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- WedOct 146:30pm
Dark Horse in a Wild Goose Chase: Writing Poems About Animals
Brooklyn Poets·$445
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- Calendar: brooklynpoets.org
- WedOct 146:30pm
Hush Hour: A Silent Book Club at Lofty Pigeon Books
Lofty Pigeon Books·Free
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- Calendar: Lofty Pigeon Books
- Free admission
- WedOct 146:30pm
Dark Horse in a Wild Goose Chase: Writing Poems About Animals w/ Rosebud Ben-Oni
$25
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- Calendar: brooklynpoets.org
- WedOct 146:30pm
FBS EVENTS Elise Howard In Conversation with Craig Peden
The Fountain Bookshop·Free
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- Calendar: The Fountain Bookshop
- Free admission
- WedOct 146:30pm
Dark Horse in a Wild Goose Chase w/ Rosebud Ben-Oni
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- Calendar: brooklynpoets.org
- WedOct 146:30pm
The Art of Mending: From Garment to Wearable Expression
Lab·tickets
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- WedOct 146:30pm
Reading for the Craft Book Club with Pedro & Swati
McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn·tickets
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- Calendar: McNally Jackson Books
- WedOct 146:30pm
The Skint · ×2Jonathan Ames: "A Past Without Pictures"
Brooklyn Public Library for Arts + Culture·$20
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- On 2 calendars: The Skint, Brooklyn Public Library
- On 2 calendars
- WedOct 146:30pm
Reading the City · ×2AI, Writing, and Publishing: What Everyone Should Know
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts·$13
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- On 2 calendars: Reading the City, ptknitwear.com
- On 2 calendars
- WedOct 146:45pm
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- Calendar: allsoulsnyc.org
- WedOct 147pm
The Year-Long Novel Intensive with Omer Friedlander
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- Calendar: The Center for Fiction
- WedOct 147pm
The International Library: Mathias Énard on Perfecting the Shot with Nicole Krauss
The Center for Fiction
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- Calendar: The Center for Fiction
- WedOct 147pm
On 2 calendarsMin Jin Lee with Aidan Flax-Clark: American Hagwon
New York Public Library – Stephen A. Schwarzman Building·Free
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- On 2 calendars: New York Public Library, Asian American / Asian Research Institute - City University of New York
- Free admission
- WedOct 147pm
On 2 calendarsBook Launch: The Forest Year by Ethan Tapper
POWERHOUSE Arena·$5
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- On 2 calendars: POWERHOUSE Arena, DUMBO Improvement District
- WedOct 147pm
M. Hartley Brooklyn Event for Heart of Stone
The Ripped Bodice - Brooklyn·$30
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- Calendar: therippedbodice.com
- WedOct 14time tbd
Church of St. Joseph
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- Calendar: St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village
- WedOct 147pm
SOLD OUT - Becca Freeman + Olivia Muenter: Back Where We Started
Strand Book Store·$14
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- Calendar: Strand Book Store
- WedOct 147pm
Reading the City · ×2Julie Orringer: Luna, Phoenix, Queen w/ Emma Straub
Montague Store·$10
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- On 2 calendars: Reading the City, Books Are Magic
- On 2 calendars
- WedOct 147pm
Central Library, Dweck Center
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- WedOct 14time tbd
- WedOct 147pm
Reading the City · ×2Natasha Lennard presents On Un/Certainty, in conversation with Alyssa Battistoni
Community Bookstore·Free
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- On 2 calendars: Reading the City, Community Bookstore
- On 2 calendars
- Free admission
- WedOct 147pm
Unrequited Love seminar: Petrarch, Canzoniere
NYRSeminars·$119
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- Calendar: The New York Review of Books
- WedOct 147pm
On 2 calendarsDavid Jacob Kramer & Michael Schmelling
McNally Jackson Seaport·$5
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- On 2 calendars: McNally Jackson Books, The Seaport
- WedOct 147pm
Abolition is For Everyone Reading Group
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- Calendar: Another World
- WedOct 147pm
Book Launch: OF MONSTERS AND MENSES by Maisie Culver
The Twisted Spine·$25
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- Calendar: The Twisted Spine
- WedOct 147pm
On 2 calendarsRadical Queer Reading Group
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- On 2 calendars: bgsqd.com, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
- WedOct 147pm
The Twisted Spine·tickets
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- Calendar: The Twisted Spine
