Between Chapters: A Celebration and Conversation with Zibby Owens

You ticket to the event includes a copy of "Between Chapters" by Zibby Owens along with beverages and light dessert. Join us!
About this Event

Join us as we welcome Zibby Owens back to Athena Books to celebrate the release of her candid and heartfelt new memoir, .

Over the past decade, Zibby has transformed her lifelong love of books into a remarkable new chapter, evolving from an Upper East Side stay-at-home mother of four into a bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, publisher, bookstore owner, television personality, event host, and beloved champion of authors and readers.

In Between Chapters, Zibby opens up about the chances she took, the mistakes she made, and the books and conversations that helped her find her way. With warmth, honesty, and humor, she reflects on friendship, parenting, divorce, loss, love, and the exhilarating and often difficult process of starting over.

Zibby will be joined in conversation by our very own Greer Williams, Athena Books' Events Manager and Author Liaison, and the trusted book recommender behind @cocktailsandcommonreads. We hope you’ll join us for a lively and intimate conversation about reinvention, resilience, and what can happen when you take a chance on a new chapter.

Please note: Doors open at 6:30pm and the event begins at 7pm. Please plan to arrive on time so you can fully enjoy the evening. To help preserve the intimate atmosphere, doors will close at 7:15pm, and we won’t be able to admit guests after that time. Thank you so much for your understanding. We look forward to seeing you then!

Zibby Owens is the bestselling author and editor of seven books including Between Chapters: How I Started Over, Took Some Chances, and Found the Plot; Blank: A Novel; Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature; and On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates, which has spent 29 weeks on the USA Today bestseller list. Zibby has interviewed more than 2,000 authors on her award-winning podcast Totally Booked with Zibby and weekly TV show Totally Booked on JBS. In 2021 she founded Zibby Media with the launch of boutique publishing house Zibby Publishing and unique year-round hosted retreats and events for book lovers. In 2023, she opened indie bookstore Zibby's Bookshop in Santa Monica, CA. A frequent speaker (repped by UTA), moderator, and broadcast guest, Zibby, dubbed "NYC's Most Powerful Book-fluencer" (Vulture) is known for highlighting the book industry’s most anticipated new releases and emerging authors in "the Zibby-verse" (L.A. Times).