Books Events in Brooklyn

Check out happening books events all around Brooklyn, NY

Jenny Hagel Gives Advice Book Launch

 Tue, 02 Jun at 08:00 pm littlefield USD 15 to 19

Offsite: Ann Patchett: Whistler w/ Emma Straub

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church USD 38

Offsite: Yotam Ottolenghi presents Simple Too

 Mon, 05 Oct at 07:00 pm St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church USD 54

Authors on Authors: Peter V. Brett + Naomi Novik

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm 667 Washington Ave USD 15

Offsite: Isaac Fitzgerald: American Rambler w/ Roxane Gay

 Mon, 11 May at 07:00 pm First Unitarian Church USD 11 to 40

Offsite: Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen: Now I See w/ Leanne Shapton

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church USD 11 to 49

Xochitl Gonzalez with Jacqueline Woodson

 Mon, 04 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 33

Tiffany Cross Celebrates LOVE, ME with Sunny Hostin at B&N Atlantic Ave

 Mon, 04 May at 06:30 pm Barnes & Noble - Atlantic Ave Free

Brooklyn Pride Comic Book Fair 2026

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 am 1561 Bedford Ave Free

In-Store: Patrick Radden Keefe: London Falling w/ Rachel Aviv

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 38

Kaitlyn Teer presents Little Apocalypses, with Joanna Goddard

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm Community Bookstore Free

Salon d’Ayiti: A Living Tribute to René Depestre

 Sat, 09 May at 04:00 pm The Center for Fiction USD 0 to 30

In-Store: Storytime w/ Beanie Feldstein: Teeny and Tilly

 Sun, 17 May at 12:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague Free

2026 5 Under 35 Ceremony

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm littlefield USD 0 to 19

The Newest Olympian LIVE in Brooklyn!

 Sat, 15 Aug at 08:00 pm littlefield USD 24 to 30

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé with E. Lockhart

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 25

SIX TO NINE with WORLDS COLLIDE

 Fri, 08 May at 06:00 pm 315 Maujer St Free

Lectures on Tap -"How To Build a Dictator:US Intervention in Latin America"

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:30 pm Williamsburg USD 41

In-Store: Leah Kim: Mom, Unfiltered w/ Mahogany L. Browne

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Smith USD 11 to 33

In-Store: Jimin Han: Dreamt I Found You w/ Marie Myung-Ok Lee

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

Booked & Busy: A Book Bingo Experience

 Fri, 01 May at 06:30 pm Adanne Bookshop USD 23

(CLASS) Crossword Writing with a New York Times Puzzlemaker

 Sun, 03 May at 01:15 pm Union Hall USD 157

In-Store: Tracy Clark-Flory: My Mother's Daughter w/ Irin Carmon

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

Михаил Эпштейн. Муза из машины. Может ли ИИ быть соавтором?

 Sat, 09 May at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 7 to 29

In-Store: Avigayl Sharp: Offseason w/ Madeline Cash

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 30

Free Comic Book Day and Indie Art Fair

 Sat, 02 May at 11:00 am Anyone Comics Free

Book Talk & Flower Walk w/ David Haskell: How Flowers Made Our World

 Fri, 08 May at 06:00 pm Art of Play USD 0 to 35

Isabel Klee Talks Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:30 pm The Bell House

No Contact: Writers on Estrangement

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:30 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 11

An Evening With Trueanon And Devin Thomas O'shea: The Veiled Prophet

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:30 pm The Bell House

Lili Taylor (at SJNY)

 Mon, 04 May at 07:30 pm St. Joseph’s University, New York - Brooklyn USD 22

I KNOW A PLACE Launch Party!

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 25

In-Store: Rebecca Chace: Talking to the Wolf w/ René Steinke

 Mon, 18 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 21

Author Event: Lindsay Mack's "Tarot for the Wild Soul"

 Mon, 18 May at 07:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

Book Launch: Gwendoline Riley with Brandon Taylor

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 20

In-Store: Camryn Garrett: In Between Days w/ Christina Li

 Tue, 12 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Smith USD 11 to 22

LAUNCH PARTY: The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 37

In-Store: Jess Gibson: The Good Eye w/ Molly McGhee

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 30

LAUNCH PARTY: Body Count by Codie Crowley

 Wed, 13 May at 06:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 24

Translator Michael Hofmann presents The Hothouse and Death in Rome

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Community Bookstore Free

Book Launch & Panel Discussion: Kat Cho with June Tan and Swati Teerdhala

 Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 25

In-Store: Kim Narby: Saturn Returning w/ Ella Dawson

 Mon, 04 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 22

In-Store: Luke Goebel: K*ll Dick w/ Nicola Maye Goldberg

 Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 29

Offsite: Isabel Klee presents Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm First Unitarian Church USD 41

