Big Hill Books is one of 28 metro area indie bookstores participating in this year’s annual Independent Bookstore Day (IBD). Stop by anytime April 24 through April 28 to pick up your personal IBD passport and get your Big Hill Books stamp. On April 27, Big Hill Books’ special offers will include ALL picture books at 40% off, and select home goods and non-book merchandise at 20% off! Support each indie shop you visit and show your love for all independent booksellers.

Author Marina Cantacuzino continues the work she began in 2004 when she founded The Forgiveness Project. Her latest book helps us better understand what forgiveness is and what it most definitely isn’t. RSVPs encouraged but not required.

Thursday mornings are for our tiny tot book lovers. Bring your wee ones to Big Hill Books for Storytime with our talented Friends of Big Hill Books volunteer readers. It’s never too early to introduce children to books. Local children’s author Melanie Heuiser Hill leads our Tiny Tots Thursday storytime program.

Drop by on the first Friday of every month for a low-key date night. Bring your special someone — your partner, your mother, your best friend — for a casual shopping experience and find your next great read together. Who knows? We may even have some musical entertainment!

During this year’s Bryn Mawr Festival of Garage Sales, you can support many local authors who will sell their books on the front lawn of Big Hill Books (weather permitting). Inside the bookstore, you'll find all children’s picture books discounted 40%. And we’ll feature select t-shirts and home goods at reduced prices, too.

Spring into nature with a time of calm, conversation and coffee/tea with selected topics from “Braiding Sweetgrass.” Discover insights from others and themes from the book. Attend as your interest and schedule permit. Five people will receive a braid of sweetgrass each session — May 4, May 11 and May 18. RSVPs encouraged but not required.

Looking for a welcoming, safe space to try your hand at creative writing? Join the group in Big Hill Book’s “Ugly Church Basement” for a one-hour experience that includes writing prompts, a quiet work space, and encouraging feedback. Attendance and participation are free. But RSVPs are appreciated.

Local debut author—check! A humorous novel that tips its hat to P.G. Wodehouse—covered! A storyline that delivers sly wit on class differences—in spades! Meet Glenn Miller for an engaging chat about how Doorman Wanted will make you laugh out loud. RSVPs encouraged by not required.

Thursday mornings are for our tiny tot book lovers. Bring your wee ones to Big Hill Books for Storytime with our talented Friends of Big Hill Books volunteer readers. It’s never too early to introduce children to books. Local children’s author Melanie Heuiser Hill leads our Tiny Tots Thursday storytime program.

Spring into nature with a time of calm, conversation and coffee/tea with selected topics from “Braiding Sweetgrass.” Discover insights from others and themes from the book. Attend as your interest and schedule permit. Five people will receive a braid of sweetgrass each session — May 4, May 11 and May 18. RSVPs encouraged but not required.

Bring your early readers of all ages and their friends for some fun, live readings, and activities. Our talented Friends of Big Hill books will choose selected titles every child will love. This is a chance for kids to learn to love reading and books.

Spring into nature with a time of calm, conversation and coffee/tea with selected topics from “Braiding Sweetgrass.” Discover insights from others and themes from the book. Attend as your interest and schedule permit. Five people will receive a braid of sweetgrass each session — May 4, May 11 and May 18. RSVPs encouraged but not required.

Join us the third Saturday of every month for Open Mic Night. Big Hill books will provide the stage, the spotlight, two mics and a speaker. You provide the music, comedy, storytelling, poetry, and singing. If you’re game, then so are we. RSVPs encouraged but not required. See you there!

Looking for a welcoming, safe space to try your hand at creative writing? Join Bryn Mawr resident and storyteller extraordinaire Michael McCue in Big Hill Book’s “Ugly Church Basement” for a one-hour experience that includes writing prompts, a quiet work space, and encouraging feedback. Attendance and participation are free. But RSVPs are appreciated.

Every Tuesday–Friday this summer, 1–4 p.m., beginning June 4, tweens and teens are invited to drop in at Big Hill Books during our Shhh! Book Club in the Ugly Church Basement to simply read and NOT talk. Bring your own books and your own snacks. Remember, no talking, just reading. Don’t forget your bottled water. Did we mention? NO talking!

Local middle grade author Kristin Nilsen hosts a book club especially for readers of middle grade fiction. Despite the name, this is an all-ages book club for anyone who enjoys books written for 10- to 13-year-olds. This month, the group covers one of Kristin’s favorites — Judy Blume’s “Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself.” RSVPs encouraged but not required.