The Head & The Hand

The Head & The Hand Craft book publishing - www.theheadandthehand.com - 2644 Coral St., Philadelphia, PA 19125 - [email protected]

Craft book publishing and bookstore in Fishtown/Kensington - www.theheadandthehand.com - [email protected]

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Writing group is BACK! Join us at Valerio Coffee Roasters fishtown on 8/29 at 2pm. Sign up in bio.Have writers block? Kr...
08/11/2026

Writing group is BACK! Join us at Valerio Coffee Roasters fishtown on 8/29 at 2pm. Sign up in bio.

Have writers block? Kristen 📚 has many prompts (across all genres) to get you started!

Friends!!! Kayli and Max, who visited us last November for Date Night, came back AND GOT ENGAGED at the end of July! Swi...
08/08/2026

Friends!!! Kayli and Max, who visited us last November for Date Night, came back AND GOT ENGAGED at the end of July!

Swipe through to see their special bookish engagement! The last photo is from their “Friday I’m in Love” story post in January.

Read their love story below and raise a glass in congrats to these two💕🥂📚

“Ironically enough, we were out with our friends and ended up at bars across the street from each other the night before our first date. We snuck out for about an hour to just to talk for a little but something was different that night. Remember the Jason Kelce story where Kylie walked into the bar and he just knew? That. It was that feeling. That was two years ago and since that night we just haven’t stopped talking. About books. About Taylor Swift. About Percy Jackson. About The Birds. About the 2 dogs we call our kids. So thank you H&H helping celebrate our 2nd anniversary in the best way we know how; a night filled with conversations about our favorite things. And, of course, for the newest books in the TBR pile.“ — Kayli + Max

HOT 🔥 DEBUT 🔥 SUMMER is almost here! It’s our evening author panel on Saturday 8/22, part of The Philly Bookstore Crawl!...
08/07/2026

HOT 🔥 DEBUT 🔥 SUMMER is almost here! It’s our evening author panel on Saturday 8/22, part of The Philly Bookstore Crawl! Doors at 6:30, event kickoff at 7:00! Snag a free ticket at the Eventbrite link in our bio.

When Samantha Paige Rosen proposed this panel months ago, we jumped at the chance to host. She’s gathered some of the coolest 2026 debut authors across genres 🌈 Get to know the debut crew Kat Stoddard Yu-Mei Balasingamchow Kim Narby and then come hang out on 8/22!

July was jam-packed with joy, like our poetry & publishing panel with Ali Eric Smith Cordelia Allen Jensen Artress White...
08/05/2026

July was jam-packed with joy, like our poetry & publishing panel with Ali Eric Smith Cordelia Allen Jensen Artress White. Our hour-long conversation & Q&A covered…
✨Tips for finding a poetry-specific agent
✨Adapting your collection for younger readers
✨Places to submit your poetry without breaking the bank on fees
✨Finding your writer community
and so so much more!

We’ve made over 500 custom playlists for our date nights. Setting the table, lighting the candles…it never gets old. We love love. We had 💍 two engagements 💍 in July. Keep an eye out for those photos in our ongoing Friday, I’m in Love feature!

It can be hard to triangulate the schedules of 15+ people, but our new volunteer coordinator Charlotte Morris organized an adorable taco night at LMNO successfully! 🌮 August’s hangout? Trivia at Philadelphia Brewing Company 🤓

It’s that time of year again! The Philly Book Crawl is back for year 4 on Saturday, August 22. Plan your route to visit ...
07/28/2026

It’s that time of year again! The Philly Book Crawl is back for year 4 on Saturday, August 22. Plan your route to visit the many cool bookstores in and outside Philly!

At H&H, enjoy complimentary wine from our friends at Pray Tell while you shop!

Browse our special Blind Date with a Book packages!

Plus find tickets hidden throughout the store to win things like Date Nights!

