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This weekend, we’re bringing the Strand’s legendary outdoor book carts front and center for a special Sidewalk Sale, happening Friday through Sunday.
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read moreWriters’ Open Mic is the home for works in progress from all literary genres. Prose, poetry, flash fiction, pages from your graphic novel, a...
read moreJoin us on Saturday, June 20 as we prepare to meet the longest day of the year with a chorus of poetry. We'll congregate in the breathtaking sanctuary of St. Ann's as over 50...
read moreAs America approaches its 250th anniversary, what stories are we celebrating—and which ones still need to be told?
Join us for a powerful 5-week virtual Community Poetry...
read moreA Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many...
read moreHello! Join us Thursday June 18th for a leisurely stroll through Greenwich Village, lasting ~90 min, where we'll chat about literary history, revolutionary souls, and a bunch...
read moreJoin us for WEIRD GIRLS x LUNA LUNA—a reading series dedicated to celebrating literary weirdness and lusciousness. This time, our readers will be taking inspiration from David...
read moreJoin us for an evening celebrating the 80th anniversary of Penguin Classics and its long-standing mission to ignite a universal love of reading, connect writers with global...
read moreAcclaimed author Valeria Luiselli (Lost Children Archive, The Story of My Teeth) joins us at The Center to discuss her new book, ...
read moreJoin us for an evening of poetry with Grant Clauser, Jed Myers, and Mark Danowsky
Main Point Books welcomes poets Grant Clauser, Jed Clauser, and Mark Danowsky. The...
read moreRegina YC Garcia, Gideon Young & Mary Alice Dixon read poetry in conversation with NC Poetry Society's Joan Barasovska. Garcia's work is featured in an Emmy-winning...
read moreThe Hyla Brook Summer Reading Series presents poet Meg Kearney reading new work on Thursday, June 11th at the Hyla Brook Estate, 140 Rockingham Road (Rt. 28), Derry, New...
read moreJoin us to celebrate the 2026 5 Under 35 honorees Megan Kamalei Kakimoto (Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare), Anika Jade Levy (Flat Earth),...
read moreIn celebration of Pride month at Beyond Baroque, join us for a day-long festival of poetry, music, art, and community celebrating the legacy of Federico García Lorca! The...
read moreJoin the International Armenian Literary Alliance for the fourth installment of Literary Lights 2026 featuring Naira Kuzmich’s posthumous debut novel Fearcatcher. Vedran Husić...
read moreWhy dread the horror of back-to-school when you could celebrate with us and ADAM CESARE at The Haunted Book Shop on August 25th? Yes, you read that correctly....
read moreWritten Women is a monthly writers salon at Cordelia, inviting you to respond to poems, stories and myths written by and about women.
Each month, we'll read and discuss...
read moreYou are invited to join us for our June event on Zoom on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at 2 pm ET with Indran Amirthanayagam, Hassanal Abdullah, and Richard Jeffrey Newman.
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read moreIn her new book, Radical Duke, Allen traces the life of Charles Lennox, the 3rd Duke of Richmond—an aristocrat who supported press freedom, religious tolerance, and...
read moreThe Rally marches on for our Pride Night as we close out our season with three literary luminaries! Katie Fricas, CHECKED OUT (Drawn and Quarterly); Matthew Frye-Castillo, ONE...
read moreIn his new book, The Fourth Branch, and former New York State Senator—argues that the real site of change, and the greatest opportunity for impact, lies closer to home. In...
read moreA reading by poet Natalya Sukhonos with an open mic for community writers. Your donation supports poetry events in Albany as well as the work of the Social...
read moreDiscover the world of poetry through a workshop led by Taylor Mali, one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement. Explore the exhibition ...
read moreGather at the Morgan Library & Museum for an evening with renowned poet and author John Yau in celebration of Friends Who Came to See Me: Drawings from John Ashbery’s...
read moreSubmission Sundays is a free service to members of HVWC. Space is limited so please reserve your spot.
This group will meet online via Zoom....
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