Winchester Book Gallery

Come down to the shop to celebrate Beka Wueste's sophomore novel, "Fireflies in a Jar," a mid-life coming of age story for anyone who has ever felt like they don’t fit in, don’t have everything figured out, or haven’t hit the milestones expected of them. Beka will be here to sign copies and talk about […]

The American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition are pleased to announce the theme for Banned Books Week 2025: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Banned Books Week will take place October 5 – 11, 2025. As always, we will be celebrating Banned Books Week with a huge table of banned books […]

Local author Dale Watten has a new book that showcases the native and naturalized flowers of the Shenandoah Valley in Western Virginia. Written in verse, it is accompanied by beautiful watercolor illustrations, depicting twenty four common wildflowers and their habitats. Come say hi and get your signed copy.⁠

Inspired by home-cooked family meals, Seasoned in Appalachia delivers authentic, flavorful dishes paired with charming anecdotes about family traditions and the magic of the Appalachian region. Author and IACP member Jimmy Proffitt, who grew up and learned to cook at an early age in the Shenandoah Valley, presents an authoritative collection of Appalachian cooking featuring […]

Life has a way of breaking us open. For many women, motherhood, loss, and heavy seasons of survival can leave us feeling unseen, unheard, and disconnected from who we once were. You Are Not Alone is a reflection journal created to help women begin again-to process pain, honor grief, and gently rediscover their voice and […]

“Plaid Friday” is the idea of weaving individual threads of small businesses together to create a strong fabric! Today, we celebrate independent businesses while wearing our favorite leisure wear: plaid! Come shop at the Winchester Book Gallery this Friday!

Don't miss this opportunity to meet New York Times' Bestselling author Beth Macy! She'll be here at the Book Gallery signing copies of her newest publication: Paper Girl. Preorder now in person, over the phone, or online to guarantee yours!

Based on the real life of Ötzi the Iceman, murdered over 5,000 years ago, Shroud of Ice searches for answers to the haunting echoes of will we ever be enough. Gaspare in the role of Ötzi is a call to stand one last time against the darkness because not all who are dead are silent. […]

Following over 50 magazine publications and e-book releases, Hanging the Angels is Blake Lynch's first full-length, traditionally published poetry collection-a fierce, intimate, and often darkly funny reckoning with cancer, memory, loss, manhood, and the salvations of fatherhood and family. Structured around the imagined body of a wooden angel, these poems form a road map through […]

Falsely accused of stealing archaeological data, 15-year-old Ellen is threatened into silence by a teacher. Ellen confronts the buried secrets of an ancient Egyptian tomb and their own lives. A story of courage, justice, and secrets unearthed. Come meet local author Alicia Lewis and get your copy of her latest novella.

It’s the night before Christmas Eve—when most people think nothing magical happens. But for Lilly and Charlie, a spirited brother and sister, and their loyal dog Lucky, it’s the start of the most incredible adventure of their lives. When a mysterious snowstorm rolls in and strange flickers of light appear in their backyard, the kids […]

She came home searching for her sister. What she uncovered could destroy them all. Johnna LaGrange photographs death for a living. But when she gets the call that her younger sister Ori has vanished from their hometown of Sweetwater, North Carolina, the decay she's drawn to becomes chillingly personal. Returning to a town that never […]