Martin House Books

07/29/2026

The rest of our summer Ocean House Author Series events are not to be missed!

🍷🍿📖 Tickets include wine, light bites, and a signed copy of the featured book.

🎟️ Purchase your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4bPpuLc

07/24/2026

Thank you Rhode Island Monthly for this great Best of award! Cozy Bookshop! Thank you to my bookseller team and to Brittany’s amazing team at Café 1888!

07/03/2026

Both Martin House Books and Cafe 1888 will be closing at 3pm on Saturday July 4th. Happy 4th!

06/10/2026

Join us on Wednesday, June 17 at 6 pm at The United Theatre for an author talk and signing with #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner. Jennifer will be in conversation with Deborah Goodrich Royce.

🎟️ There are two ticketing options for this event, General Admission tickets are $8 and General Admission (WITH BOOK) are $27. Additional copies of THE GRIFFIN SISTERS' GREATEST HITS and a selection of Jennifer's backlist will be available to purchase at the event. Jennifer will be signing and personalizing any books purchased either with a ticket or at the event.

🔗Tickets can be purchased here: https://bit.ly/4fIrtUB

05/12/2026

We can barely contain our excitement for our May 27th Ocean House Author Series event with Katherine Center!! Katherine Center will be in conversation with Deborah Goodrich Royce! This event will start at 6 pm!

🍷🍿📖 Tickets include wine, light bites, and a signed copy of THE SHIPPERS.

🎟️ Purchase your tickets here: http://bit.ly/4d2D2Eg

05/06/2026

Join us at the The United Theatre with Soho Press as we host internationally bestselling author Leonie Swann for a special book discussion/movie screening event for her “original and clever” (Carl Hiaasen) sheep detective novel, THREE BAGS FULL.

Leonie will discuss her celebrated novel before she joins audiences for an opening week screening of The Sheep Detectives, which stars Hugh Jackman, et al. The book talk at 3pm is free (registration required) and a 4pm screening of The Sheep Detectives will follow, though tickets for the screening must be purchased separately through the UNITED website.

Register for the author talk here: https://unitedtheatre.org/shows/leonie-swann-author-talk/

Copies of THREE BAGS FULL will be available for purchase after the author talk.

04/17/2026

We have our next two dates for Storytime with Ms. Nancy confirmed! We hope to see you at 10 am on Monday, April 20th and Monday, April 27th. These events are free to attend but RSVPing is encouraged. Please RSVP at the link in our bio.

Nancy Miller (Ms. Nancy) is an elementary teacher with over 20 years of experience and a master’s degree in Reading and Literacy. She has spent much of her career in kindergarten, where read-aloud time was always the most magical part of the day.

Having lived and taught internationally, Nancy loves sharing stories that celebrate travel, diverse cultures, and the wide world beyond our own. Recently relocated to Westerly as a military spouse, she is thrilled to share her love of stories, laughter, and reading with the community through storytime at Martin House Books.

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03/25/2026

🎉 We hope that you'll join us on Sunday, April 12 at 4 pm at The United Theatre to celebrate Deborah Goodrich Royce's latest book BEST BOY! Deborah will be in conversation with Luanne Rice.

🎟️ Tickets include a signed book and exclusive BEST BOY swag!

🔗 Buy your tickets here: bit.ly/4aeItOV

‼️ This event was postponed due to weather and was originally supposed to take place on February 22, 2026. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for this new date.

03/09/2026

We have some great news! Our SOLD OUT event with Marie Benedict has just moved to a larger location at The United Theatre so we now have more tickets available for sale at the link below.

Join us on Tuesday, March 31 at 6 pm at The United Theatre for an author talk and signing with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Benedict. Marie will be discussing her latest book DAUGHER OF EGYPT with bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce

There is one ticketing option for this event and it includes a signed book. Buy your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4rpNKZb

Propelled by high adventure and deadly intrigue, DAUGHTER OF EGYPT is the story of two ambitious women who lived centuries apart. Both were forced to hide who they were during their lifetimes, yet ultimately changed history forever.

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02/22/2026

We plan to be open on Tuesday the 23rd but we will keep everyone posted. It all depends on the snow! Thank you!