Huxley and Hiro

Huxley and Hiro Huxley and Hiro Community Booksellers

08/23/2026

Best brunch in town 🩵🤍♥️

Join us September 9 at Huxley & Hiro as we welcome Sam A Miller for discussion of his debut publication Still Lost: Tale...
08/21/2026

Join us September 9 at Huxley & Hiro as we welcome Sam A Miller for discussion of his debut publication Still Lost: Tales From The Year 2080.

From the beloved creator of the wildly popular Sam O’Nella Academy YouTube channel, an irreverent and timely science fiction collection that offers a wry look at the not-so-distant future.

A hyper advanced alien race seemingly solves all existential threats—no climate change, no nuclear weapons, no singularity crisis…and yet, in crisis we remain. Because humans are their own existential threat in the not dys- or u-topian, but simply “topian” world of this interconnected collection: In “Four Little Words” scientists discover the shocking truth about grass. In “Eggs For Roman,” a baboon with human intelligence gets cyberbullied. And in “Beat,” a young man must save his own life from the music that’s taken it hostage.

Often funny and always profound, Still Lost bends reality just enough for it to become a mirror and takes its readers on a daring and strange ride—an ultra-timely, sardonic collection that feasts on the follies and earnest absurdities of humanity.

📘Books will be available for purchase at the event.
🔗Free Entrance, Registration Required, link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-a-miller-author-talk-at-huxley-hiro-bookstore-tickets-1996113525288?aff=Fb

Crazy sky colors tonight...
08/21/2026

Crazy sky colors tonight...

Join us in celebrating the release of Jennifer Herrera new novel Siren Says, along with a discussion moderated by Xio Ax...
08/19/2026

Join us in celebrating the release of Jennifer Herrera new novel Siren Says, along with a discussion moderated by Xio Axelrod

Siren Says is a sumptuous escape into a world of Celtic spirits and botanical magic, Siren Says is a bewitching story of the unbreakable bonds between women, the interplay between goodness and power, and the capacity of love to mend our very souls.

Books will be available for purchase at the event.
Free Entrance, Registration Required.

08/18/2026

Started the video with the same book I ended my last Summer Reading Promotion video with; Yesteryear.. tell us all your thoughts!! Ended the video with a book I’m reading for our next Author Talk with Jennifer Herrera & my bloom daily planners® that you can purchase at their pop-up here this Saturday for Philly Book Crawl!

Our customer of the week, Akhari, would like to thank you for celebrating Romance Bookstore Day with us yesterday! He al...
08/16/2026

Our customer of the week, Akhari, would like to thank you for celebrating Romance Bookstore Day with us yesterday! He also wants to let you know that this Wednesday we’re honoring the release of Jennifer Herrera new novel Siren Says, along with a discussion moderated by Xio Axelrod - you won't want to miss it! Link in bio to register for our free author talk and signing.

Saturday is Philly Book Crawl! Start your day at Huxley and walk ten minutes down to the Amtrak station. We’ll have an in-house author signing with G. R. Hastings and pop-up with bloom daily planners® just in time for the start of a new upcoming school season. We hope to see you there!

Huxley & Hiro Booksellers and The Delaware Historical Society welcome Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz for an author talk at the...
08/14/2026

Huxley & Hiro Booksellers and The Delaware Historical Society welcome Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz for an author talk at the Delaware History Museum and Center for African American Heritage.

Cristin will speak on her new book The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks Who Saved America.

🗓️Sunday September 13, 2-4pm.
🔗Free event. Registration Required. (link in bio)

About the book: On the morning of September 11, 1851, fugitive slave turned community leader William Parker stood his ground at his farmhouse door in Christiana, Pennsylvania, as a Maryland enslaver named Edward Gorsuch arrived with a federal marshal and an armed posse to reclaim four men who who had escaped his plantation. What happened next became a national fixation: as Parker refused to relinquish the men to Gorusch or the U.S. Marshall he hired who came with warrants in hand, his wife blew a tin horn out their attic window—a signal to the local community to come running.

Soon, the small farm was overrun with Black men and women, simple farmers carrying farm tools as weapons, determined to stop Gorsuch’s plans. Two local white men also appeared—one Quaker on foot, one miller on horseback—and when they too refused to help, despite the recently passed Fugitive Slave Act demanding that they should, the standoff spun into chaos. By the end of the morning, Gorsuch was dead and the rest of his posse injured or on the run. By the next day, dozens of local men, Black and white, were arrested, and with the eyes of the country on them, charged with Treason in a trial that would captivate a nation.

Newspapers at the time ran the headlines like Civil War — The First Blow Struck. The president himself advised the prosecution, while Thaddeus Stevens brought his brash wit to the defense. Sixty years later, The New York Times was still describing it as “really the first bloodshed of the civil war.” And then, somehow, the story nearly disappeared from American memory.


✍️We hope to see you there!

Bookstore Romance Day is this Saturday August 15, a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebr...
08/13/2026

Bookstore Romance Day is this Saturday August 15, a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books, readers, and writers—and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the Romance community. 

We’ll have a raffle for a romance gift bundle and we’ll be joined by wonderful mix of local vendors:

💜 Author Susan W Green, Author selling and signing her Crystal Lake series book
💜 The Neon Poodle Vegan bath bombs, soap & shower steamers.  
💜 Date & Maple Cafe Matcha and made from scratch pastries
💜 The High Life Candle Co LLC 👑 100% soy wax, and no synthetic fragrances
 💜 Erika Ramos Build your own mini bookshelf! 

More Bookstore Romance Day fun Create Magic Art Shop One block away at 419 N. Market St. Our dear friends Create Magic Art Shop will have a laid-back vibe with three craft stations set up, including “Bedazzle Your Own Book” with local indie romance lover Jessie bring your favorite romance novel or, better yet, pick up a new one from Huxley & Hiro before the workshop!). Make a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind floral frame for your reading nook with VS - Floral Design | Curated Experiences | DE + Philadelphia Design a personalized (maybe spicy) bookmark using collage materials, a tassel, and have it laminated by local Delaware artist Ari | Craft tickets are $40 for all three craft stations, visit their link in their bio to purchase.

Romance bookstore day is a free event at our store all day this Saturday. We can't wait to see our romantics here!💜💜💜

Last week we celebrated at the Best of Delaware party for best bookshop upstate. Thanks again for voting for us! It mean...
08/11/2026

Last week we celebrated at the Best of Delaware party for best bookshop upstate. Thanks again for voting for us! It means the world to be your local indie bookstore, our community is what drives us. Thank you for shopping small (not A*mzon), reading banned books and keeping literature alive with us!📚📚📚

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Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday 11am - 8pm
Saturday 12pm - 8pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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