Don’t miss this chance to browse offerings from 25+ publishers, authors, vendors, and indie bookstores!

Join panelists Alyssa Hassan (Beacon Press), Ramsey Kaanan (PM Press), Gina Nutt (Terrazzo Editions) for a discussion of what it means to be an independent publisher and the state of indie presses. Moderated by Alejandra Chaisson (Buffalo Street Books).

Booksellers from three mission based bookstores in conversation about their roles in their communities. With Hillary Smith (Black Walnut Books - Glens Falls, NY), Hannah Oliver Depp (Loyalty Books - Washington, DC), and Danielle King (Left Bank Books - St. Louis, MO), moderated by Lisa Swayze, Buffalo Street Books.

Autumn Leaves is excited to welcome nutrition expert Marion Nestle for the local launch of her new book Sugar Coated: Unboxing the Hidden Forces Shaping America's Favorite Breakfast Food. With co-author and former cereal executive Dr. Lisa Sutherland, Nestle examines what cereal boxes reveal about American culture and food politics.

Don’t miss this chance to browse offerings from 25+ publishers, authors, vendors, and indie bookstores!

Meet author Cat Willett while cuddling kittens from Browncoat Cat Rescue! Willet will sign copies of Unconditional: Stories of Women and the Animals They Love after the event.

How do we make locations come alive in our speculative worlds? What techniques for writing environs, cities or places have you found useful in your own writing? What settings of speculative works come alive and feel like a character in and of itself? Join authors D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Risa Wolf, Brian Hugenbruch and Amelia Buzzard as they discuss how to make a place shine.

Live at Autumn Leaves Books, labor activists Eli Friedman, Ellen David Friedman, and Kevin Lin will discuss Involution (Verso, 2026) and China in Global Capitalism (Haymarket, 2024), two recent books on the work culture and employment crisis in China.

Amid record high unemployment and savage competition in schools and the workplace, China's youth have becoming increasingly disconsolate. Previous generations of Chinese workers largely believed in the promise of their country's hyper-speed development. But today's youth feel they are being shut out. This conversation will draw on years of research and activism in China to assess the situation for young workers. It will also highlight instances of resistance and possibilities for building solidarity across borders.

Authors Aurora Rey, Isabel Sterling, & Leigh Hays discuss writing sapphic romance. Conversation led by John Jacobson. Book signing at the end of the event.

Join housing activists and authors Madeleine Hamlin and Gretchen Purser at Autumn Leaves Books for a discussion of the new book Housing Justice: A Lexicon for Building Solidarity (PM Press, 2026).

Housing is being reshaped by financialization, dispossession, displacement, and resistance across global contexts. Housing Justice dissects common concepts such as “eviction,” “property,” and “social housing” and analyzes emerging terms like “carceral shelter" and “déracinement.” The book illuminates how language mediates the spatial, institutional, and affective dimensions of housing injustice and offers a shared starting point for imagining—and organizing—alternative futures.

Hear from our lead author, Patricia Lockwood, author of Will There Ever Be Another You, No One is Talking About This, and Priestdaddy. In conversation with Anna Shechtman. Lockwood will be signing books after the talk. Sponsored by Humanities Scholars Program.

Meet author SL Carroll and learn about the launch of the new indie press, Terrazzo.