Next Chapter Books

06/20/2026

Next Saturday! Get your running/walking 👟 and get here!

June 27

9:30 AM: We Run 313 Book Talk & Signing ☕️ + 📚

Followed by an optional 2 mile & 5 K run!

Come for the book talk or the book talk and no cost run. All levels welcome! Please register on our website to reserve your spot😊

Children’s storytime will pause next Saturday for this event and resume the following weekend.

06/16/2026

New vendor! We’re excited to welcome beautiful new greeting cards by artist Rawan Ita-Diaz Rawan Ita-Diaz • Watercolor Artist to the bookstore! 🎨

Rawan is a talented and thoughtful creative who lives in East English Village. Each of her cards are a work of art- hand painted and ready to frame! Consider picking one out for Father’s Day, a birthday, a new baby, or a next chapter!

As a small business, we love supporting local entrepreneurs, and having beautiful work from our neighbors in our store!

Shop small, shop where you live💕

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06/16/2026

We look forward to hosting Michigan journalists & authors Tom Henderson and Patty LaNoue Stearns to the bookstore tomorrow evening!

Join us at 6 pm as these two friends and storytellers share from their newly published memoirs and chat about their lives as a longtime sports writer and food journalist.

See you there!

06/11/2026

06/11/2026

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06/10/2026

Author Storytime! We can't wait to welcome - editor of Black Summers, and author of Know The Mother and Nothing Special (all published by ) and introduce her to our Saturday Storytime crowd!

Please join us on June 20 as Desiree reads her very special picture book, featuring the close bond between a Detroit boy named Jax and his PopPop, and the timeless summer fun they share.

Gorgeously illustrated by Bec Sloane entirely of repurposed textiles, Nothing Special celebrates the enduring connection between the generations who stayed in the South and the millions of emigrants for whom it will always be home.

We hope you'll join us!

06/10/2026

Happy Pub Day to We Run 313, published here in the D by !

We look forward to hosting this one-of-a-kind book talk + community run on June 27. All levels welcome!

Start your Saturday with fitness, books, and community. Sign up on our website today! (link in bio)

06/06/2026

Coffee Lovers! We’ve got a new local offering joining our shelves, a brand beloved across the city. Welcome .coffee.company to the bookstore! Check out five new whole bean flavors, including decaf.

+ .coffee.company

Your Detroit coffee in your Eastside neighborhood. ☕️

06/03/2026

New nonfiction reads for the summer!

05/29/2026

READ & RUN! Join us to celebrate the book and premier run club that sparked a movement in Detroit!

More than a fitness group, We Run 313 is a revolution reclaiming space for Black runners in Detroit’s outdoors with power, pride, and purpose.

Each week, it brings people of all ages, abilities, and economic backgrounds together, revealing how running in community fosters connection, healing, and physical and mental well-being.

Join us on June 27 to hear from co-founder Lance Woods and fellow contributors of WeRun313: The Pulse of Detroit's Run Club () as they share their inspiring journeys to health & fitness, and pick up a copy of this compelling book that captures the heart and soul of this Detroit story.

Then lace up for a refreshing community run led by Lance and team - 2 miles or 5K, your pick! This event is free, but registration is required; Visit our website (link in bio) to reserve your spot!

ALL LEVELS WELCOME!