Changing Hands Bookstore

11/06/2026

FREE EVENT TONIGHT IN TEMPE — Join author Alexandra Kennington as she discusses and signs her latest novel, DROWN THE BONES, where the spare heir must work with an enemy prince to discover who murdered her twin in this gripping slow-burn romantasy. In conversation with Jaclyn Rodriguez.

🗓️ FRI, NOV 6 @ 7PM
📍 CHANGING HANDS TEMPE
🔥 FREE EVENT

🔗 RSVP: https://changinghands.com/event/2026-11-06/alexandra-kennington-drown-bones

Alexandra Kennington: Drown the Bones
Fri, 11/6/2026 - 7:00pm
Place:
Changing Hands Bookstore - Phoenix
300 West Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ 85013
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Join author Alexandra Kennington as she discusses and signs her latest novel, Drown the Bones, where the spare heir must work with an enemy prince to discover who murdered her twin in this gripping slow-burn romantasy. In conversation with Jaclyn Rodriguez.

ABOUT THE BOOK

As the younger twin, Merridan has never minded being the "spare" to the Rothian royal throne. She knows her brother, Von, will be an excellent king, and she'd rather devote her time to the Goddess, faithfully using her magic to send deceased spirits from the holy lake to the Afterworld.

When the unthinkable happens and her brother is murdered, she is certain their rival kingdom, Nova, is to blame. After all, they worship a false deity and use their magic to toy with necromancy. But when the Goddess halts the investigation of Von's death, Merridan takes matters into her own hands, performing a forbidden Novian ritual to attempt to speak to her brother's ghost.

The last thing Merridan expects is to raise the wrong ghost. Now she's bound to Phoenix Darragon, the arrogant crown prince of Nova--who was murdered the same night as Von. The prince makes Merridan a deal: if she takes his spirit to Nova to be resurrected, he will help her find her brother's killer.

But uncovering the truth about the murderer means discovering Phoenix's secrets, too. As the attraction between Merridan and the prince becomes undeniable and the threat of war builds, she must decide whether finding the truth is worth its cost if it means her beloved relationship with the Goddess is changed forever.

11/05/2026

📣 Our November workshops are filling fast! 📣 Don't miss First Friday Poetry, Game Night, Leather Wallet Sewing Workshop with , Mixed Media Ornament Workshop with and more!⁠
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🔗 Details and registration: https://changinghands.com/upcoming-events

11/02/2026

📣 Our November event calendar is LIVE! 📣⁠
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Get ready for events with , , , , , , and more! From author events and fun workshops to book clubs, there’s something for everyone this month.⁠
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🔗 Check out the full lineup and secure your spot: https://changinghands.com/upcoming-events

10/29/2026

👻 Our booksellers and bartenders have been creating book-themed pumpkins for spooky season! Check out our final patch ;)
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🎃 SHE'S A DOLL by Barbara Truelove ()⁠
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🎃 TOM NANCY: The Sheep Who Swapped Brains with a Boy by Mac Barnett ()⁠
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🎃 PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir ()
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🎃 JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH by Roald Dahl
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🎃 THE BAKERY DRAGON by Devin Elle Kurtz ()⁠

🎃 DON'T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson ()

🎃 THE WISE PICKLE by Sarah Howden (.sarah)

10/28/2026

Heads up, Arizona metal fans! Testament frontman Chuck Billy will be at our Tempe store this Thursday at 7pm with his new memoir, Holding My Breath.

azcentral's Ed Masley spoke with Chuck about his harrowing cancer journey, his Native American roots and how they've sustained him, and his co-creation of the scene that gave birth not just to Testament but to Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, and other legends of thrash.

Testament singer Chuck Billy reflects on life on the thrash-metal frontlines and battling cancer in exclusive interview.

10/28/2026

Witches, ghosts, and really good books. 🌙🔮 Our stores are filled with spooky reads and eerie gifts. Come pick your poison. ☠️📖

10/27/2026

Full List: https://www.changinghands.com/page/new-books-out-week

10/26/2026

On tap this week at our in Phoenix.⁠
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🌇 Sunset Pucker Sour Ale by .brew⁠
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🥣 Second Breakfast Oatmeal Stout by
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🍺 Apricot Blonde by
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🍻 And more! ⁠
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Stop by and say hello. We’d love to see you.⁠ Cheers!⁠
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10/23/2026

Join author Denise Derya Brandt as she discusses and signs her novel, INSTANBUL DREAMING, a gripping historical novel set in 1950s Turkey about a young woman who flees an arranged marriage to pursue independence in Istanbul, where she finds forbidden love with an American airman. In conversation with Dr. Gary M. Grossman.

🗓️ FRI, OCT 30 @ 7PM
📍 CHANGING HANDS TEMPE
🔥 FREE EVENT

🔗 RSVP at the link in our bio.

ABOUT THE BOOK
In 1950s Turkey, against the backdrop of the social and political unrest that will culminate in Turkey's 1960 military coup d'état, a dutiful daughter is torn between family expectations and her dream of becoming a modern Turkish woman.

One night, seventeen-year-old Ayten sneaks away to Istanbul for a night of dancing with her best friend. When her father discovers her rebellion, he forces her into an arranged religious marriage to a distant relative who bullied her as a child. Initially, Ayten resigns herself to her fate--but after her husband sexually assaults her on their wedding night, she flees him and her family for haven in Istanbul.

Living with friends and working as a seamstress at her friend's boutique, Ayten tries to rebuild her life. Then she meets Earl, an American airman, and they begin to fall in love--but as their connection deepens, secrets and her past threaten to upend all she's built. Torn between her family and a future with Earl, Ayten must decide what she's willing to sacrifice for freedom and forbidden love.

10/22/2026

TUESDAY IN TEMPE—Poets Tracey Knapp and Kim Addonizio present their latest collections, SWERVE and EXIT OPERA.

🗓️ TUE, OCT 27 @ 7PM
📍 CHANGING HANDS TEMPE
🔥 FREE EVENT

🔗 RSVP: https://changinghands.com/event/2026-10-27/tracey-knapp-and-kim-addonizio

ABOUT THE BOOKS:

Exit Opera:
Set in locations from dive bars to Montparnasse Cemetery, from an ancient Greek temple to a tourist shop in Assisi, Exit Opera explores the ever-vexing issues of time, mortality, love, and loss, and considers the roles of art and human connection. Whatever their nominal subject--jazz, zombies, Buddhism, Siberian tigers--these poems make for a compelling mix of humor and pain, difficulty and solace. In a nod to Keats, one of the many fellow travelers in these poems, Addonizio invites us to "[inscribe] a few verses on whatever water / you can find" and assures readers that they are not alone in navigating the challenges and changes of mortal life. As she writes in "My Opera"

Swerve:
The staging is difficult. Exploding stars
are involved, high-redshift galaxies, interior chambers,
a little country blues, a little jazz guitar, a jam jar containing
a tiny ocean & a tinier rowboat rocking gently in the swells
that I am steering toward you in the dark.