Da Book Joint

Tomorrow, we’re making room for some new voices. 📚

Indie Author Saturday is happening at Da Book Joint!

Come spend your Saturday discovering independent authors, hearing the stories behind their books, asking questions, meeting the people who wrote them, and of course leaving with a few new books for your TBR.

We’ll have two indie authors joining us for 30-minute spotlights + Q&A, a storytime, followed by time to meet the authors, get books signed, take pictures, and shop.

This is exactly the kind of afternoon we love at Da Book Joint: books, authors, conversation, and community. Whether you already know an indie author you want to support or you’re coming to discover somebody completely new, pull up!

Saturday, September 26 | 12–4PM
🎟️ Free to attend

Come discover your next favorite author.

Wednesday night plans? We got you. 🍷📚

W**e. Books. Snacks. Good conversation. A little shopping. And a room full of people who understand that sometimes you just need to w**e down.

Join us for our next W**e Down Wednesday at Da Book Joint on Wednesday, September 30 from 6–8PM.

Your ticket includes:
🍷 A tasting of w**es from Black-owned w**e brands
🧀 Charcuterie + tasty treats
🥂 A Da Book Joint keepsake w**e glass
📚 10% off your bookstore purchases
✍🏾 Access to our Bookmark Bar
🃏 Bookish games + conversation starters

And yes, you can BYOB if you have a bottle you’ve been saving for the right occasion. Come solo. Bring your book bestie. Bring your girls. Come meet somebody new.

Sip. Snack. Shop. Stay awhile.

Tickets are limited, so grab yours before W**e Down Wednesday becomes the Wednesday night plan you wish you had made.

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Let’s talk about menopause, but let’s make it practical, empowering AND delicious.

Da Book Joint is excited to welcome Dr. Ian K. Smith, New York Times bestselling author and physician, for an afternoon celebrating his newest book, The New Menopause Kitchen in conversation with Chicago’s own Cheryl Burton!

Menopause is a natural part of life, but that doesn’t mean you have to feel like you’re just supposed to suffer through the symptoms.
In The New Menopause Kitchen, Dr. Smith brings together science-backed nutrition, movement and lifestyle strategies to help women navigate perimenopause and menopause. From energy and weight management to muscle and bone health, sleep, hot flashes, mood changes and more, Dr. Ian is covering it all. And yes…there are recipes involved.

Whether you’re navigating this stage yourself, supporting someone you love, or simply want to understand more about what happens to the body during midlife, this conversation is for you.
And your ticket includes a signed copy of The New Menopause Kitchen!

📅 Saturday, October 10
⏰ 3–5 PM

Come ready to learn, ask questions, connect and maybe leave with a few new ideas for what’s going on your dinner table, too. Tickets are available through the link in our bio!

When was the last time you put YOU on your calendar?

That’s the conversation coming to Chicago. 👀

Join author and executive coach Ronnie Dickerson Stewart for the Chicago stop of her Work Life Remixbook tour, featuring a conversation with Jenny LeFlore, founder of Mama Fresh Chicago and The MUTHAship Social Club.

They’ll be talking about capacity, self-agency, career alignment, and what it really looks like to make space for yourself while life and work are pulling you in a million different directions. And yes, you already know, Da Book Joint will be your on-site bookseller! 📚 We’ll have copies of Work Life Remixavailable at the event, so you can leave with the book and start your own remix.

📍 The Old Post Office — The Library, 2nd Floor
📅 Wednesday, September 23
🕠 Doors: 5:30 PM | Conversation: 6 PM
📚 Book signing to follow

Tickets are available now. Link in bio!

Just a few of the book lovers who have recently walked through our doors and officially became part of the Da Book Joint fam. 🥹📚

You know one of our favorite things is watching people come into the shop looking for a new read and leave with a stack, a recommendation, a new favorite author… and hopefully a reason to come back and hang with us again.

Because yes, we’re a bookstore. But the PEOPLE are the heartbeat of this business.

Every conversation. Every new face. Every returning customer. Every “That book you told me to get …. I LOVED it!” means more than you know.
So please keep coming in. Keep finding books. Keep bringing your friends. Keep making this space yours.

Da Book Joint is better because you’re here.

And to our newest Book Joint fam: welcome to the family!

Maybe you don’t need a new social media app. Maybe you just need to meet some new people. Your people could be out here…you just haven’t crossed paths yet.

Join us at Da Book Joint for Vibe Check: Friend Speed Dating! It’s a night designed for making new connections, having good conversations, and expanding your circle WITHOUT the pressure of romantic dating.

Think of it as speed dating…but for friendship.
We’ll have guided conversation rounds with thoughtful prompts, light bites, drinks, and plenty of time to mingle and reconnect with the people whose vibes you actually enjoyed. No awkward “so…what do you do?” small talk required. 😂

Whether you’re new to Chicago, looking to make more friends, or simply realizing your circle could use a little expansion, come solo and leave connected.

📅 Saturday, October 3
⏰ 7–9:30 PM

🎟️ $20 | Ages 18+
🍾 Mimosa bar or BYOB option
🍴 Light bites
💬 Guided conversation prompts
🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Friend speed-dating rounds + open mingle

Come find your people. Your next great friendship might be one conversation away.
Tickets are limited so grab yours through the link in our bio!

Wednesday night was one of those nights that was a direct reminder of exactly why we do this.

Our book signing with Tisha Campbell was absolutely beautiful. Samantha Chatman was the perfect moderator for such a touching, honest, and deeply personal conversation.

Hearing Tisha share her autism journey with her son, the lessons she’s learned, and the experiences that have shaped her as a mother made so many moms in that room feel seen, understood, and a little less alone. And truly … THAT is what we do this for.

And then there was the setting. ❤️

Getting to host this conversation at the South Shore Cultural Center, a place that holds so many pivotal memories for me personally, was the cherry on top. The beauty of that building never gets old, and being able to bring a conversation like this into a space that means so much to me made the evening even more special.

Thank you to Tisha Campbell, Samantha Chatman, and everyone who came out and shared in this moment with us.

And if you missed it, we still have a few signed copies of A Word by Tisha Campbell available at Da Book Joint and on our website. Come get yours while we still have them.

🌙 COLORING AFTER DARK 🌙

Sometimes you just need to put your phone down, grab some w**e, color outside the lines, and let your brain be quiet for a little while.

Join us Saturday, September 26th from 7–9PM at Da Book Joint for Coloring After Dark — a grown folks’ night of coloring, creativity, good conversation, w**e, and a little charcuterie.

Your $30 ticket includes:
🖍️ Coloring with Coco book + coloring supplies
🍷 W**e
🧀 Charcuterie
✨ Two hours to relax, create, laugh, and decompress

Come solo. Bring your book club. Bring your bestie. Bring the friend who has been saying they need a night out.

No artistic ability required. Just come ready to color and chill.

🎟️ Tickets are available now — grab yours through the link in our bio!

We’re still thinking about this one.

Last weekend, we gathered for our book club discussion of Savvy Summers and the Po’boy Perils by Sandra Jackson-Opoku, and we were HONORED to have Sandra join us in the room.
Getting to ask the author our questions, hear her insight, and dig even deeper into the story made for such a special discussion. Thank you, Sandra, for spending the evening with our book club and giving us even more to think about!

And now… it’s time to find out what’s next. 👀

Swipe through to see what we’re NOT reading for October 😂 and keep swiping for the book that made the cut!

📖 October Book Club Pick: Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether
🗓️ Sunday, October 11th
⏰ 4 PM
📍 Da Book Joint

Grab your copy, start reading, and come ready to talk about it with us!