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NY Literary Events Calendar

Our literary events calendar is provided as a free service to organizations. Anyone may submit a literary event for listing online, and we welcome all organizations to utilize this free service to get the word out about free or for-cost literary events.

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PLEASE NOTE: This events calendar is for Literary Events only. Non-literary event submissions will be declined.

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Monday January 23 2012, 11:49 PM to
Thursday February 16 2012, 7:30 PM     

[Event Image:  Judith Sloan's Yo Miss-February 16th, Joe's Pub 7:30PM]
Judith Sloan's Yo Miss-February 16th, Joe's Pub 7:30PM
EarSay Inc.
Judith Sloan
425 Lafayette St.
New York, NY
(212) 539-8778
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Judith Sloan’s Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide Thursday February 16th, 7:30 PM Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street, New York NY Advance tickets, reserved seating. $15 Award-winning play...
Sunday February 5 2012, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
 

[Event Image:  Delicious New Fiction]
Delicious New Fiction
Sunday Best Reading Series
Patricia Eakins, Curator
The Lounge, Pinehurst Avenue @183rd Street
New York City, NY
212-923-7800 x1342
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The Sunday Best Reading Series presents "Delicious New Fiction: Jonathan Baumbach, Janice Eidus, Douglas Light. $7 suggested admission includes the performances, drinks, snacks, and reception for the ...
Tuesday February 7 2012, 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
 

[Event Image:  Mischief & Mayhem Reading Series]
Mischief & Mayhem Reading Series
Mischief and Mayhem
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street (btw. Thompson and Sullivan)
New York, NY
(212) 505-3474
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With Kaylie Jones , Thaddeus Rutkowski and host Katie Halper Mischief and Mayhem is a publishing collective, not a publishing company. Our goals are to nurture and promote distinctive authorial voi...
Thursday February 9 2012, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
 

"One Story": with Seth Fried, Bruce Machart, Claire Vaye Watkins
NYU
April Naoko Heck
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street
New York, NY
212-998-8816
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A reading by contributors to "One Story," the Brooklyn-based literary magazine. Seth Fried’s debut story collection, "The Great Frustration," was published by Soft Skull Press in 2011. Bruce Machart’s...
Saturday February 11 2012, 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM
 

Library Forum presents Woodstock Poetry Society
Woodstock Public Library
Amy Raff
Woodstock Public Library 5 Library Lane Woodstock, NY 12498
Woodstock, NY
845-679-2213
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Members of the Woodstock Poetry Society, including Phillip Levine, Trina Porte, and Marcia Slatkin, will read from their in celebration of the publication of LIFEBLOOD, their new poetry anthology....
Saturday February 11 2012, 5:45 PM to 7:45 PM
 

[Event Image:  IAWA Presents The Interrogation and A Brooklyn Love Story]
IAWA Presents The Interrogation and A Brooklyn Love Story
Italian American Writers Assoc.
Maria Lisella
Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St. Cafe
New York City, NY
718-777-1178
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IAWA presents Santi Buscemi, a scholar, translator and passionate keeper of a Sicilian dialect will read from his translation of Capuana's The Interrogation and Chiara Montalto author and actress of t...
Sunday February 12 2012, 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
 

[Event Image:  How Should a Person Be Seen? or, Charles Dickens' Hard Times]
How Should a Person Be Seen? or, Charles Dickens' Hard Times
Aesthetic Realism Foundaiton
Devorah Tarrow
141 Greene Street
New York, NY
212-777-4490
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Sunday, Feb. 12th, at 2:30 PM—to celebrate Dickens’ 200th birthday and the justice people everywhere deserve—the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company will perform Eli Siegel’s work “How Should a Person B...
Tuesday February 14 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 

[Event Image:  A Valentine's Day treat for Book Lovers]
A Valentine's Day treat for Book Lovers
Pen Parentis
Milda M. De Voe
Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold Street, second floor
NEW YORK, NY
212-501-2031
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Treat yourself to a literary event with a loved one. This Valentine's Day, 2011 Rohr Prize winner Austin Ratner and bestselling author Stephen Stark read from new works and discuss the balance of a li...
Tuesday February 21 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 

[Event Image:  Brownstone Poets]
Brownstone Poets
Brownstone Poets
Patricia Carragon
Linger Cafe & Lounge 533 Atlantic Ave between 3rd and 4th Aves
Brooklyn, NY
917 679 5002
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Poetry Grows In Boerum Hill The Brownstone Poets Presents: Amy Leigh Cutler and Ronnie Norpel Tuesday, February 21 Starts at 7p.m. – Sign up at 6:45 p.m. At Our New Venue,...
Thursday February 23 2012, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
 

[Event Image:  The Soundtrack Series]
The Soundtrack Series

The Gallery at LPR
158 Bleecker Street (btw. Thompson and Sullivan)
Nw York, NY
(212) 505-3474
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Dana Rossi hosts a monthly merging of stories and songs in this legendary music venue. Six artists--writers, comics, actors and musicians--tell the stories they associate with songs of their choosing....
Tuesday March 13 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 

[Event Image:  The Pen Parentis Literary Salon]
The Pen Parentis Literary Salon
Pen Parentis
Milda M. De Voe
Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold Street at Platt
NEW YORK, NY
212-501-2031
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Join celebrated authors Eleanor Henderson Myfanwy Collins and Rock sensation Suzzy Roche as they discuss literary careers and family life book signings, networking, cash happy hour at the Liber...
Sunday March 25 2012, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
 

Bellevue Literary Review Spring Poetry and Prose Reading
Bellevue Literary Review
Stacy Bodziak
Bellevue Hospital, 462 First Avenue (at 28th Street), 10016
NYC, NY
212-263-3973
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Please join us for an evening of poetry and prose to celebrate the Spring issue of the Bellevue Literary Review. Featured readers include Lauren Schmidt (winner of the 2012 Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize...
Tuesday April 10 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 

[Event Image:  Pen Parentis Literary Salon]
Pen Parentis Literary Salon
Pen Parentis
Milda M. De Voe
Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold Street at Platt
NEW YORK, NY
212-501-2031
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Join authors Ann Napolitano and Deborah Copaken Kogan as they read from their current works and discuss the balance of family life with a successful literary career. Cash bar & books available for ...
Tuesday May 8 2012, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 

[Event Image:  The Pen Parentis Literary Salon]
The Pen Parentis Literary Salon
Pen Parentis
Milda M. De Voe
Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold Street at Platt
NEW YORK, NY
212-501-2031
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Celebrate the close of our seventh successful season with authors Josh Rolnick Christine Schutt and Anna Solomon as they read from their current works and discuss the balance of family life with a...
Tuesday November 6 2012, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
 

[Event Image:  THE TEXTURE OF POETRY: an exploration of poems as objects]
THE TEXTURE OF POETRY: an exploration of poems as objects
Middle Country Public Library
Loretta Piscatella
Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Blvd.
Centereach, NY
631-585-9393
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What happens when a poem leaves the page? This exhibit demonstrates the written word taking a physical form through video, collage, sculpture, photography, & book making. Project is a result of a Ston...


Featured Events
Sunday, February 5
Delicious New Fiction
New York City, NY
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Tuesday, February 7
Mischief & Mayhem Reading Series
New York, NY
6:00 PM   |   View Details »
Thursday, February 9
"One Story": with Seth Fried, Bruce Machart, Claire Vaye Watkins
New York, NY
7:00 PM   |   View Details »

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