Bus crawls & special events
Events
All-day trips to independent bookstores, plus the one-off events that don't fit anywhere else. Seats are limited and they go fast.
Upcoming
1st Annual Long Island Book Crawl
Eight indie bookstores · Four coach buses · All day
Our flagship event, and the biggest thing we've done. Four buses running routes across Long Island, from Bellmore out to Sayville, stopping at eight independent bookshops along the way.
Read Between the Leaves
A Brooklyn Book Crawl
Long Island, let's go to Brooklyn. We take the coach in and spend the day in Brooklyn's independent bookstores — no driving, no parking, no figuring out the BQE.
Deck the Shelves
Long Island to Manhattan
A holiday crawl into the city, built around bookshops and holiday market pop-ups.
Indie All The Way
LI Spring Book Crawl · Two days
Our first two-day crawl, and the biggest lineup of Long Island independent bookstores we've put together. Details and tickets coming soon.
East End Bookstores + Winery Crawl
Long Island · Bus crawl
A day trip out to the East End, pairing independent bookstores with a winery stop. Details and tickets coming soon.
Witches Book Crawl
Long Island · Bus crawl
A spooky-season crawl through Long Island's independent bookstores. Details and tickets coming soon.
Read Between the Leaves
A Connecticut Book Crawl
This year's Read Between the Leaves crawl heads to Connecticut's independent bookstores. Details and tickets coming soon.
Deck the Shelves
Long Island to Manhattan
A holiday crawl into the city, built around bookshops and holiday market pop-ups. Details and tickets coming soon.
Why book with us
You're not driving. You're reading.
Every crawl travels by coach bus, and that changes the whole day.
- Leave your stuff on the bus. Buy as many books as you want — you're not carrying them around all day.
- Bathrooms and charging on board. These are long days. We planned for it.
- Rain or shine. No parking, no directions, no caravan of cars losing each other on the LIE.
- The ride is the good part. Reading, games, karaoke, and a busload of people who also brought a book to a party.
- Swag bag included. Exclusive discounts at our bookstore stops, cash back, and bookish goodies with every ticket.
- Every stop is an independent bookstore. Your ticket puts money directly into shops that are hard to keep open.
Coming alone? So are most people.
You'll be seated with a Book Crawl Ambassador who makes sure nobody spends the day on the edge of the group. Come make friends in the bookish community and walk away with memories that last.
Here's to new friendships.
Our first crawl sold out with a waitlist. Seats are limited.