In Store Event

Need a little extra time to get your holiday shopping done?  Stop by the Bookshop until 8pm on Thursdays, December 9 and 16.  

Join us for our Holiday Market Days this November and December!  The Book Truck will be open for business.  We'll have guest gift wrappers available outside, working to earn tips for their schools and non-profit associations.  We'll have treats, special author signings, and lots of fabulous and festive books!

Our website got a glow up to make your shopping easier!  Our booksellers are working diligently to process web orders quickly, and maintain our "in stock now" book lists so you know what is on the shelf.  We appreciate your understanding books which appear in stock are already on hold for other orders, when in doubt, give us a call or stop into the shop to check stock. 

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

– Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Need something last minute?  River Bend has got you covered!  Stop in on Christmas Eve until 2pm and we'll be happy to help you find just the right book, just in the St. Nick of time.  And, yes, we gift wrap!!

This year has been a little hectic, and you need a little extra time to get things done.  River Bend will be open on Sundays through the holiday season - join us in the shop from 10am-6pm.

Join River Bend, and all of our Glastonbury Town Center neighbors as we come together on Small Business Saturday! 

Be sure to check out all of our favorite locally owned shops.

Why shop Black Friday when you can shop Book Friday at River Bend Bookshop?  Let's face it, Books are the new Black.

Join us for holiday shopping you will actually enjoy, and feel good about.  We are your locally owned, fiercely independent, neighborhood Bookshop.