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The Philly Bookstore Crawl is back for the 4th year! Join us on Saturday, August 22nd, for a day of giveaways, brand new merch, book signings with local authors, tarot readings, and more!

From 1-3pm, we'll have book signings with four Philly authors: Betty Corrello, Marc Avery, Nick Gregorio, and Nicole M. Wolverton.

Featured Authors

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Betty Corrello

Betty Corrello/B.C. Dolce is an author of contemporary romances and a comedian. Despite her hardened exterior, she is biologically 95% marshmallow. Her greatest passion is writing stories where opposites attract, but love is chosen. In addition to many other troubling things, Betty is a proud Philadelphian. When she's not writing, she can be found fretting about niche historical events most have forgotten––or petting her very tiny dog.

Marc Avery

Marc Avery

Philadelphia native Marc Avery is a Robocop fanatic, taco enthusiast, legendary introvert, and habitual coffee drinker with a great imagination and an awesome beard. His debut crime thriller Discipline, is a story of revenge, rivalry, and retribution. Marc lives in Delaware with his family. When he’s not working, or writing his new crime thriller series, you can probably find him at Dunkin’ drinking iced coffee.

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Nick Gregorio

Nick Gregorio is the author of seven books. He lives just outside of Philadelphia with his wife, son, and pupper. He’s also a nerd, punk, movie guy, baseball weirdo, teeth-grinder, and co-editor of the PRSL Writing Project. At the moment he’s got three new projects taking shape that are all set to be published between 2027 and 2028. For more, please visit www.nickgregorio.com, or follow him on the hellsites: @mister__nick (Instagram, Threads), @misternickwriter.bsky.social (Bluesky), NickGregorioAuthor (Facebook), @mister__nick (TikTok). For more about the PRSL Writing Project, please head over to Instagram and follow @prslwritingproject.

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Nicole M. Wolverton

Nicole M.Wolverton is a Pushcart-nominated writer of (mostly) speculative fiction for adults and young adults. She is the author of THE TRAJECTORY OF DREAMS(2013),A MISFORTUNE OF LAKE MONSTERS (2024), and the upcoming MEAT SWEATS(March 2027) and MOTHER MORT’S CARNIVAL PHANTASMAGORIA (October 2027). Her short fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in 50+ magazines and anthologies; she writes a monthly column at Macabre Daily on gastrohorror and a quarterly column at Last Girls' Club on horror, both through an academic lens; and she served as Editor of BODIES FULL OF BURNING (2021), a menopause-themed anthology of short horror fiction. Nicole holds a master’s in horror and storytelling from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently pursuing a master’s in gastrohorror. She lives in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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A Novel Idea on Passyunk

A Novel Idea on Passyunk is a queer, disabled, woman-owned independent bookstore and event space in South Philadelphia. Since opening in December 2018, we've hosted over 1,200 events, with the majority of them being free or suggested donation.

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