Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Est. 2017
Welcome
Building a Community of Readers, One Book at a Time.
Bel Canto Books is a Long Beach-based bookstore startup, hosting monthly pop-up events throughout Long Beach and our neighboring communities.
Our signature “Friends with Books” book club brings together curious readers with just the right book, hand-picked for them.
We celebrate diversity and inclusion, offering a curated selection of compelling fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
Interested in bringing Bel Canto Books to your neighborhood? Email us at belcantobooks@gmail.com.
nanowrimo 2019
Kickoff Meeting at the hangout
Register at: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2C7M83XZSZ958
Saturday 10.26.19
11AM to 12PM
at The Hangout
2122 E. 4th Street, Long Beach, CA 90803
Join Bel Canto Books as we gear up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) with a Kickoff Meeting at The Hangout.
Hear from past NaNoWriMo participants, share your writing goals and stock up on writing tools to help keep you motivated and on track.
Here's to telling your story!
UPCOMING EVENTS
WHERE WE'RE POPPING UP NEXT
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
UPCOMING EVENTS
10.10.19 Thursday
Bullet Journaling Workshop
(REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED)
6PM to 8PM at Craft + Light Art Studio
5614 E. 2nd Street (near Campo Dr), Long Beach CA
10.12.19 Saturday
Pop-Up Bookstore at Steel Cup Cafe
9AM to 3PM
2201 N. Lakewood Blvd. Ste E, Long Beach CA
Plenty of free parking!
10.27.19 Sunday
"FRIENDS WITH BOOKS" BOOKCLUB
3:00PM to 5:00PM at District Wine
144 Linden Avenue (at Broadway), Long Beach CA
$35pp includes a handpicked book,
wine toast, and nosh plate goodness!
11.01.19 Friday
Pop-Up Bookstore at DTLB Farmers' Market
10AM to 2PM
3rd Street & Promenade, Long Beach CA
Plenty of free 2 hour parking!
SAVE THE DATE
FUTURE BOOKCLUB DATES
Join our monthly bookclub gatherings!
- Sunday 11.17.19
- Sunday 12.15.19
DON'T WANT TO MISS US?
Follow us on Instagram or Facebook at @belcantobooks
to stay up to date on our latest pop-up bookstore events.
more literary events around town
Upcoming 2019 Literary Events
Join Bel Canto Books as we take in some of the great literary events available to us in Long Beach, LA and the surrounding areas!
Thu 10/17 –
Fiction: Zadie Smith @ First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (via Booksoup)
Tue 10/22 –
Poetry: Hanif Abdurraqib @ Skylight Books
Wed 10/30 –
Fiction: Elizabeth Strout & Lisa See @ Hermosa Beach Community Center (via pages: a bookstore)
Tue 11/05 –
Fiction: Ann Patchett @ All Saints Church, Pasadena (via Vroman’s)
audiobooks that make a difference
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A Few of our Favorite Audiobooks
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
A wonderful collection of mini essays by poet Ross Gay on finding delight in our often scary and confusing world. Perfect for new moms or anyone looking for a little daily joy and inspiration.
We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
One of the best memoirs we've listened to! Union is whip-smart and unflinchingly honest about the ups and downs of her middle class upbringing and celebrity success story.
Calypso by David Sedaris
Filled with irreverent humor, hilarious family and travel stories and a poignant reckoning with the trials and triumphs of growing older, this is Sedaris at his best!
Bel Canto Books Event album
our mission
Joy. Creativity. Curiosity.
It all starts with a story…how a great book captivates and enlivens us, how the fairytales our parents tell us spark our sense of wonder and love of creativity, how we first learn to explore and dream and fly in the pages of our favorite books.
Spreading the Love of Reading
Our mission at Bel Canto Books is to foster joy, creativity and curiosity, one book, one connection at a time. Our events program focuses on community engagement and collaboration to provide an outlet for learning and inspiration.
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