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Natalie Leonard

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🍧bookish dessert & coffee cafe (coffee served 8am-3:30pm)
📚indie books only
☕️ @batbrew
📍216 E Pine St Lakeland FL
✍🏼 book signings & events

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#vampirepenguin #lakelander #bookishcafe #darkacademiavibes #smallbusinesssaturday by @vampirepenguincafe

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3 months ago

Can’t go wrong with books, coffee, and dessert ☕️🍨

I stopped by @vampirepenguincafe and @batbrew and had a lovely experience. Almost feels like you walked straight into Howard’s during Halloween. Great desserts and great coffee!

Come check it out!
Vampire Penguin/Bat Brew
Lakeland, FL 📍 taken in Lakeland, Florida by @vampirepenguincafe

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4 months ago

We are hiring 👀
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#bookishcafe #vampirepenguin #lakelander #lakelandfl #workhumor key words: hiring book store indie books authors dessert cafe dirty sodas ice cream shaved snow central Florida by @vampirepenguincafe

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7 months ago

Authors– one spot has opened up for our event due to a cancellation.

Comment below if you’d like me to send you the form link to join.

What: Pages on Pine St, our annual book signing event
with over 20 signing authors

Cost: $25

Where: E Pine st Lakeland Fl

When: November 6th, 6-8pm

As a signing author, you’ll be promoted on our socials and invited to join us for our outings and group dinner on the 7th.
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#pagesonpinest #lakelandflorida #vampirepenguin #bookishcommunity #authorssupportingauthors by @vampirepenguincafe

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Haunted house craft night at Vampire Penguin
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#lakelander #bookishcafe #craftnight #vampirepenguin #darkacademiavibes by @vampirepenguincafe

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4 days ago

Pages On Pine is our annual book market and this year we have over 20 authors traveling in from all over the US, plus local writers as well.

Enjoy coffee, books, and prizes!

November 6th 6-8pm & November 7th 10am-12pm

The prize basket giveaway will take place both days. Attending both days will give you double entries!
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#bookishmarket #bookmarket #booksigningevent #authorsupport #lakelandflorida by @vampirepenguincafe

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7 days ago

Something magical is brewing! 🧪✨
Join Haven Lily Co. × Vampire Penguin for Create Your Potion! Blend up to two scents, name your potion and decorate your vessel for a fragrance uniquely YOU.
🖤 October 27 | 7–9 PM
📍 Vampire Penguin, Lakeland
🎟️ $65 per person • Includes a snow or beverage!
Grab your brooms and reserve your spot: https://square.link/u/bCAc6Bjx

#lakeland taken in Vampire Penguin Lakeland by @vampirepenguincafe

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11 days ago

Focaccia After Dark 🕯️🥀

A little spooky, a little sourdough. Join us October 22nd at Vampire Penguin for a night of focaccia making + a drink or snow to enjoy while you create.

Tickets are live at the link in our bio 🖤 taken in Vampire Penguin Lakeland by @vampirepenguincafe

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13 days ago

I went to Bat Brew Cafe/Vampire Penguin to try their Dark Harvest coffee- cinnamon roll pumpkin coffee with pumpkin cold foam and cinnamon sugar topping- delicious! I also had their bacon and Gouda quiche which was also great. It was really quiet this morning! For now, Google shows them opening at 7 am Monday-Friday so it’s a great grab-before-work option! Also I absolutely love their new seating layout and those benches would make for a perfect coffee date too! 😍🥰🎃

@vampirepenguincafe
@batbrewcoffee
216 E Pine St
Lakeland, FL 33801

#CityTasteTest #supportlocal #thingstodoincentralflorida #downtown #coffee taken in Vampire Penguin Lakeland by @vampirepenguincafe

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19 days ago

Another mini bookshelf event, because you all LOVE them (and we do too!)

This time @thecraftynooktpa brought all the cozy fall details and they all turned out so beautiful!
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#lakelander #bookishcafe #vampirepenguin #darkacademiavibes #bookishcrafts by @vampirepenguincafe

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a month ago

Need a ghouls night out making the most whimsical craft?! Get ready, I’ll be announcing our 3 October events veryyyy soon where sign ups will be accepted then!!! 🪾🌙

2 dates over at our favorite Lakeland spot, @vampirepenguincafe !!!

1 date will be at our favorite studio, @akalastudios !!!

What do we think of this mini library?! by @vampirepenguincafe

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This ball is for Teens Only. The Teen Masquerade Fantasy Ball is a night teens do not want to miss!

It’s Saturday, Oct 24th from 7:30-10 pm at the Peggy Brown Building in Lakeland, Fl.

Tickets are on sale now. Find them in my bio.

Gals come in costumed ball gowns and guts come in costumed suits…don’t forget your mask!!

Every teen leaves with a “Clean” book of their choice, it’s included in the ticket. Clean books are those with no sexual material, language or LGBTQ themes.

There are 3 signing authors and Second Story Bookstore will be there as well as signed copies by AJ Skelly.

We are partnering with @yxentertainmentgroup, @lumiviewapp which is clean vertical storytelling for the night.

There will also be a group Celtic dance then free dancing with the help of DJ Joe Limper. All music will be clean with no suggestive lyrics or foul language.

This is a fun, wholesome nights for teens, giving them a chance to dress up in fancy costumes and find great books appropriate for them.

Find out more in the link in my bio or go to www.sofiasimpson.com under the Kisses Only Book Events tab.

#teenmasqueradefantasyball2026 #teenmasqueradefantasyballlakekand #cleanbookevent #cleanbookeventforteens by @vampirepenguincafe

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