Oblong Books

06/08/2026

⭐ Oblong Events This Week! ⭐

⭐ Tuesday, June 9 @ 6pm! Join us at our Rhinebeck store for a book launch event with Pamela Pavliscak, author of ALL THE FEELS: How To Stay Human in the Digital World. Pamela will be in conversation with Jennie Baird.

Register here: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-06-09/pamela-pavliscak-all-the-feels

⭐ Thursday, June 11 @ 6pm! Join us at our Rhinebeck store for an event with Paul Rosolie, author of JUNGLEKEEPER: What it Takes to Change the World.

Register here: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-06-11/paul-rosolie-junglekeeper-what-it-takes-change-world

⭐ Saturday, June 13 from 12-4pm! Find us at Poughkeepsie Pride Festival at Waryas Park Promenade in Poughkeepsie!

Find out more: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-06-13/poughkeepsie-pride-fest-2026

For a full list of our events, visit: https://oblongbooks.com/events/calendar.

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06/04/2026

🌷Thank you to Hudson Valley Magazine for including our event with Wendy Hollender in this lineup of '15 Hudson Valley Literary Events to Bookmark this Summer"! 😎

Read the full list here: https://hvmag.com/things-to-do/literary-events-summer/

Register for our 6/27 event with Wendy Hollender here: https://hvmag.com/things-to-do/literary-events-summer/

Delight in summertime adventures with book-related literary events for a range of ages throughout the Hudson Valley.

05/29/2026

We are so honored to be included in this excellent roundup of bookstores in the Hudson Valley by Chronogram! We are in such good company. 💕

Check it out here, and support your local bookstores! https://www.chronogram.com/arts/booksauthors/local-independent-bookstores-to-check-out-in-the-hudson-valley/

Chronogram

Independent regional bookstores are not just retail outlets. They serve as bars, cafes, and communal areas. The Hudson Valley offers 12 interesting local bookstores with their own quirks.

05/25/2026

⭐ Oblong Events This Week! ⭐

⭐ Wednesday, May 27 @ 7pm! David Sedaris comes to Oblong Rhinebeck!

We can hardly wait to host David Sedaris in our Rhinebeck store this Wednesday for his new book, THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE.

A 7pm reading (sold out) will be followed by a FREE signing line, free tickets here: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-27/evening-david-sedaris.

For a full list of our events, visit: https://oblongbooks.com/events/calendar.

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05/18/2026

⭐ Oblong Events This Week! ⭐

⭐ Tuesday, May 19 @ 6:30pm! Join us at Morton Library for an event with Cynthia McVay, author of UNDER The CRUCIAN SUN, in conversation with Joseph Luzzi!

Tickets Required: ! https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-19/cynthia-mcvay-under-crucian-sun

⭐ Thursday, May 21 @ 6:00pm! Join us at our Rhinebeck store for an event with Eliza Swann, author of THE ALCHEMICAL IMAGINATION, in conversation with Susan Aberth & Theresa Widmann.

Free! https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-21/eliza-swann-alchemical-imagination

For a full list of our events, visit: https://oblongbooks.com/events/calendar.

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05/12/2026

⭐ Oblong Events This Weekend! ⭐

⭐ Sunday, May 17! Join us at Lime Rock Park in CT for Trade Secrets! We have some incredible author signings planned at the Oblong tent, along with tables full of books and gifts.

Get Tickets: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-17/oblong-books-trade-secrets-2026

⭐ Sunday, May 17! @ 4:30pm! Don't miss Scoville Library's event with Tom Shachtman, author of A JERICHO'S COBBLE!

Free! Register here: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-17/scoville-library-tom-shachtman-jerichos-cobble-miscellany

For a full list of our events, visit: https://oblongbooks.com/events/calendar.

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05/11/2026

⭐ Oblong Events This Week! ⭐

⭐ Tuesday, May 12 @ 6:00pm! Join us at our Rhinebeck store for an event with James Romm, author of SINCE YOU'RE MORTAL...

Free! Register here: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-12/james-romm-youre-mortal-life-lessons-greek-plays

⭐ Wednesday, May 13 @ 6:30pm! Join us at The White Hart for an event with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney for her new book, LAKE EFFECT.

Tickets Required: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-13/white-hart-cynthia-daprix-sweeney

For a full list of our events, visit: https://oblongbooks.com/events/calendar.

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05/04/2026

⭐ Saturday, May 9 @ 11:00am! Join us at our Rhinebeck store for a Mother's Day storytime and book signing with Jessica Love, illustrator of LITTLE PASSENGER!

Free! Register here: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-09/mothers-day-storytime-book-signing-jessica-love

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05/04/2026

⭐ Oblong Events This Week! ⭐

⭐ Tuesday, May 5 @ 6:30 pm! Join us at Morton Library for an event with Francine Prose, author of FIVE WEEKS IN THE COUNTRY, in conversation with Alex Hannaford!

Tickets Required: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-05/francine-prose-five-weeks-country

⭐ Friday, May 8 @ 6:00pm! Join us at our Rhinebeck store for an event with Lindsey Danis, author of (OUT) ON THE ROAD: The Radical Joy of Q***r Travel!

Free! Register here: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-08/lindsey-danis-out-road-radical-joy-queer-travel

⭐ Saturday, May 9 @ 11:00am! Join us at our Rhinebeck store for a Mother's Day storytime and book signing with Jessica Love, illustrator of LITTLE PASSENGER!

Free! Register here: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-09/mothers-day-storytime-book-signing-jessica-love

For a full list of our events, visit: https://oblongbooks.com/events/calendar.

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04/29/2026

Don't Miss Francine Prose in Chronogram this week! https://www.chronogram.com/arts/booksauthors/francine-prose-on-five-weeks-in-the-country-and-dickenss-domestic-drama/

⭐ Tuesday, May 5 @ 6:30pm: Join us at Morton Memorial Library for an event with Francine Prose, author of FIVE WEEKS IN THE COUNTRY! Francine will be in conversation with Alex Hannaford. ⭐

Tickets Required. Get tickets: https://oblongbooks.com/event/2026-05-05/francine-prose-five-weeks-country.

From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Reading Like a Writer and Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris, 1932 comes an utterly original novel inspired by the strange friendship between Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen and set during the summer when Dickens's family life exploded.

Presented in partnership with Morton Memorial Library.