Events

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.

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.

WORD book club selections are always on sale for 10% off during the month before we meet.  Meetings are held in the store twice monthly; come to the meeting that's more convenient for you:

• 1st Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm
• 1st Saturday of every month at noon

Please email us or call 718.383.0096 to register for a book club.

Click here for past book club selections.

January's book is The Group. 

WORD book club selections are always on sale for 10% off during the month before we meet.  Meetings are held in the store twice monthly; come to the meeting that's more convenient for you:

• 1st Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm
• 1st Saturday of every month at noon

Please email us or call 718.383.0096 to register for a book club.

Click here for past book club selections.

January's book is The Group. 

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.

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.

We're obsessed with this fast-paced anagram game - it's like Scrabble without the board (or those pesky points). Join us for some Saturday afternoon Bananagrams WORD play (and some banana-themed edibles).

Free fun for all ages! 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.

To aid in the development of new work, local writers gather to present excerpts from works-in-progress for healthy feedback and discussion. Open to writers
of all genres (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's lit, plays,
screenplays etc) in any stage of development. $5 donations requested for donation to local charities.
Any questions? Email Dean at GreenpointWriters@gmail.com.

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.

Join us for a discussion of Rumspringa, by Tom Shachtman. This book follows several Amish teenagers as they go through their period of rumspringa, or "running around." As a matter of tradition, at sixteen, before they are formally baptized into the church, all Amish teens are given the opportunity to experiment with behavior normally forbidden by the church. When they're done, they then decide whether to return to the fold or leave permanently. Remarkably (to us), the vast majority choose to become Amish, but this tradition has become more and more troublesome for Amish communities due to modern problems like meth and AIDS. In this fantastic book, Shachtman manages both to respect the traditions of the Amish but avoid treating them as infallible saints. This is a book that manages to be even more provocative and interesting than its cover. 

Join us for a discussion of Rumspringa, by Tom Shachtman. This book follows several Amish teenagers as they go through their period of rumspringa, or "running around." As a matter of tradition, at sixteen, before they are formally baptized into the church, all Amish teens are given the opportunity to experiment with behavior normally forbidden by the church. When they're done, they then decide whether to return to the fold or leave permanently. Remarkably (to us), the vast majority choose to become Amish, but this tradition has become more and more troublesome for Amish communities due to modern problems like meth and AIDS. In this fantastic book, Shachtman manages both to respect the traditions of the Amish but avoid treating them as infallible saints. This is a book that manages to be even more provocative and interesting than its cover. 

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.

To aid in the development of new work, local writers gather to present
excerpts from works-in-progress for healthy feedback and discussion.
Open to writers
of all genres (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's lit, plays,
screenplays etc) in any stage of development. $5 donations requested
for donation to local charities.
Any questions? Email Dean at GreenpointWriters@gmail.com.

YA NOT?, a literary salon for not-so-young adults, returns, and this month will feature Carrie Ryan, author of one of the standout books of the recent glut of paranormal YA: The Forest of Hands and Teeth. We'll celebrate that book and its new sequel, The Dead-Tossed Waves. Zombie donuts will be served. YA NOT? is a literary salon for not-so-young-adults (though all fans of teen fiction are encouraged to come, no matter what age) who love reading and discussion YA literature.

Facebook RSVP here (encouraged but not required).

Learn more about the author at www.carrieryan.com.

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.