GOBLIN PARTY @ SQBG!

Schedule

Tue Jan 20 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Side Quest Books & Games | Somerville, MA

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Wear sweats, eat trash, celebrate two book launches, and generally live your best goblin life.
About this Event

It's #feralgoblinwinter! Come wear sweats, eat trash, celebrate two new goblin books, and maybe playtest a goblin game that shop staff members Caroline, Lara and Morgan have made.

Both "How to Lose a Goblin in 10 Days" by Jessie Sylva and our January 27 book club book "Nine Goblins" by our patron saint, T. Kingfisher, get released on this day. So we're celebrating them in true goblin fashion: by eating fistfuls of cheese balls and yapping.

Join us!

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NINE GOBLINS

From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Nine Goblins, a tale of low fantasy and high mischief.

No one knows exactly how the Goblin War began, but folks will tell you that goblins are stinking, slinking, filthy, sheep-stealing, henhouse-raiding, obnoxious, rude, and violent. Goblins would actually agree with all this, and might throw in "cowardly" and "lazy" too for good measure.

But goblins don't go around killing people for fun, no matter what the propaganda posters say. And when a confrontation with an evil wizard lands a troop of nine goblins deep behind enemy lines, goblin sergeant Nessilka must figure out how to keep her hapless band together and get them home in one piece.

Unfortunately, between them and safety lies a forest full of elves, trolls, monsters, and that most terrifying of creatures...a human being.

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HOW TO LOSE A GOBLIN IN TEN DAYS

How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by debut author Jessie Sylva is the cozy tale of a halfling and a goblin who must learn to love each other despite their differences. Called "an adorable delight!" (Sarah Beth Durst), this novel is brimming with popular romance tropes and warmth and is perfect for fans of The Honey Witch and The Spellshop.

★ "Cozy, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying" –Publishers Weekly (Starred)

What if cottagecore and goblincore fell in love?

When a halfling, Pansy, and a goblin, Ren, each think they've inherited the same cottage, they make a bargain: they'll live in the house together and whoever is driven out first forfeits their ownership.

Amidst forced proximity and cultural misunderstandings, the two begin to fall in love.

But when the cottage - and their communities - are threatened by a common enemy, the duo must learn to trust each other, and convince goblins and halflings to band together to oust the tall intruder.

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