- WedOct 14time tbd
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- Calendar: The Center for Fiction
- WedOct 147pm
Reading the City · ×2Sez I to Myself: A Celebration of Frank & Malachy McCourt
Symphony Space·Free
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- On 2 calendars: DoNYC, Reading the City
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- On 2 calendars
- Free admission
- WedOct 147:30pm
On 2 calendarsBook Launch: Caroline Schiff with Vaughn Vreeland
Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene·$0
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- On 2 calendars: DoNYC, Greenlight Bookstore
- Certified fresh — editorially vetted, high-signal calendar
- WedOct 148pm
On 2 calendarsLitmus Press 25th Anniversary Celebration & Benefit
St. Mark’s Church·$25
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- On 2 calendars: poetryproject.org, Red Calendar
- ThuOct 15all day
Free
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- Calendar: NYU Events (Open to the Public)
- Free admission
- ThuOct 1510am
NJPAC·tickets
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- ThuOct 1510am
Church of St. Joseph
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- Calendar: St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village
- ThuOct 1511am
Lab·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 1511am
NJPAC Victoria Theater
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- ThuOct 1512:30pm
LGBTQIA+ Book Club: "The Out Side: Trans and Nonbinary Comics," by The Kao
Student Center, Room 219, LGBTQ Resource Center·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn College Events
- Free admission
- ThuOct 1512:30pm
NJPAC Victoria Theater
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- ThuOct 151pm
Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn College Events
- Free admission
- ThuOct 151pm
Flatlands Library·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 151pm
Saratoga Library·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 151pm
Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn College Events
- Free admission
- ThuOct 151pm
Patricia Dunlavy Valenti speaks about Mother Mary Alphonsa
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- Calendar: The Church of St. Francis Xavier
- ThuOct 151pm
(OPEN) The Bureau Queer Bookstore
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- Calendar: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
- ThuOct 152pm
Academy of American Poets: Poetry Ancestors with Natalie Diaz and Ed Roberson
NJPAC Victoria Theater
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- ThuOct 153:30pm
Making a Life in Poetry: Patricia Smith, Glenis Redmond, Diamond Forde, Peter E. Murphy
NJPAC Victoria Theater
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- ThuOct 154pm
Jamaica Bay Library·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 154:30pm
Thursdays: After School Stories
Flatlands Library·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 154:30pm
Thursdays: After School Stories
Saratoga Library·Free
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 155pm
Books of Wonder·tickets
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- Calendar: Books of Wonder
- ThuOct 155pm
17th Street Store·tickets
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- Calendar: Books of Wonder
- ThuOct 155pm
LIVE Picture Book Event with DEBORAH DIESEN
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- Calendar: Books of Wonder
- ThuOct 156pm
On Grazia Deledda: Jhumpa Lahiri and Alessandro Giammei
The Italian Academy·Free
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- Calendar: Columbia Italian Academy
- Free admission
- ThuOct 156pm
An Evening with Mathias Énard and Christopher Byrd
Albertine·Free
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- Calendar: Albertine / Cultural Services of the French Embassy
- Free admission
- ThuOct 156pm
DOROTHY LAZARD, AUTHOR OF BEHIND THE DESK AT THE MAIN
MS Teams·Free
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- Calendar: Queens Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 156pm
New Englanders in a New Land Book Launch and Reception
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- ThuOct 156pm
- ThuOct 156pm
Sounds of Cyprus Presents Dialects | The Greek, Turkish, and Arabic Experience
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online·Free
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- Calendar: New York Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 156pm
The Real Freedom for a Woman: Alba de Céspedes
ICI-NY Conference Room·tickets
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- Calendar: Italian Cultural Institute New York (Istituto Italiano di Cultura)
- ThuOct 156pm
Author Talk: Tim Manley with Peter Aguero
Brooklyn Heights Library
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- Calendar: Brooklyn Public Library
- ThuOct 156pm
- ThuOct 156pm
A Reading and Celebration with CUNY Alum Dr. Ayendy Bonifacio
