Buy a ticket and save the date! This summer, The Booksmith welcomes best-selling author V.E. Schwab to San Francisco for the release of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil on Friday, June 13th, at 7pm. She will be joined in conversation by author and cultural critic Joanna Robinson We can't wait to see you!

About the book

From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.

Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532.

London, 1837.

Boston, 2019.

Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots.

One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild.

And all of them grow teeth.

About the author

VICTORIA “V. E.” SCHWAB is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades universe, the Villains series, the City of Ghosts series, Gallant, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Fragile Threads of Power. When not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters.

Joanna Robinson is the New York Times bestselling author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios and a podcaster and cultural critic for The Ringer appearing on several shows including House of R (covering all things fandom), The Prestige TV feed, and more. Formerly a senior writer at Vanity Fair from 2014-2021. She was the founder and co-host of both A Storm of Spoilers and A Cast of Kings podcasts as well as Vanity Fair’s Still Watching podcast and the magazine’s awards season show Little Gold Men. She has also served as a featured panel moderator and juror at marquee events such as SXSW, Con of Thrones, Mill Valley Film Festival, and ATX Television Festival. Joanna has been profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle, IndieWire, and Recode Media for her work on pop culture. In 2019, SyFy dubbed her the "Queen of Game of Thrones" for her insightful coverage of one of the biggest pop-culture events of the young century. Her ability to connect with top talent from some of the greatest shows of our time brings new perspectives to stories that have been out for years and she specializes in building communities of devoted listeners who connect with each other over their shared love of story.

About the bookstore

The Booksmith is an independent bookstore located in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco since 1976.

Please note:

• This event will be taking place at The Internet Archive @ 300 Funston, San Francisco, CA
• Check-in begins at 6:30. Unclaimed seats are given up beginning at 7:05. This venue has pew-style seating.
• There will be no book signing at the event, but every copy of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil will pre-signed by the author. Other titles by V.E. Schwab will be available in limited signed quantities at the event.
• Questions? Accessibility requests? Write to us at [email protected].