{"id":481954,"date":"2025-12-31T08:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T08:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481954\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T08:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T08:16:12","slug":"love-city-brewing-is-hosting-a-grown-up-book-fair-swap-with-author-jo-piazza-featuring-nostalgic-vibes-brews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481954\/","title":{"rendered":"Love City Brewing Is Hosting a Grown-Up Book Fair &#038; Swap with Author Jo Piazza, Featuring Nostalgic Vibes &#038; Brews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLove City Brewing Is Hosting a Grown-Up Book Fair &amp; Swap with Author Jo Piazza, Featuring Nostalgic Vibes &amp; Brews&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9e73e5a0e54ff6e5ccc2a038164d58e888ebbe79dc7fcc495e5e4d38ea4c7a07.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-45 photo\" height=\"45\" width=\"45\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished on December 30, 2025&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"357\">Bookworms and beer lovers, rejoice\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/booksandbrews_phl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"138\">Books and Brews Philly<\/strong><\/a> is bringing back its beloved <strong data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"199\">Grown-Up Book Fair and Swap<\/strong> to <strong data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"224\">Love City Brewing (1023 Hamilton St.) <\/strong>on <strong data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"282\">January 24, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM<\/strong>, and it\u2019s shaping up to be a perfect winter afternoon for literary lovers. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at <a href=\"https:\/\/allevents.in\/philadelphia\/grown-up-book-fair-and-swap-love-city-tickets\/80008510727292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allevents.in.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"357\">Hosted at the spacious, industrial-chic Love City taproom (<strong data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"454\">1023 Hamilton St. in Spring Arts<\/strong>), this event blends the nostalgia of an elementary school book fair with the perks of adulthood\u2014craft beer, merch shopping, and a curated book collection that feels worlds more sophisticated than the Goosebumps and Captain Underpants of yesteryear.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"1101\">This time around, Books and Brews Philly is teaming up with <strong data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"833\">bestselling author Jo Piazza<\/strong> (known for Everyone Is Lying to You and The Sicilian Inheritance) and her pop-up bookstore <strong data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"947\">Bookcase Books<\/strong>, creating an experience that feels like stepping back in time\u2014if your childhood book fairs had hazy IPAs and mystery paperbacks wrapped like blind dates.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1125\">Guests are invited to:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1485\">\n<li data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1181\">\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1181\"><strong data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1171\">Bring a gently used book (or up to 10)<\/strong> to swap<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1182\" data-end=\"1237\">\n<p data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1237\"><strong data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1220\">Grab a beer from Love City\u2019s bar<\/strong> while browsing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1291\">\n<p data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1291\"><strong data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1269\">Shop new titles and merch<\/strong> from Bookcase Books<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1352\">\n<p data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1352\"><strong data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1350\">Browse a table of \u201cBlind Date With a Book\u201d surprises<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1398\">\n<p data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1398\"><strong data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1396\">Take home up to four new-to-you books<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1485\">\n<p data-start=\"1401\" data-end=\"1485\"><strong data-start=\"1401\" data-end=\"1431\">Support Books Through Bars<\/strong>, a nonprofit providing books to incarcerated people<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1487\" data-end=\"1561\">This event is <strong data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1508\">21+<\/strong>, and admission is free with the purchase of a drink.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Love City Brewing Is Hosting a Grown-Up Book Fair &amp; Swap with Author Jo Piazza, Featuring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":481955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-481954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115813193683669785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}