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Dragonfly Book Bar Books. Wine. Community. A welcoming and cozy bookstore winebar in Historic Downtown Bristol, VA/TN.

It's Halloween!!!! 🎃🦇👻So come get spooky with us at Dragonfly Book Bar with books filled with "haints, witches, and boog...
10/31/2026

It's Halloween!!!! 🎃🦇👻

So come get spooky with us at Dragonfly Book Bar with books filled with "haints, witches, and boogers" (IYKYK), blood-red w**e, and our famous Frankenstein's Monster sandwich (we know the monster was a vegetarian in the book, but he would have given that up for THIS sandwich!). Or just hang out in our cozy book nooks as the day closes in and night creeps closer... 🌙

All day long, downtown Bristol is also going to be filled with Halloween activities - Pumpkin Palooza, a costume contest, trick-or-treating 3:00-5:00pm, and Believe in Bristol's Halloween parade at 5:00pm.

Plus the Birthplace of Country Music Museum is hosting their annual Community Day with free admission all day and family-friendly activities 12:00-3:00pm. And today is the last day to check out the free Mobile Museum Experience "Out of Many, One" at Cumberland Square Park courtesy of The City of Bristol, Virginia !

Do you need some new books for your TBR?!Well, we have a bunch of great options that just came in today! Here are just a...
10/30/2026

Do you need some new books for your TBR?!

Well, we have a bunch of great options that just came in today! Here are just a few we are particularly excited about:

📚 "Winterset Hollow" by Jonathan Edward Durham follows a group of friends to the place that inspired their favorite book—a timeless tale about a tribe of animals preparing for their yearly end-of-summer festival. But after a series of shocking discoveries, they find that much of what the world believes to be fiction is actually fact, and that the truth behind their beloved story is darker and more dangerous than they ever imagined.
📚 "When the Night Comes Knocking" by Katherine Daniel is an Appalachian-set horror novel where two siblings with secrets to hide face a monster in the mountains who feasts on guilty hearts… and someone among their group has lured it out of hiding.
📚 "The Art & Craft of Stephen King" by Guy Astic and Frank Lafond is a beautifully illustrated journey through every novel, novella, and short story written by the King of horror!

Stop by and find your next great read!

Y'all!! A Court of Splintered Harmony is here and waiting for you at Dragonfly!
10/28/2026

Y'all!!

A Court of Splintered Harmony is here and waiting for you at Dragonfly!

CANCELLATION!A reminder that we will not be open for our Used Book Drop-Off at Dragonfly today due to a scheduling confl...
10/27/2026

CANCELLATION!

A reminder that we will not be open for our Used Book Drop-Off at Dragonfly today due to a scheduling conflict on our end. If you were planning to drop off any books with us, there are a few options:

📚 If you don't mind waiting, our next Used Book Drop-Off date is Tuesday, November 24, 10:00am-12:00pm.
📚 If you have 20 or fewer books, feel free to bring them by any time when we are open.
📚 If you have more than 20 books, please reach out via our email at [email protected] or DM us, and we can arrange a different time for the book drop-off!

Thank you!

Stop by Dragonfly this week for a wonderful selection of new, new-to-us pre-loved, and spooky reads! 📚💜👻 We've got all ...
10/26/2026

Stop by Dragonfly this week for a wonderful selection of new, new-to-us pre-loved, and spooky reads! 📚💜👻

We've got all of your reading needs covered - from ghost stories and true crime, to bestsellers by Bonnie Garmus and Lois Lowry, to books that dig deep into archaeology and paleontology!

Plus you can share your Halloween greetings with one of these wonderful cards by local artist Kathleen Dotterweich!

Heads up, Dragonfly friends! We have to cancel our monthly Used Book Drop-Off on Tuesday, October 27 due to a schedule c...
10/25/2026

Heads up, Dragonfly friends!

We have to cancel our monthly Used Book Drop-Off on Tuesday, October 27 due to a schedule change on our end. If you were planning to drop off any books with us, there are a few options:

📚 If you don't mind waiting, our next Used Book Drop-Off date is Tuesday, November 24, 10:00am-12:00pm.
📚 If you have 20 or fewer books, feel free to bring them by any time when we are open.
📚 If you have more than 20 books, please reach out via our email at [email protected] or DM us, and we can arrange a different time for the book drop-off!

Did you know that there is a deluxe hardcover edition of "Dungeon Crawler Carl" coming out on November 17?! 🏃😽👑This new ...
10/24/2026

Did you know that there is a deluxe hardcover edition of "Dungeon Crawler Carl" coming out on November 17?! 🏃😽👑

This new edition features a stunning cover and artwork by acclaimed artist Victo Ngai, decorated endpapers, a fully illustrated hardcover case featuring a solvable maze, illustrations on the inside of the jacket, stenciled edges, and a 4-color printed ribbon marker featuring Carl and Donut on the run. It also includes a Q&A with author Matt Dinniman, conducted by GC, BWR, NW Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk herself! The 464-page whopper or a book is $65.

If, like Carl and Princess Donut, you have recently reached a new ACHIEVEMENT 🎉(i.e. anything...anything at all...) and deserve a LEGENDARY BOX 🎁 (i.e. a beautiful book), you can pre-order a copy at the link in the comments below. Please get your order in by Sunday, November 1.

Join us today at 2:00-4:00pm for an afternoon of poetry in remembrance of the Helene Flood, the survivors of that devast...
10/24/2026

Join us today at 2:00-4:00pm for an afternoon of poetry in remembrance of the Helene Flood, the survivors of that devastation, and the communities that came together to rebuild.

"Had I a Dove: Appalachian Poets on the Helene Flood" will be for sale, and you can get your book signed by several of the featured poets!

Partial sales benefit the Helene Flood Relief Fund.

Do you love playing games and doing puzzles?!Then Dragonfly Book Bar is the place for you - tonight is our monthly Games...
10/23/2026

Do you love playing games and doing puzzles?!

Then Dragonfly Book Bar is the place for you - tonight is our monthly Games & Puzzles Night! We have a whole slew of great ones to choose from or you can bring your own!

Come hang out with us!

Mark you calendars now and plan to join us at Dragonfly Book Bar tomorrow - Saturday, October 24, 2:00-4:00pm - for a po...
10/23/2026

Mark you calendars now and plan to join us at Dragonfly Book Bar tomorrow - Saturday, October 24, 2:00-4:00pm - for a poetry reading and book signing of "Had I a Dove: Appalachian Poets on the Helene Flood."

Bristol community member - and Dragonfly's amazing friend - David Winship is featured in the book. Here are a few lines from his poem "The Flood":

Winds blow
rains fall
trees dig roots deep
sometimes topple.

Blood and mud
flowing through Earth’s veins
rain soaked the ground
rivers swelled and burst their banks
water unleashed, untamed.

Sales of the books benefit the Helene Flood Relief Fund and support creative voices in our region!

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625 State Street
Bristol, VA
24201

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 8pm
Saturday 11am - 8pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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