Events

Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife and Everything in Between with authors Daniel Klein and Thomas Cathcart

discussion with author Anna Jane Grossman
plus debate moderated by Brokelyn’s Faye Penn
Read this to learn how you can participate in this event!
There will be prizes for the best debator from
WORD, Permanent Records and other local businesses.
Facebook RSVP here.

State by State reading with editor Sean Wilsey and writer Jed Lipinski

We’re hosting an event to celebrate the paperback release of State by State, a wonderful collection of essays from acclaimed writers, about the states they love.  We’re running a contest in the same spirit – called Neighborhood by Neighborhood. Write an essay about your favorite part of NYC: from Washington Heights to Vinegar Hill to, of course – Greenpoint. Send submissions to kelly@wordbrooklyn.com by November 12th to be entered. Winner gets an autographed copy of the book, a gift certificate to WORD and a chance to read their piece at the event. Sean and Jed will talk about the process of creating a collaborative book like this collection. (If you can’t attend the event you can still enter the contest!) Facebook RSVP here.

Some of our favorite authors will hang out with us at the store, helping with gift-wrapping, recommending their favorite titles and personalizing signed copies of their books for your gift-giving needs! Get a head start on holiday shopping – join us for this festive two-day open house. Refreshments will be served.

Author scheduled to appear:

1-3 pm:
Amy Braunschweiger (Taxi Confidential: Life, Death and 3 a.m. Revelations in NYC Cabs)
A.J. Jacobs (The Guinea Pig Diaries)
Rebecca Stead (When You Reach Me)

3-5 pm:
Jami Attenberg (The Kept Man)
Charles Bock (Beautiful Children)
Peter Brown (The Curious Garden)
Sarah Manguso (The Two Kinds of Decay)

Facebook RSVP here.

Some of our favorite authors will hang out with us at the store,
helping with gift-wrapping, recommending their favorite titles and
personalizing signed copies of their books for your gift-giving needs!
Get a head start on holiday shopping – join us for this festive two-day
open house. Refreshments will be served.

Author scheduled to appear:

1-3 pm:
Jedediah Berry (The Manual of Detection)
Emily St. John Mandel (Last Night in Montreal)
Adrienne Maria Vrettos (Skin)

3-5 pm:
Lev Grossman (The Magicians)
Maura Madden (Crafternoon)
Michelle Knudsen (Dragon of Trelian and Library Lion)

Facebook RSVP here.

This talk will focus on the generation of memoir, using the author's recent book, The Adderall Diaries, as a jumping off point for discussing the process of figuring out your story and editing it into something someone would want to read. Admission is the price of the book ($23) and includes a copy.

This is Stephen Elliott's first memoir but his seventh book, all of them written from personal experience. We'll use this book as a jumping off point for more general ideas on writing memoir and some of the problems the memoir writer may encounter. In the talk we'll discuss dealing with family members and friends who may not want to be written about and we'll also go through some writing tips for accessing memories and experiences.

This event costs $23 which includes a copy of the book and 1 ticket to the event. To reserve your spot, purchase your book/ticket combo here.