Join us for an evening of painting to celebrate the release of Undone by Peyton Corrine! We’re going to trying our hand at painting The Starry Night by van Gough, and chatting about our love for this book series!

Event date and time: Thursday 22nd October, 6:30-8pm

Location: Love Stories Bookshop (36-38 Castle Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1BW)

Your ticket includes a copy of the book, and all painting supplies!

This event will take place on the first floor of the bookshop, which is only accessible via a set of stairs.

Please note: Tickets can be refunded up to one week before the event.

It’s Christmas in October! Join us for an in-person event with author Julia Boggio to celebrate the release of All I Want for Christmas Is Hugh! Julia will be chatting with one of our booksellers about festive reads, finding love in unexpected places and, of course, which is the best Hugh Grant film.

Event date and time: Friday 30th October, 7pm

Location: Love Stories Bookshop (36-38 Castle Arcade, CF10 1BW)

Ticket options:

• Event ticket: £3.00

• Book + ticket: £9.99

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

If you choose the book + ticket option, your copy of All I Want for Christmas Is Hugh will be available to collect at the venue before the event begins.

Please note: Tickets can be refunded up to one week before the event.

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About All I Want for Christmas Is Hugh:

When Henrietta Whitaker moves from New Jersey to the beautiful cobbled streets of Chelsea, it is with one goal; to find the Englishman of her dreams and live out her very own rom-com.

Henrietta grew up obsessing over 90's movies, especially those starring the quintessential British actor Hugh Grant. Now she's fully convinced that what she needs in her life is her own floppy-haired Brit. With his eloquent speech, sparkling wit and gentlemanly manners, what girl wouldn't want to date a man like that?

In her local café Henrietta sets eyes on Albert – outrageously dapper and irresistibly charming – and knows that her dreams are coming true. But before she has the chance to sweep Albert off his feet, in lopes a gruff American man – from New Jersey, no less – who seems intent on stealing all of her attention and throwing her rulebook for the perfect romance right out the window.

All I Want for Christmas is Hugh is as funny and feel-good as any Richard Curtis movie. It's a glorious celebration of unlikely love affairs, British rom coms and the joy of finding love in unexpected places.

Join us for an in-person event with author Stephanie Burgis to celebrate the paperback release of Enchanting the Fae Queen, chaired by Sangu Mandanna!

Event date and time: Wednesday 18th November, 7pm

Location: Oat and Bean (26 Park Pl, Cardiff CF10 3BA)

Ticket options:

• Event ticket: £5.00

• Book + ticket: £9.99

Copies of both authors books will be available for purchase at the event.

If you choose the book + ticket option, your copy of Enchanting the Fae Queen will be available to collect at the venue before the event begins.

Please note: Tickets can be refunded up to one week before the event.

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About Enchanting the Fae Queen:

A seductive fae queen meets her unexpected match in the enemy empire’s valiant general. Enchanting the Fae Queen is the second instalment in Stephanie Burgis' irreverent and sparkling Queens of Villainy series. Queen Lorelei is a notorious fae seductress, with a trail of broken hearts in her wake.

But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent woman who’d do anything to keep her people safe, even kidnap the empire’s most famous hero. The virtuous high general Gerard de Moireul represents all that is moral and true. He has to – after his parents were executed for treason.

The last thing he needs is the Queen of Balravia, who showers glitter and rainbow-colored sparkles everywhere she goes without the slightest regard for good taste, decorum or royal dignity. They’re opposites in every way, but when they’re swept up together in a grand - and deadly - fae tournament, they discover all of each other’s most hidden truths - and how perfectly they might be suited for each other after all.

Welcome to Morally Grey, our dark romance book club!

Each month, the Love Stories Bookshop team choose a romance book to read and discuss as part of our book club.

What do we read? Dark romance - think spice, taboo, dubious consent and, of course, morally grey characters.

When do we meet? On the fourth Saturday of the month at our bookshop, from 2-3pm

Our book next month is: Kneel Before Me by Lindsay Straube

Ticket includes a copy of the book. Once your place as been secured, book club books will be available to collect in-store. Spaces are limited!

Please note, this book club will be run on the first floor of our bookshop, where a staircase is the only means of access

Welcome to Friends of Dorothy, our LGBTQ+ romance book club!

Each month, the Love Stories Bookshop team choose a romance book to read and discuss as part of our book club.

What do we read? LGBTQ+ romance - if it has a queer love story in it, we’re in!

When do we meet? On the first Wednesday of the month at our bookshop, from 6-7pm

Our book next month is: Dearly Departed by Chip Pons

Ticket includes a copy of the book. Once your place as been secured, book club books will be available to collect in-store. Spaces are limited!