Events

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.

Bloggers, performers and writers Sara Barron, Doree Shafrir and Claire Zulkey read from their humorous books.

Sara Barron is the author of PEOPLE ARE UNAPPEALING: TRUE STORIES OF OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO IRRITATE AND ANNOY

Doree Shafrir is the author of LOVE, MOM: POIGNANT, GOOFY, BRILLIANT MESSAGES FROM HOME

Claire Zulkey is the author of AN OFF YEAR

Join us for a night of readings and laughs! Facebook RSVP here.

Join a group of book-loving runners on a laidback tour of Greenpoint on foot. Every week is a slightly different run, but it'll always be 2-3 miles at about a 10-minute mile pace. Come when you can; no pre-registration required and no fee. Any questions? Email stephanie (at) wordbrooklyn (dot) com.