coffee shops close by and we’re less than 5 minutes from the 91 Frwy.
It looks like we’ll be closing sometime in the week of August 10th, but if you have a book club that week, wait until you hear from us about how we’d like to deal with your book club specifically. Our opening will depend on the day we can schedule our movers, but I’d guess sometime around August 20th.
If you would please let people know about this. We’ll put it on our social media, but please let your friends and neighbors know, it would help us.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you here for the next month and in the new place toward the end of August!

07/12/2026

Few elected officials are as important as superior court judges in our legal system and everyday life, but they seem to be the hardest candidates on our ballots to find good information about. Who are they? What do they believe in? What do they stand for? What's important to them? On **Monday, July 20th at 6:00pm**, Cellar Door Bookstore will host candidate for judge of Riverside County Superior Court, Andrea J. Garcia. She will talk about what she believes her role as a superior court judge should be, and then there will be a Q&A in which you can ask her all of your burning questions!

Andrea Garcia For Judge

For more on Andrea J. Garcia's campaign: https://www.garciaforjudge2026.com/

07/12/2026

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to the amazing wonderful Ryan La Sala. You brought joy, community, and warmth into our store in the best way! And we’re so grateful for our gorgeous Drag Queen hero, Crabigail aka Scalene OnyxXx! 🦀 Thanks to everyone who made it out for the event. If you couldn’t be here, we have signed copies of The Dead of Summer and The Honeys.

07/08/2026

THIS IS TOMORROW!!!! Get your tickets now while we still have room on the island of Anchor's Mercy . . . 🪸⛴️🏖️🪸
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-dead-of-summer-author-ryan-la-sala-and-drag-queen-story-hour-combine-tickets-1990916857916?aff=oddtdtcreator

Thursday July 9th at 6:00 pm at Cellar Door Bookstore: a deadly plague, three Drag Queens we will definitely be trusting our lives with, and Ryan La Sala, the amazing author of The Dead of Summer!

Our incredible Drag Queens, Kelly K, Scalene OnyxXx, and Athena Kills AND the author of The Dead of Summer, Ryan La Sala! Yes!!!! Do you believe in the heroism of Drag Queens? Story time, kind of, for the young adults and adults who have been so wishing for a Drag Story Time of their own! This will be a ticketed event on Thursday, July 9th. If you haven’t had a chance to read The Dead of Summer, now is the time because this event is going to be deadly fun! Face Painting (or is it?), games, snacks and a community that takes care of each other even when the coral hits the fan!

Tickets include one copy of the newly released paperback of The Dead of Summer (we know lots of you already have the hardback, so we’ll be donating the paperback to Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance or you can give yours to someone you love!), snacks and games. The amazing make-up artist MLD (.craft.makeup) will also be here for those of you who would like to feel the infection more personally.

Buy your ticket(s) here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-dead-of-summer-author-ryan-la-sala-and-drag-queen-story-hour-combine-tickets-1990916857916?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/28/2026

Thursday July 9th at 6:00 pm at Cellar Door Bookstore: a deadly plague, three Drag Queens we will definitely be trusting our lives with, and Ryan La Sala, the amazing author of The Dead of Summer!

Our incredible Drag Queens, Kelly K, Scalene OnyxXx, and Athena Kills AND the author of The Dead of Summer, Ryan La Sala! Yes!!!! Do you believe in the heroism of Drag Queens? Story time, kind of, for the young adults and adults who have been so wishing for a Drag Story Time of their own! This will be a ticketed event on Thursday, July 9th. If you haven’t had a chance to read The Dead of Summer, now is the time because this event is going to be deadly fun! Face Painting (or is it?), games, snacks and a community that takes care of each other even when the coral hits the fan!

Tickets include one copy of the newly released paperback of The Dead of Summer (we know lots of you already have the hardback, so we’ll be donating the paperback to Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance or you can give yours to someone you love!), snacks and games. The amazing make-up artist MLD (.craft.makeup) will also be here for those of you who would like to feel the infection more personally.

Buy your ticket(s) here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-dead-of-summer-author-ryan-la-sala-and-drag-queen-story-hour-combine-tickets-1990916857916?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/16/2026

Cellar Door is excited to be at the ITOC--International Teachers of Color conference today and tomorrow!

Wonderful to share books with all of these wonderful teachers!!

06/13/2026

Come in today at 5:00 pm to participate in our Community in Conversation on Marla A. Ramírez's book, Banished Citizens! The conversation will be led by the amazing Ron Gonzales!

06/09/2026

Hey Everyone,
Well once again that 1% bites us (all puns intended)! The space on Brockton didn’t work out for several reasons, not the least of which was they don’t allow dogs (Taigo put his paw down on that!) and I have concerns about ADA compliance. We want to make sure everyone is welcome at Cellar Door, of course! We are looking again though time is short. We’ll keep you posted!
Thank you,
Linda