In Store Event

Glastonbury, we know you love your dog - and your local bookstore - so why not bring the two together for a fun afternoon out on the lawn?!?  We're hosting a dog-friendly event outside with some of our favorite canine reads.  River Bend staff will be handing out dog treats all day, and we're happy to offer pet sitting while you run inside to check out the bookshop!

Candlelight Writers' Workshops is hosting a monthly Writers' Accountability Group at the bookshop.  The next meeting is 6:30 p.m. Monday., August 26.  It's free and open to all writers to share a few paragraphs of ongoing work.

Candlelight Writers' Workshops is hosting a monthly Writers' Accountability Group at the bookshop.  The next meeting - our inaugural meeting - is 6:30 p.m. Tues., July 23. It's free and open to all writers to share a few paragraphs of ongoing work.

River Bend seizes the floor and will not yield on Friday the 5th of July.

You did it!  You found Waldo all over Glastonbury, and now it is time for a Search PARTY!!!

Come to the bookshop on Saturday, August 3rd for our Where's Waldo Search Party.  We will have fun for everyone!

The scavenger hunt is a community-wide activity in which kids, parents, and Waldo-lovers of all ages are invited to participate.

Writing the Personal Essay

Learn to write a compelling personal essay

If you have something you need to say but are unsure how to say it, the Candlelight Writing Workshops is offering a two-part beginning essay-writing workshop on consecutive Thursdays, June 13 and June 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the River Bend Bookshop, 2217 Main St., Glastonbury.