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The Unreliable Narrator

Small independent bookstore located in Rochester, NY.

08/23/2026

New Date for our Pizza Party! Next Sunday August 30th from 4:30pm-6:30pm.

Turns out most local pizza shops are closed Monday, so that’s the reason for the change!

Join us to celebrate the end of our Summer Reading Quest with FREE PIZZA! Please RSVP on our website if you plan on coming, so we can try to have enough pizza!

We will have vegan and gluten-free options. Pizza will be from PIZWIZ and Katelyn Dunne

pizza pizza pizza!

You’ll still have until Monday August 31st to turn in your summer reading quest!

08/22/2026

My Bookery ROC is here today on our patio! Stop by and support her! Get two stamps on your Rochester Book Crawl guide today!

Open until 6!

Please note we are cash only right now! Our internet is misbehaving! :(
Hope to have it fixed sometime this afternoon.
Pray to the internet gods for us!

08/21/2026

Please bring cash today and tomorrow! Our internet is acting up. It will hopefully be restored by 2pm tomorrow.
Sorry for the inconvenience! Thanks for understanding!

08/16/2026

Stop by today to visit and support Java💁🏾‍♀️ !
Popping up outside on our patio!

You’ll be able to get two stamps on your book crawl guide here today!! One from us, and one from Bottom-Up Books!

Open until 4pm

For all the info on the Rochester Book Crawl, follow rochesterbookcrawl

08/14/2026

The Rochester Book Crawl starts tomorrow!

We have Book Crawl Totes, free with any purchase over $50!

Giles (giles ) has been toiling away on our blind date with a staff pick books! Big shout and thanks to him, impeccable handwriting as always!Almost too pretty to unwrap.

We are open tomorrow 11am-6pm

You can also visit us at the Book Crawl Launch Party at Kin Event Space from 2pm-8pm tomorrow.
We will be there with 14 other bookish vendors!

There will be 8 booksellers there participating in the Book Crawl! That’s 8 stamps on your crawl guide in one place!

08/08/2026

Today!
Stop by to support Tallie outside on the patio! Here until 2pm

We also have a sale table and cart setup with books & gifts 50% off.

The Neighborhood of the Arts Summer Social is today as well! Stop by to grab a raffle ticket and take it over to Three Heads Brewing to enter into awesome giveaway!
Check out NOTA Business Association for all the participating businesses today. Come out and meet our neighbors!

08/06/2026

This Saturday, August 8th come and visit all our neighbors during the Neighborhood of the Arts Summer Social!
Stop by to visit Tallie’s Tasty Pasties Tallie outside on our patio as part of our Pop-Up Pride summer.

We will also have a sale table setup, with discounts between 40-50%!

Tallie’s Tasty Pasties is a one-stop-shop for all things ni**le covers. Whether you’re in need of a cute multi-use pair to provide modest coverage when you’re going bra-free or a tasseled and bedazzled pair to accentuate your personalities, Tallie’s Tasty Pasties has what you need. Because at the end of the day, If the nips gonna slip, it may as well sparkle.
Tallie will be here from 11am-2pm

For more info about the Summer Stroll, follow NOTA Business Association

10AM–5PM
Neighborhood of the Arts, Rochester NY ☀️

🧹 Neighborhood Cleanup with Walking For Rochester (9AM–10AM)
🥯 Neighborhood of the Arts Association Bagel Brunch at the Merriman playground (10AM–12PM)
🎨 Viciously Crafty - WNY Summer Makers Market (11AM–4PM)
🤝 Community org & local biz pop-ups at Three Heads Brewing (11AM–5PM)
🗺️ Neighborhood Shop Hop with raffle prizes from local members (11AM–5PM)

20+ participating businesses and organizations.

08/03/2026

Upcoming Events!

07/27/2026

Join us on Sunday August 16th from 4:30pm-6pm for Navigating Community Conflict with Lex Hubbell

Navigating conflict is an essential skill for being in community together. Being able to communicate with one another in times of distress as well as in calm times is crucial.
Come learn about restorative and transformative ways to be in relationship with one another in community. We will practice communicating with each other about hard things and will learn about how we can be active and helpful folks for people navigating conflict in our communities.

Free to attend, SIGN UP REQUIRED, space is limited!
unreliablebooks.com/skillshare

07/26/2026

Join us for a poetry reading by Dr. Stevie Edwards author of The Weather Inside.

August 7th, doors at 6:30pm Reading at 7pm

Please RSVP on our website!
unreliablebooks.com/events

Dr. Stevie Edwards is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University and Poetry Editor of The South Carolina Review. Stevie’s poems have appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, TriQuarterly, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. She is the author of The Weather Inside (University of Arkansas Press, 2026), Quiet Armor (Northwestern University Press, 2023), Sadness Workshop (Button Poetry, 2018), Humanly (Small Doggies Press, 2015), and Good Grief (Write Bloody Publishing, 2012). She holds a PhD from the University of North Texas and an MFA from Cornell University. Originally a Michigander, she now lives in South Carolina with her spouse and a small herd of rescue pitbulls. Her work has been supported by Vermont Studio Center, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, SAFTA Firefly Farms, and Buinho Creative Hub.

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274 North Goodman Street Suite B133
Rochester, NY
14607

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