Join us on Thursday, September 17th as we welcome Mona Awad back to the shop for the paperback release of We Love You, Bunny. Save the date! RSVP is not required, but appreciated. Seats are limited and on a first-come, first served basis. You can reserve a seat in advance with the purchase of a book or a $3 sliding scale donation to our program.

About the book

A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a Must-Read Pick by The New York Times Oprah Daily, People, Associated Press, Marie Claire, Bustle, The Boston Globe, Goodreads, Women’s Wear Daily, and more

The highly anticipated follow-up to the viral sensation Bunny, a brilliantly written and delirious literary horror novel set in the Bunny-verse—a world that Margaret Atwood declared “soooo genius.”

In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samantha Heather Mackey was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique of creepy-sweet rich girls in her New England MFA program who call themselves “Bunny.” An invitation to the Bunnies’ Smut Salon leads Samantha down a dark rabbit hole (pun intended) into the violently surreal world of their off-campus workshops.

When We Love You, Bunny opens, Sam has just published her first novel to critical acclaim. But at a New England stop on her book tour, her one-time frenemies, furious at the way they’ve been portrayed, kidnap her. Now a captive audience, it’s her (and our) turn to hear the Bunnies’ side of the story in this “dark, twisted satire of academia” (The New York Times).

We Love You, Bunny is both a prequel and a sequel, and a darkly comic and totally complete stand-alone novel that “feels like Han Kang’s The Vegetarian meets the 80s film Heathers” (People).

About the author

Mona Awad is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Rouge, All’s Well, Bunny, and 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. She is a four-time finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award, a two-time finalist for the Giller Prize, and the recipient of an Amazon Best First Novel Award. Bunny is currently being developed for film with Bad Robot Productions. Margaret Atwood named Awad her “literary heir” in The New York Times’s T Magazine. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, TIME, among others, and has been translated into 18 languages. She divides her time between Boston and La Jolla.

About the bookstore

The Booksmith is an independent bookstore located in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco since 1976.

Please note:

• Check-in for the event will begin at 6:45pm.
• Priced ticket holders (Book+seat, Pay it Forward!+seat) will have seats held until 7pm. 
• General admission ticket holders will be offered seats at check-in on a first-come, first-served basis. May be standing room.
• Space at the door on the day of the event is usually available.
• Books will be for sale on the night of the event.
• ADA accessible. Bathrooms on site during event hours.
• Events typically end between 8:30 and 9pm.
• Questions? tickets@booksmith.com