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- Calendar: Lehman College, CUNY
- ThuOct 156pm
The Real Freedom for a Woman: Alba de Céspedes
Italian Cultural Institute of New York·tickets
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- Calendar: Italian Cultural Institute New York (Istituto Italiano di Cultura)
- ThuOct 156pm
Free
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- Calendar: Queens Public Library
- Free admission
- ThuOct 156:30pm
- ThuOct 156:30pm
- ThuOct 156:30pm
- ThuOct 156:30pm
- ThuOct 156:30pm
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- Calendar: The Collaboratory
- ThuOct 156:30pm
On 2 calendarsLeila Sales presents Encore Performance: An 831 Stories Romance
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts·$18
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- On 2 calendars: The Skint, ptknitwear.com
- ThuOct 156:30pm
- ThuOct 156:30pm
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- Calendar: Middle Collegiate Church
- ThuOct 157pm
Strand Book Store·$14
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- Calendar: Strand Book Store
- ThuOct 157pm
Wendy's Subway·Free
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- Calendar: Wendy's Subway
- Free admission
- ThuOct 157pm
Ayad Akhtar: The Radiance w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik
First Unitarian Church
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- Calendar: Books Are Magic
- ThuOct 157pm
- ThuOct 157pm
Ally Carter Brooklyn Event for It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
The Ripped Bodice - Brooklyn·$29
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- Calendar: therippedbodice.com
- ThuOct 157pm
- ThuOct 15time tbd
Gotham Storytelling Festival 2026
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- Calendar: FRIGID New York / Under St. Marks
- ThuOct 157pm
Book Discussion Group: 'The Good Lord Bird'
The Church of the Village·$5–15
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- Calendar: The Church of the Village
- ThuOct 157pm
On 2 calendarsBook Launch: LUST
POWERHOUSE Arena·$5
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- On 2 calendars: POWERHOUSE Arena, DUMBO Improvement District
- ThuOct 157pm
Carolyn Steinhoff launches Delivered, in conversation with Caitlin Grace McDonnell
Lofty Pigeon Books·Free
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- Calendar: Lofty Pigeon Books
- Free admission
- ThuOct 157pm
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- Calendar: Strand Book Store
- ThuOct 157pm
Reading the City · ×2Esther Yi & Katy Waldman
McNally Jackson Seaport·$5
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- On 2 calendars: Reading the City, McNally Jackson Books
- On 2 calendars
- ThuOct 157pm
BOOK LAUNCH: YOUR BELOVED REMAINS by Quinn Connor
The Twisted Spine·$36
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- Calendar: The Twisted Spine
- ThuOct 157pm
- ThuOct 157pm
Pawn Chess Club at McNally Jackson
McNally Jackson Books at BKLYN STUDIOS.·tickets
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- Calendar: McNally Jackson Books
- ThuOct 157pm
BOOK LAUNCH: SONG IN TAMMUZ BY AVIA TADMOR WITH CARLIE HOFFMAN
Black Spring Books
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- Calendar: Black Spring Books
- ThuOct 157pm
- ThuOct 157:30pm
Rachel Gurjar with Christina Chaey
Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene·tickets
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- Calendar: Greenlight Bookstore
- ThuOct 158pm
Author Event: "Essentially Basque" by Ryan Bartlow and Laurie Woolever
East Village
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- Calendar: bookclubbar.com
- ThuOct 158pm
Reading the CityThe Metropolitan Review Reading Series, Vol. 5
The Bench·Free
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- Calendar: Reading the City
- Free admission
- FriOct 169:30am
New Jeru Slam Team featuring John Burke, Keynote, RADI, and SNC
NJPAC Victoria Theater
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- FriOct 1610am
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- FriOct 1611am
LET'S EXPLORE NYC: A BILINGUAL MUSICAL ADVENTURE
Long Island City·Free
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- Calendar: Queens Public Library
- Free admission
- FriOct 1611am
NJPAC Victoria Theater
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- FriOct 1611:15am
- FriOct 1612:40pm
We Are Not Your Labels: Dena Igusti, walela Nehanda, and Cindy Juyoung Ok
NJPAC Victoria Theater
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- Calendar: New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- FriOct 162pm
Creative Ozone: Inside Westbeth’s Legendary Artist Community
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building·Free
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- Calendar: New York Public Library
- Free admission
- FriOct 162pm
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- Calendar: MAS Youth Center