Annabel Monaghan Gma hosts OceanCliff event June 8
gma gets a live Newport stop on Monday, June 8, when Charter Books brings Annabel Monaghan to OceanCliff for a summer cocktail event built around Dolly All the Time. The 4 to 6 p.m. appearance gives readers an in-person look at bestselling author before the novel reaches shelves on May 28.
OceanCliff on June 8
Tickets are priced at $75, and the package includes admission to the reception, a signed copy of the book, a complimentary drink, and hors d'oeuvres. OceanCliff's cash bar will be open during the event, and the Safari Room restaurant is available for dinner afterward.
That format makes the evening more than a simple appearance. Monaghan will be in conversation with Kylie McCollough, the founder of the Newport Ladies Book Club, and the program also includes a Q&A and book signing. For readers who follow author events as much for access as for the book itself, the value is in the combination: a fresh title, direct conversation, and a signed copy bundled into one ticket.
Whitfield and Dolly Brick
Dolly All the Time is set in Whitfield, Rhode Island, a fictional town inspired by Newport, and follows Dolly Brick as she tries to save her family home. The novel centers on a hardworking single mom who returns to her seaside hometown during summer break to help her father, then gets pulled into a fake-dating arrangement with wealthy, workaholic scion Stewart Whitfield.
Monaghan has already built a commercial track record with It's a Love Story, Summer Romance, Same Time Next Summer, and Nora Goes Off Script. She has also written two young adult novels, and her books have been translated into 23 languages, which is the kind of reach that turns a local bookstore event into a regional draw.
Kylie McCollough joins Monaghan
Kylie McCollough brings her own audience to the room as the founder of the Newport Ladies Book Club, a group that has been featured on the Today Show with Read with Jenna. That connection fits the event's shape: a bookstore-hosted evening anchored by a club known for large, social book discussions rather than a standard author talk.
Charter Books, founded in 2020 at 8 Broadway in Newport, is using OceanCliff to stage a ticketed launch event that gives early readers a way into Monaghan's newest novel before publication day. For anyone deciding whether to go, the appeal is straightforward: a set time, a signed book, and a chance to hear the author discuss a story tied closely to Newport itself.
