Brown Bookstore Events
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted
244 Thayer Street, Providence, RI • (401)863-3168
• bookstore.brown.edu • shopbrown.com
Please contact us if you are unable to attend an author event but would like an autographed book.
We will do our best to accomodate your request at the author's and publisher's discretion.
Welcome Summer Students!
Summer@Brown 2013
Credit: Brown University/Percy Sutton
We hope you have an engaging, fun Summer@Brown. Whether you need art and office supplies, a towel to lay out on the green, a fan to cool off your dorm room, workout clothes from our Under Armour shop, or a good book to read after class, we have what you need.
Did you know that for some summer session classes you can now rent your textbooks? Save money by renting your textbook instead of buying!
- Bookstore Directory:
- --Textbooks are on the lower level.
- --Campus Shop, Under Armour Shop, General Books, and College Hill Café
- are on the Main Floor.
- --Technology Center, Dorm, Art & Office Suplies,
- and more General Books are on the mezzanine (2nd) level.
Wednesday, June 19th at 5:30pm
Brown Bookstore presents
Credit: archermayor.com
Paradise City
"The twenty-third book in this fine series offers all the elements that have captivated readers for more than two decades: solid police-procedural detail, a vivid sense of place, and wonderfully human interactions between Joe and the team he has nurtured from young beat cops to skilled investigators."
--Booklist
Archer Mayor is the author of the highly acclaimed Joe Gunther series of mysteries and a past winner of the New England Indepentdent Booksellers Association Award for Best Fiction.
Location: Brown Bookstore
244 Thayer Street, Providence
Thursday, June 20th at 11:30am
Cub Explorer Program
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Come join our Summer Reading Series to hear readings from selected summer books. This time, we will continue reading from Anna Sewell's Black Beauty.
--What books make you think of summer?
Location: Brown Bookstore
244 Thayer Street, Providence
Wednesday, June 26th at 5:30pm
Brown Bookstore presents
Credit: foodday.org
Bet the Farm
"The day to day challenges that farmers face in bringing food to market--drought, floods, pests, crop failures--may not be the downfall of our globalized, industrialized, finacialized food empire. The fact that food primarily exists now not to sustain us bodily, but financially, may in fact, turn out to be our ruin..."
--Farm Aid
Frederick Kaufman has written about American food culture for Harpers Magazine, The New Yorker, Gourmet Magazine, Gastronomica, and the New York Times Magazine.
Location: Brown Bookstore
244 Thayer Street, Providence
Coming in July!
Cub Explorer Program
Credit: Candlewick Press
Waldo returns to local, independent stores around and about Providence in July. Find Waldo in local stores and collect cards. The more cards you collect, the better your chance to win prizes. More details to come.
Then, join us for our Find Waldo in Providence celebration at the end of July!
Location: Brown Bookstore
244 Thayer Street, Providence
Campus Shop Exclusive
Brown University Financial Aid Fundraiser
Credit: Drake's of London
Through the generosity of Mark Cho '05, the proceeds from the sale of these ties will support Financial Aid at Brown University.
Drake's of London English Handmade 100% silk ties created exclusively for Brown. Drawing on their rich heritage and carefully adhering to the traditions of craftmanship built up over thirty years of striving for excellence, their mericulous attention to detail is never compromised and they are proud to create the totally authentic, ultimate English handmade tie.
Bookstore Sections Moved
Under Armour Store - Now Open!
Credit: Under Armour
You may have noticed that some of our bookstore sections have moved. We are making room for our new Under Armour Shop in the Campus Shop. The Children's Section and Medical Books made big moves while other sections moved around in the same area. Please ask at Trade Customer Service if you can't find what you are looking for.
- Biggest changes:
- --Art , Design, and Architecture are on the main floor near the café.
- --Medical Books are now in the Textbook department.
- (Medical equipment, scrubs, and supplies are still on the mezzanine (2nd) level.)
- --Children's Section is on the mezzanine (2nd) level.
Every Saturday Morning
Story Time at 11:00 a.m.
@HarperCollins/Viking Press
Join us for a story every Saturday in our cozy Children's Books section for story time.
Starting this February, the Cub Explorers will also be meeting at 11:00 a.m. on select Saturdays. Keep checking our Events listings for upcoming Cub Explorer events.