Peddling Prose Bookshop

06/01/2026

June at Peddling Prose is looking pretty sweet 🍓📚

We’ve got 4 can’t-miss events lined up this month 🗓️✨

🍤 Shrimp Day at Thundering Shrimp Tattoo
🌿 Garden Market at Carolina Home & Garden
🫐 Bridgeton Blueberry Festival
🌸 U-Pick Flower Fields Grand Opening

Grab your calendar, pick your favorites, and come hang out with us around town ☀️

05/29/2026

Just finished Yesteryear and now I NEED someone to talk about it with. 😅📚

Has anyone else read this one? And more importantly… would y’all be interested in a Peddling Prose book club? Nothing fancy—just good books, good conversations, and probably a little overanalyzing fictional characters. 👀

Let me know in the comments if you’d be interested!

And don’t forget to stop by and see Tilly and her Traveling Tales tomorrow at Paws on the Battlefield! 🐾❤️ We’d love to see you there.

05/27/2026

🐾 Grab your pups and come hang out with us this Saturday at Paws on the Battlefield from 10–2! 🐶

There’s gonna be:
🎶 Live music
🌮 Food trucks
🛍️ Local vendors
🐾 Lots of dogs
🚔 A live demo from the Sheriff’s K9 Unit

Admission is just a $5 donation, and all proceeds go to Friends of Craven County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Protective Services ❤️

It’s basically the perfect Saturday, good food, good people, and a whole bunch of happy dogs. What more could you need? 🐕✨

05/27/2026

We love the Bridgeton Blueberry Festival and look forward to returning as a vendor this year with Tilly and her Traveling Tales. There are so many things to see and do, there is guaranteed to be something for the whole family.
Bridgeton BlueberryFest

On June 13th in North Carolina, the Bridgeton Blueberry Festival takes place as one of the sweetest events of the summer in coastal NC! Held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Vernon Blades Park, near Academy and B Street, this waterfront festival brings a full day of food, music, shopping, and family fun to Bridgeton. Visitors can pick up fresh blueberries, browse more than 70 vendors, and enjoy over 12 food trucks serving festival favorites. Carnival treats, BIC’s Beer Tent, and live music from the Southern Hellcats add to the lively summer setting. Families will find plenty for kids, including waterslide fun, a playground, swings, and New Bern Puppets performing shows every hour. Kids can also help paint a brick for Brindy the Brick Snake. The festival also includes K-9 demos by the Craven County Sheriff’s Office, Possumwood Acres Wild Animal Sanctuary, a dunk tank, cooling stations, and an ATM on-site. With treats, animals, music, vendors, and waterfront views, it’s a fun coastal NC day trip full of sweet blueberry themed food and drink!

05/26/2026

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jessica Hale. Hi Jessica, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.From the time I was young, books were more than just stories or required schoolwork, they were comfort, adventure, and home. A lifelong reader, I have always ...

05/26/2026

This Saturday bring your pup and come out to support this wonderful organization. There will be local vendors to shop, a food truck, and games for kids. Fun for the whole family, 4 legged kiddos included!

52 days from the main event.
Paws on the Battlefield.
Walk your dog and socialize at the New Bern Battlefield.

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. 🇺s

Coming from a proud military family, this day has always held a special meaning for me. I’m deeply grateful for the courage, sacrifice, and service of those who made our freedoms possible.

05/23/2026

Happy Saturday from Peddling Prose Bookshop 📚✨

Here’s a little silent book review of some of the reads we’ve been diving into lately 👀
Have you read any of these? Tell us your thoughts (or your hot takes 👀) in the comments!

05/20/2026

Moms deserve more than just one day, so we’re keeping the celebration going all month long 💐🥂📚

Join us tomorrow at Franklin's for Moms & Mimosas! Come sip, shop, browse beautiful vintage finds, and treat yourself, or your favorite mom, to a new book from Peddling Prose Bookshop ✨

We’ll have a curated selection of reads perfect for beach bags, bedside tables, and well-deserved quiet moments 😉

See you there! 💕

05/18/2026

One whole month of Tilly and her Traveling Tales 🚌📚💛

It still feels a little surreal to say that out loud. What started as a tiny idea has already brought so many sweet conversations, book recommendations, pop-up adventures, and support from this amazing community.

To every single person who has stopped by a pop-up, shared a post, bought a book, brought a friend, or simply cheered this little dream on, thank you. Truly. Small businesses don’t grow without community behind them, and I’m so grateful for each of you.

Tilly and I are just getting started, and I cannot wait to see where the next chapter takes us ✨