Using a series of homemade contraptions and a bottle of archival glue, local author and publisher Austin Rowlader will be hand-binding his debut novel, Ordinary Time, at the Bee Well Mead and Cider house in Bellaire on Friday, March 1st. At 6:30 p.m., Taylor Reed from Crosshatch Arts and Ecology Center will interview Austin about his writing and his journey into the world of publishing.

His novel, entitled Ordinary Time, is an irreverent Midwestern fairy tale about a couple of teenage boys seeking Salvation under a relentless bombardment of puberty chemicals and Catholic guilt. A fast and lively read, it is sure to have you laughing, maybe crying, and probably going back to the beginning for another read. Copies will be available for $10 and the author will gladly sign them.

So if you, yourself, are interested in book-binding, or if you're an avid reader, or maybe you're a recovering Catholic, or maybe you're just somebody who likes weird homemade contraptions, come down to the Bee Well in Bellaire and have a peek inside the magnificent and perplexingly simple world of binding books.