The Community Bookstore is one of Brooklyn’s oldest independent bookstores, located at 143 Seventh Ave. Like many of Brooklyn’s fine independent booksellers, Community Bookstore is also home to a popular series of literary events. Next Sunday, January 27th, Community Bookstore will be hosting “The Writers Series: A Collaboration between PS321…
Wix Lounge, a free co-working and event space in NYC, will be hosting an excellent event next week on Tuesday, January 15th, from 7 – 9 PM. The NY Independent Publishing meetup is presenting “Designing the Bestseller,” a presentation on what makes a truly great book cover design. This will…
The Center for Fiction‘s first event of the new year is called “Author & Editor & Agent: Luis Alberto Urrea, Geoff Shandler, & Julie Barer.” This panel will be a discussion of the process authors go through in publishing their books, from finding an agent to working with an editor,…
The Asian American Writers Workshop (AAWW) is a national not-for-profit arts organization devoted to the creating, publishing, developing, and disseminating of creative writing by Asian Americans. The AAWW publishes works by new writers in their various online magazines, and also gives fellowships to emerging writers in hopes of promoting upcoming…
First Book – Manhattan is a non-profit organization that provides new books for children in need. To help achieve this mission, they are hosting their 1st Annual Winter Soirée! The Soirée will take place on Thursday, November 29 at Midtown 1015, starting at 7:30 PM. This two-hour event will include…
Deirdre Bair is the author of several award-winning and acclaimed biographies, and a WNBA-NYC favorite. Her book Samuel Beckett: A Biography won the National Book Award, and her biographies of Simone de Beauvoir and C.G. Jung were finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her latest biography takes a…
As a fan of graphic novels and a Brooklynite, I’m excited to see that this Saturday, November 10th, is the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival! Held at the Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn), the festival will run all day, and feature a variety of exhibits and programs. Panels during…
Even though it’s not Tuesday, we couldn’t resist posting this last minute Around Town feature to tell you about an amazing educational series based in New York. The Center for the Study of Women and Society has promoted feminist scholarship since 1977, as part of the City University of New…
On Saturday, October 27th, two of our WNBA-NYC members will be involved in the 2012 Self-Publishing Book Expo! The Self-Publishing Book Expo is “a learning center for the self-publishing community”—a chance for published and aspiring authors to learn more about self-publishing from a variety of professionals. Members Rose Carrano and…
We at the New York Chapter of the WNBA love our independent NY bookstores, so we often highlight indie bookstore events on the blog. But of course, the behemoths of bookselling, Barnes and Noble, also hold great literary events in their many locations around town. This week, we thought we’d…
