Spice up an otherwise dull lunch break in Midtown by attending the Bryant Park reading series, Word for Word. This series is held in the Bryant Park Reading Room, an open air library by the park. The series holds readings both midday and in the evening, and events range from…
This evening, in honor of Pride Week, the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is hosting an event called “Shameless: Pride Week with Melissa Febos, Ariel Levy, and More.” The Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is a New York institution, where merchandise is all donated and the staff is almost entirely volunteer. According…
This week, one of the most well-known independent bookstores in the city, Strand Books, is teaming up with the famous literary journal, The Paris Review. The result? A Monthly Literary Salon – the first in an ongoing literary event series on the second Wednesday of every month. This Wednesday, June…
BookExpo America is the premier North American publishing event of the year! Hosted at the Javits Center in New York City from June 4 – 7, BEA offers four days of exhibits, conferences, author signings, and special events. On the main floor, hundreds of exhibitors set up booths to promote…
We can’t get enough of McNally Jackson bookstore! Stop by this Soho spot on May 30 at 7:00 pm for their panel on ‘Creativity and Curation in the Digital Age.’ Join Austin Kleon (author of Steal Like an Artist) as he interviews three of his favorite NYC ladies around the topic of collecting…
It’s no secret that Young Adult fiction is hot right now – and the genre offers more than just supernatural romances, apocalyptic societies, or steampunk tales. It’s also no secret that we’re big fans of KGB Bar – we’ve written about them and are having our Open Mic Night there.…
This week in NYC, the PEN American Center is hosting the annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. According to the PEN website, “Writers from around the world convene in New York City to celebrate the power of the written word in action.” The festival runs from April 30th…
192 Books is a general interest bookstore located in Chelsea that houses a range of recent titles, past best-sellers, and selected rare and out of print books. They seek to “trace connections between art and literature by promoting a dialogue between readers and art lovers” and do so through various…
The Moth is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the art of storytelling, and to showcasing the nation’s finest storytellers. According to the website, The Moth, “is a celebration of both the raconteur, who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary life, and the storytelling novice, who has lived…
The International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG) is hosting their 63rd Annual Big Apple Conference on Saturday and Sunday, April 14-15, 2012, at the National Arts Club in NYC. Founded in 1976, the International Women’s Writing Guild is a “network for the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing.” Whether…
