Events.
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2012 EVENTS
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MARCH:
The Literarian Party at The Center for Fiction
Group Reading: Carmela Ciuraru, Dawn Raffel, Elissa Schappell, Jane Ciabattari, Terese Svoboda + others
17 East 47th Street (between Fifth and Madison Aves)
NYC
212 755 6710
Thurs., March 15th
7pm
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MAY
In conversation with author Ben Fountain
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street @ South Portland
Brooklyn
718 246 0200
Wed., May 9th, 7pm
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JUNE:
In conversation with Nick Owchar, deputy books editor, Los Angeles Times
Vroman’s Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA
626 449 5320
Sun., June 3rd
4pm
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In conversation with Darin Strauss (HALF A LIFE), Elissa Schappell (BLUEPRINTS FOR BUILDING BETTER GIRLS) and Ben Greenman of The New Yorker
Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza
The Dweck Center
Event to kick off BPL’s Summer Reading Program
(Co-sponsored by Artists & Audiences Exchange, a public program administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts)
This event is FREE.
Thurs., June 7th
7pm
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Reading & Discussion
Left Bank Books
399 N. Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO
314 367 6731
Sun., June 10th
4pm
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Reading & Discussion
Prairie Lights Books
15 South Dubuque Street
Iowa City, IA
319 337 2681
www.prairielights.com
Wed., June 20th
7pm
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Reading & Discussion
Square Books
160 Courthouse Square
Oxford, Mississippi
Thurs., June 28th
7pm
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JULY:
“Author Luncheon Series”
Bank Square Books
53 West Main Street
Mystic, CT
Tues., July 10th
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The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA
415 863 8688
Fri., July 13th
7pm
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Litchfield County, CT
[private event]
Thurs., July 19th
7pm
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BookHampton
20 Main Street, Sag Harbor
Long Island
631 725 8425
Sat., July 21st
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SEPTEMBER:
Brooklyn Book Festival Event
Union Hall
702 Union Street, Park Slope
Thurs., Sept. 20th
7:30pm
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NOVEMBER:
In conversation with author and New Yorker writer Ian Frazier
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street @ South Portland
Brooklyn
718 246 0200
Thurs., Nov. 8th, 7:30pm
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Celebrating the publication of MY BOOKSTORE (Black Dog & Leventhal)
Co-sponsored by Community Bookstore, Greenlight Bookstore, and WORD. Featuring readings by essay contributors Carmela Ciuraru, Matt Weiland, and Emily St. John Mandel.
Franklin Park
618 Saint John’s Place (between Franklin and Classon Aves)
Brooklyn
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2011 EVENTS:
BookExpo America (BEA)
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 W 34th Street, Manhattan
Galley signing
Wed., May 25th, 3 – 3:30pm
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Launch Party
[In conversation with Slate critic Troy Patterson]
BookCourt
163 Court Street (between Pacific and Dean)
Brooklyn
718 875 3677
Mon., June 13th, 7pm
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[In conversation with Sadie Stein from The Paris Review]
192 Books
192 Tenth Avenue @ W. 21st Street
Manhattan
212 255 4022
Tues., June 14th, 7pm
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[In conversation with Kim Lombardini of BookHampton]
BookHampton
20 Main Street, Sag Harbor
Long Island
631 725 8425
Fri., June 17th, 8pm
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[In conversation with Sara Nelson, books editor, O, The Oprah Magazine; and Progressive Book Club editorial director Barbara Jones]
Barnes & Noble/Upper East Side
150 East 86th Street @ Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
212 369 2180
“Writers on Writers”
Mon., June 27th, 7pm
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[In conversation with John Williams, founder and editor, The Second Pass]
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street @ South Portland
Brooklyn
718 246 0200
Mon., July 11th, 7pm
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[In conversation with John Pollack, author of The Pun Also Rises]
powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street @ Water Street, Dumbo
Brooklyn
718 666 3049
Wed., July 13th, 7pm
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[In conversation with Michael Archer, editor in chief of Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics]
Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway @ East 12th Street
Manhattan
212 473 1452
Tues., July 19th, 7pm
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RJ Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT
203 245 3959
Sat., July 23rd, 4pm
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[In conversation with Andy Hunter, co-founder and editor, Electric Literature]
McNally Jackson
52 Prince Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry)
Manhattan
212 274 1160
Wed., July 27th, 7pm
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FREERANGE NONFICTION SERIES
Reading with Deb Olin Unferth, Seth Fried, and others
PIANOS
158 Ludlow Street
Manhattan
Wed., Aug. 3, 7pm ($8)
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[In conversation with John McMurtrie, books editor, The San Francisco Chronicle]
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA
415 927 0960
Tues., Aug. 9th, 7pm
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[In conversation with Oscar Villalon, managing editor of ZYZZYVA]
The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA
415 863 8688
Thurs., Aug. 11th, 7:30 pm
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Books & Books
130 Main Street, Westhampton Beach
Long Island
631 998 3260
Fri., Aug. 19th, 7pm
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[in conversation with Dick Cavett]
The Montauk Bookshop
37 The Plaza, Montauk
Long Island
631 668 4599
Sat., August 20th, 3pm
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Porter Square Books
Porter Square Shopping Center
25 White Street
Cambridge, MA
617 491 2220
Thurs., Aug. 25th, 7pm
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Opening Reception: NURTURE Art (featuring Jonathan Ehrenberg + group reading)
910 Grand Street / Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY
718 782 7755
Fri., Sept. 2, 7pm
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[in conversation with local author Christopher Healy]
Words Bookstore
179 Maplewood Avenue
Maplewood, NJ
973 763 9500
Thurs., Sept. 15th, 7:30pm
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BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL
September 18th, 3pm, St. Francis McArdle Hall
Literary Panel, “Unreliable Subjects” with Amitava Kumar and Jonathan Weiner (Moderated by Robert Boynton, director of NYU’s magazine journalism program, and editor of THE NEW NEW JOURNALISM)
Watch the trailer here
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DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL
Literary panel and book signing – featuring CARMELA CIURARU, BEN GREENMAN, BARBARA JONES, and DARIN STRAUSS
Sunday, September 25th, 2pm
powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street @ Water Street
Brooklyn
718 666 3049
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[talk and book signing]
The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT
860 247 0998
Thurs., Oct. 6th, 5pm
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Q&A with Jesse Browner, author of EVERYTHING HAPPENS TODAY
Community Bookstore
143 Seventh Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
718 834 9494
Tues., Oct. 11th, 7pm
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Reading with LEAH HAGER COHEN, HELEN SCHULMAN, and AMY WALDMAN
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street, NYC
Thurs., Oct. 13th, 7 – 9 pm
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Private Book Club Event + dinner
Brooklyn, NY
Thurs., Oct. 27th, 7pm
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(Reading/Signing/Q&A session, along with author ROGER ROSENBLATT)
Sat., Nov. 19th. 2:30pm in the Pavilion
miamibookfair.com
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[photo by Pieter M. van Hattem]
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