Our Get Real! book group focuses on really great non-fiction of all kinds: memoir, history, comedy, creative non-fiction, and more! Get Real! meets once per month at Hive at 840 Custer and is led by Adrienne Edwards and Maria Critelli. 

Purchase books through our page at Bookshop!

FAQs

What if I don't finish the book in time for the book group meeting? No worries! Although you might experience some spoilers in the conversation, we'd miss you if you didn't show up for book group night!

Will there be snacks? YES! GET REAL! co-host Maria is well known for bringing delicious treats; sometimes, she even makes them 'match' the book!

Why ask for donations upon registration? Hive Center for the Book Arts is a book and literary arts non-profit organization---we depend on donations--as well as course/workshop registrations and event fees---to keep our lights on, and are grateful for your support!

Make your own hardback book! We'll fold signatures, sew text blocks, create covers, and case in the text blocks. These take extra time and attention, but they're worth it. 

Open Studio: Bindery

Work side-by-side with other bookbinders on a project of your choosing. Bookbinding tools and some materials available.

OPEN STUDIOS

Our Open Studio sessions offer you dedicated time and space to work on your book arts projects. You get to choose what you’re going to work on during each two-hour block, and you can help yourself to a small assortment of snacks, coffee, tea, and sparkle water.

These sessions are non-instructional time, meaning you work independently but in community with others.

Sign up for a single session or a whole bunch!

Be the spookiest skull on the block this season with this light-up mechanical calavera. You will build one of your own using a kit of pre-cut paper pieces and circuitry components. Enjoy a little play with both paper engineering AND electrons this Halloween!

This class includes a kit that provides pre-cut paper pieces and various circuitry components. Kit fee is included in the price of the class.

Learn bookbinding skills, techniques, and vocabulary in this beginning bookbinding workshop.

We'll talk about paper and bookbinding tools and make a few simple book structures, which will allow participants to get a decent start on their bookbinding journey.

Note: This workshop is for beginners, and is a prerequisite for our more elaborate book structure workshops.

Come on over to 840 Custer for Hive Happy Hour! We're building community through letter-writing. Sit and write a letter to an old friend, write a few postcards to new friends, get those thank you notes written, write a letter to the editor of a newspaper... whatever you'd like. 

Each Hive Happy Hour features great conversation, a glass of wine or seltzer,  a nibble of something, and community. We'll have some stationary and notecards you can use, or bring your own. 

$10 includes one glass of wine or seltzer, awesome conversation, and however many letters you would like to write.

Though Hive Happy Hours are from 4-6 pm, you can come in and out, but an RSVP is necessary.

Eat Their Words is a food-focused book club featuring literature and memoirs written by chefs, foodies, and other food lovers, where the content of the book is curated into a culinary experience by various guest chefs and restauranteurs.

Each month, we will read a book and discuss it during an evening event where the book is brought to life through a custom food experience or special meal, curated and produced by Hive’s ETW Coordinator, Chef Toni Salazar Camphouse. Food, drinks, and thoughtful conversations are included in your ticket price, and copies of the books can be purchased through our page at Bookshop.

Eat Their Words is presented in partnership with various phenomenal culinary collaborators, depending on what we’re reading and eating.

Please note that if cost is a barrier to entry, you can use the promo code "ETW 2026" at check out for $10 off. 

FAQs

Should I bring anything to the dinner to share? Is this a potluck situation? Nope! Just bring your copy of the book if you want, and be ready to eat a great meal!

What if I run out of time to finish the book? Am I still able to attend? YES! Even if you haven't finished the book, you'll have a great time at Eat Their Words! Though there *might* be spoilers....

Can I bring a friend? Yes! The more the merrier! Each person must have their own ticket, though, because Eat Their Words is basically like we're a bunch of people getting together at a restaurant for dinner and drinks---your ticket pays for your curated meal as well as the conversation and fun.

In this three-hour introduction to all things Gelli Plate Printing you’ll go through the exploratory process of inking, printing, and layering to make your own unique pieces, which you can use for covers or endpages or appreciate just as they are. 

All experience levels welcome and encouraged.