An Evening with TJ Klune

Schedule

Fri May 01 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

The Bookies Bookstore | Denver, CO

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Come meet #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune and celebrate his latest novel, We Burned So Bright.
About this Event

Come meet #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune and celebrate his latest novel, . TJ will be in conversation with local book influencer Frank Socha @franksforeword and will be signing books following the presentation.


Please note: TJ will sign up to three (3) books, and will personalize one (1). Photos during meet and greet OK.


About the Book
A heart-wrenching standalone novel, We Burned So Bright follows an older queer couple on an end-of-the-world road-trip.

The road stretched out before them. No other cars, just the headlights on the blacktop. Above, the cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky….

Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they’ve experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world.

Now, the world is ending for real. A wandering black hole is coming for Earth and in a month everything and everyone they’ve ever known will be gone.

Suddenly, after 40 years together, Don and Rodney are out of time. They’re in a race against the clock to make it from Maine to Washington State to take care of some unfinished business before it’s all over.

On the road they meet those who refuse to believe death is coming and those who rush to meet it. But there are also people living their final days as best they know how—impromptu weddings, bright burning bonfires, shared meals, and new friends.

And as the black hole draws near, among ball lightning and under a cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky, Don and Rodney will look back on their lives and ask if their best was good enough.

Is it enough to burn bright if nothing comes from the ashes?


About the Author
TJ KLUNE is the #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door, In the Lives of Puppets, the Green Creek Series for adults, the Extraordinaries Series for teens, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.

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The Bookies Bookstore, 2085 South Holly Street, Denver, United States

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