Interested in hosting an event at Ophelia’s Books? Here’s the lowdown on the process. Once you’ve read this, please reach out to us via our main Contact Form.

 

• Have you been inside Ophelia’s? This is the first question we will ask you when enquiring about holding an event or class here. Please come look at our space to see if it’s a good fit for what you imagine. We are in an old building with limited space and aisles.

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• Capacity: Our main floor cannot be rearranged and is basically aisles. Our children’s loft can sit 7-10 people comfortably, but it has limited headroom at 5’10”. Our basement can become a larger space with a comfortable capacity of about 20 if there is a table at the front for an author reading. It could easily fit more with standing room. We are very sorry, but the basement is not accessible to those with mobility issues. 

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• Scheduling: We only host group events outside regular business hours, which are 12-7 PM every day of the week. Morning events have to end by 11:30 AM. We generally don’t start evening events until 7:30 PM. We are open to other creative ideas.

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• Organizing: We are excited to provide you a small, charming venue, but we often don’t have the bandwidth to be heavily involved in organization. We are happy to provide a few folding tables and chairs. We will publish your event on our website and design a basic promotional image for social media. We're also down to print paper flyers to post in the shop, but distributing them through the community is on you. Hosts should plan to handle their own reservations, extra marketing efforts, and other administrative tasks.

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• Cats live here, so dog conventions are discouraged.