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Date

Friday, June 5, 2026 8:00PM

Description

The State Theatre presents

Katherine Center

In partnership with Vintage Bookstore & Wine Bar

The State Theatre
Friday, June 5, 2026

Doors: 7pm
Show: 8pm

Please join us for an evening with New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center to celebrate the release of her latest rom-com, The Shippers!

A general event ticket includes a reserved seat to the event and does not include a book. If you'd like to add a signed book to your order, you'll have a chance to do so once the ticket is in your cart.

VIP tickets include a reserved seat, a signed book and access to a post-show meet and greet with Katherine.

Books will also be for sale at the event, courtesy of our event partners, Vintage Bookstore & Wine Bar.

About The Shippers
After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. With the help of a little pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly-divorced wedding guest ), and she decides to woo him during the cruise for some long-delayed closure. Only problem is, her sister’s a little busy being a bride at the moment—so JoJo ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, to be her wing man. Cooper: who RSVPed no, but then showed up, anyway. Cooper: who left town without a word four years earlier and moved to London. Cooper: who was, if she’s honest, the worst heartbreak of JoJo’s life. It’s bliss for her to see him again, and it’s agony, too—and the more they team up for Project Conquest, the more she obsesses over questions she can’t bring herself to ask. Shipboard antics ensue in this witty, heart-tugging, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance—as JoJo and Cooper fake flirt, slow dance, share a cabin, sing duets, treat sunburns, get jealous, rescue each other over and over, and finally, at last, figure it all out in the most blissful, swoony, romantic way.

About Katherine Center
Katherine Center is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels. She writes deep, nuanced, laugh-and-cry rom-coms that brim with hope and healing. Her books have made countless best-of lists, including Amazon’s Top 100 Books of the Year, Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Year, the Indie Next Great Reads List, Goodreads’ Best Books of the Year, Library Reads Hall of Fame, People Magazine's Best New Books, and more. Two of her novels have become global Top Ten movies on Netflix, and a third, The Bodyguard, is in production right now. Her spring 2026 book is The Shippers. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.