Online Facebook Spotlights and In-store Events for 2026
- Tuesday, April 14th- 7pm-8:30pm- Last Night Aboard the Titanic:Join bestselling historical fiction author Donna Jones Alward on April 14 at 7 p.m. at the Woodlawn Library as she chats about her latest book, Ship of Dreams, on the anniversary of when the fated ship struck the iceberg. Discover interesting facts about the sinking and visit Halifax in 1912 through the eyes of her characters. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow. Open to the public, no registration required.
- Wednesday, April 15th- Locally Authored Book Club. See the bottom of this page about our one-of-a-kind book club.
- Saturday, April 25th- We are celebrating Independent Bookstore Day, with the following Meet & Greets/ book signings, starting with Donna Jones Alward (When the World Fell Silent and Ship of Dreams) from 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Charlene Carr (Hold My Girl and We Rip the World Apart) from 1 pm to 2:30 pm, and Gina N. Brown (Sugar Bowl Feud and Pickled in Love) from 3 pm to 4:30 pm. We have a revised Scavenger Hunt for the kids. When kids have completed the hunt, the younger ones can pick out a picture book from a basket, and the older ones can pick a small ABC canvas tote in green, orange, or yellow. For purchases over $50- before tax, customers can pick out a Mystery/Quote book. These are wrapped books with the genre written on the outside with a quote taken from the text inside. We will have a table of selected titles of 20% new local books. We will have fortune cookies, Swiss Delice milk chocolate, and Werthers available to keep energy levels up.
- Monday May 4th- 10th– Online Spotlight. Heart of a Lumberman by Mark K. Baker.
- Wednesday, May 6th- Monthly Book Swap- Come by, meet and mingle, and then share and swap your favourite used books! Bring in a wrapped, gently used book that you are willing to part with and that you know someone else will enjoy! Write a few things that you liked about the book on the front. We will draw numbers and take turns discussing our books without revealing the titles. Then each person will choose a book in the order they were presented. A book can be stolen only once.
- Monday May 11th- 17th- Online Spotlight. Flowers for Gaia by John Grant, published by OC Publishing.
- Wednesday, May 20th- 6:30 pm-7:30 pm- Locally Authored Book Club See the bottom of this page about our one-of-a-kind book club.
- Wednesday, June 3rd- Monthly Book Swap- Come by, meet and mingle, and then share and swap your favourite used books! Bring in a wrapped, gently used book that you are willing to part with and that you know someone else will enjoy! Write a few things that you liked about the book on the front. We will draw numbers and take turns discussing our books without revealing the titles. Then each person will choose a book in the order they were presented. A book can be stolen only once.
- Thursday, June 11th- 6:30-7:30pm- Blind Date With a Book Speed Dating Night with special guest donalee Moulton. For our Speed Dating event, Blind Date books use their first line(s) as their “pick-up” lines, so donalee will be here to tell us all about first lines: how she came up with her first line and their importance. She’ll also discuss her novels. There will be games and lots of laughter. Everyone gets one of these, never seen before, specially made, high-demand Blind Dates. Dress to impress. This is an adult event. A $10.50 fee- pre-registration is required for this event to monitor numbers. You can register at the store, by phone with a credit card at 902-435-1207, or by e-transfer to dbex1187@gmail.com.
- Sunday, June 14th- 3pm-5pm- Vernon Oickle’s Eleven Crows for Good Health book launch published by Moose House Publishing.
- Wednesday, June 17th- 6:30 pm-7:30 pm- Locally Authored Book Club with guest author Vicki Grant. See the bottom of this page about our one-of-a-kind book club.
- Saturday, July 11 (time TBA) In conversation with Donna Jones Alward (When the World Fell Silent & Ship of Dreams) and Sarah Emsley (The Austens) at Scott Manor House, Bedford.
- Saturday, July 18th- 6 pm Jane Doucet’s Blood Typed Dartmouth Book Launch
We are currently limiting all our in-store author or book-themed events to:
- Already well-known, established authors that we know will draw a crowd and be of interest to our local customers.
- Or to group, and themed events, where we host several authors at once.
- Or to community groups that are interested in us hosting a particular author or themed event for their group to attend.
We do offer week-long online spotlights and book giveaways for local authors
What a Spotlight entails:
What a spotlight entails is for a week (Monday- Sunday) we do posts on our Facebook page promoting the author and book. At the end of the week, we give away a copy of the book spotlighted, provided by either the author or the publisher. The authors, in advance, provide us with any interviews, reviews, or special posts about their book or of them, that we can share. The more the author/publisher provides the more that we can post.
Dartmouth Book Exchange Events Group
Authors, bloggers, aspiring authors, reviewers, publishers, editors, professional storytellers, and other supporters of local authors are more than welcome to join our Book Events group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/899347560587433
***If you are a Local Author/ Publisher interested in having an online spotlight done on our social media pages, please contact us on our contact page. Thank-you
Our Locally Authored Book Club Exchange
We generally meet on the third Wednesday of the month from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.
• Each participant will bring a locally authored novel that they have recently read and can part with. Locally authored will be defined as an author living within the Atlantic Bubble.
• During the meeting, each person will take a turn telling everyone what they liked about the book they brought and why the others should read it.
• Each book will go into a basket and at the end of the meeting, if a book sparked your interest, you’ll be able to take it home to read.
• If there is more than one person interested in reading the book, it will be brought back to the next meeting, for another person’s turn.
• We may even host an author occasionally, and Dartmouth Book Exchange may even seed the basket once in a while.
• All are welcome to come and listen during the meetings, but only the people who brought a book will be guaranteed to leave with a book.
Our Book Club aims to promote local authors, their books, and the writing of reviews. #supportlocalauthors
Meeting space
***If you are looking for a meeting place for your small group of 10 people or less, such as your book club group, we have a space. We charge a small $25 set-up and take-down fee for a 2-hour meeting, but should your group spend that or more in our store, the fee is waiv