We’ll have book signings in the afternoon:
— FAT SWIM w/ Emma Copley Eisenberg from 1-2 PM
— BONEBAG w/ E.M. Elliott from 2-3 PM

And we’re ending the day with a bang: HOT DEBUT SUMMER author panel from 7-9 PM

Join Samantha Paige Rosen (Living, Together) Yu-Mei Balasingamchow (Names Have Been Changed), Kat Stoddard (Wasp’s Nest), and Kim Narby (Saturn Returning) for Hot Debut Summer: a celebration of the debut author experience! You’ll learn how these first-time authors claimed space in the market; took their work from inspiration to publication at Big 5s, indies, and influencer imprints; and their advice for aspiring authors around approaching publicity and building literary community. Wear your hottest outfit, whatever that means to you, and be prepared to weigh in on a literary rendition of “hot or not!” Drinks and snacks provided, plus a summer surprise!

A highlight of our volunteer Kristen 📚 ‘s day: a customer came in asking for historical fiction recs and they bought all...
07/26/2026

A highlight of our volunteer Kristen 📚 ‘s day: a customer came in asking for historical fiction recs and they bought all of Kristen’s recommendations! Swipe to see the titles & stop in for some great book recs!

It’s Samantha Paige Rosen signing those stacks of her debut anthology! The LIVING, TOGETHER launch & potluck is Thursday...
07/15/2026

It’s Samantha Paige Rosen signing those stacks of her debut anthology! The LIVING, TOGETHER launch & potluck is Thursday (tomorrow!) evening at 6:30 PM at Philadelphia Ethical Society, and it’s not too late to grab a (free OR with-book) ticket!

We’ll have LIVING, TOGETHER available at the event, as well as THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OTHERS by Rhaina Cohen and ENTWINED by Alex Alberto, both of whom will be in conversation with Sam.

The Eventbrite registration 🔗 link 🔗 is in our bio. Can’t wait to see y’all there! 🏡🚐✈️🏘️🛣️

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Writers often hear the adage “poetry doesn’t sell” from industry professionals, when the reality is the opposite! Litera...
07/12/2026

Writers often hear the adage “poetry doesn’t sell” from industry professionals, when the reality is the opposite! Literary agent Eric Smith and poets Ali Trotta, Artress Bethany White, and Cordelia Jensen will discuss how to make your poetry collection appealing to agents & publishers.

This panel discussion will be on Thursday, July 23 at 7 PM at H&H Books. Registration is free & required—seating is limited! Visit pitchingpoetry.eventbrite.com to reserve your spot or find the link in our bio. 🖋️

Last night’s author event was a great one! Thank you to everyone who came out, and to Joe Osmundson Carina del Valle Sch...
07/09/2026

Last night’s author event was a great one! Thank you to everyone who came out, and to Joe Osmundson Carina del Valle Schorske Joseph Earl Thomas for a rousing conversation that touched on MANY THINGS, including the village mindset, lack of structural support for families and what we could actually do as a society to support those who have or want children, as well as differentiating what makes a family legally vs practically.

We’ve got a lot of great author events coming up so STAY TUNED!

ABOUT SPAWNING SEASON:
Since grade school, Joseph Osmundson dreamed of being pregnant. As he grew into the q***r scientist he is today, the economic precarity of academia and the warming planet led to his decision not to reproduce. That is, until a le***an couple he had known since college came to him with a proposition: would Joe be a bio-dad and would he co-parent alongside them?

Soon everything was falling into place. But when the two partners communicated their need for a child to reflect their own racial backgrounds, Joe’s whiteness exposed fault lines in their parenting journey. SPAWNING SEASON is a genre-bending memoir that treats the scientific as integral to the personal and that builds an entire species of the grief we carry in our bodies.

Find it and other cool-as-hell reads in our shop 💫

***rparenting fishtownphilly

The rumors are true: H&H is OPEN July 4th & 5th per usual, 10a-4:45p, and the air conditioning is ON.
07/02/2026

The rumors are true: H&H is OPEN July 4th & 5th per usual, 10a-4:45p, and the air conditioning is ON.

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