Storytime w/ Jordan Fisher & Kate Goldbas: I Wish That I Could Be a Whale

 Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am Books Are Magic Montague Free

In-Store: Luis Muñoz: One Moment w/ Idra Novey and Garth Greenwell

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 19

In-Store: Storytime w/ Christian Robinson: Dad

 Sat, 09 May at 11:00 am Books Are Magic Montague Free

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

 Mon, 18 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 39

Deborah Lutz presents This Dark Night

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Community Bookstore Free

Anna Badkhen presents To See Beyond, with Nimmi Gowrinathan

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Community Bookstore Free

An Evening with Alex Elle, "The Company We Keep" and Jasmine Mans.

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm 119 Pierrepont St USD 32 to 37

Author Talk & Book Signing: Cat Fitzpatrick

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books USD 0 to 17

In-Store: Translations in Conversation w/ Emma Ramadan and Jonathan Woollen

 Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 24

Page Powars Celebrates Paperback Release of AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES

 Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm Barnes & Noble - Atlantic Ave Free

LAUNCH PARTY: The Dorians, Nick Cutter in conversation w/ Nat Cassidy

 Mon, 18 May at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 36

In-Store: F.S. Yousaf: Notes on Love w/ Aymann Ismail

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 25

JUNETEENTH Black Author MEET AND GREET BOOK SIGNING

 Sat, 20 Jun at 02:00 pm 1594 Pitkin Ave Free

LAUNCH PARTY: The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 24

Bird Brain: Literary Trivia at Lofty Pigeon Books, with Dara Jemmott

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA USD 13

Lands of Pain and Struggle, with Hannah Lillith Assadi and Darcey Steinke

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

History at Plymouth Church: Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm Plymouth Church Free

In-Store: Emily Haworth-Booth: Mare w/ Rivka Galchen

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 30

McNally X Tracksmith May Run + Book Club: Once a Runner

 Sun, 03 May at 10:00 am Tracksmith Trackhouse Brooklyn Free

Anuja Varghese in conversation w/ K.M. Enright for A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm 667 Washington Ave USD 29

Library Spirits - Horror Trivia with Justin Lockwood!

 Sun, 10 May at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine Free

Offsite: Alexa Brahme: Good News w/ Mira Jacob

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm Public Records, Sound Room USD 16 to 42

AUTHOR EVENT: The Dead Ringer by Dane Bahr

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 36

SEA OF CHARMS: Sarah Beth Durst in conversation w/ Seth (@dramakingbooks)

 Tue, 28 Jul at 07:00 pm 667 Washington Ave USD 36

Zalman Newfield launches "Brooklyn Odyssey," with Saul Austerlitz

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

In-Store: Sofi Stambo presents People Who Live Alone Talk Too Much

 Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 20

In-Store: Storytime w/ Melissa Iwai: A Garden for Lili

 Sun, 10 May at 11:00 am Books Are Magic Montague Free

Y.M. Abdel-Magied with Hala Alyan

 Mon, 11 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 34

Queer Full Moon Circle

 Fri, 01 May Hive Mind Books Free

MyAuthorNYC with Nina Crews for 2nd and 3rd graders!

 Thu, 30 Apr at 10:30 am Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch Free

Brooklyn College MFA '26 Fiction Reading

 Sun, 10 May at 06:30 pm Littlefield Free

Roddy Bottum with Frank Haines

 Wed, 06 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 33

Traveling the Yiddishland

 Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 34

Ayelet Waldman with Julie Orringer

 Wed, 27 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 33

Storytime w/ Christy Hale: Reaching Across the Sky w/ Sandra Galeota-Long

 Sat, 23 May at 11:00 am Books Are Magic Montague Free

Ellis Hunter in conversation with Penn Cole for BLOOD BOUND

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm Farm.One USD 15 to 68

Book Launch: Rennie McDougall with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

 Thu, 07 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 35

LAUNCH PARTY: The Last Time We Drowned by Saratoga Schaefer

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 24

Tori Bovalino in conversation with Adrienne Tooley

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm 667 Washington Ave USD 13 to 25

Squawkin' Sports: Soccer Edition!

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 14 to 93

Book Launch: Bindu Bansinath

 Wed, 13 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 34

Mother's Day Brunch & Book Launch

 Sun, 10 May at 03:00 pm 1298 Utica Ave USD 150

Offsite: Bobuq Sayed: No God but Us w/ Aria Aber

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm First Unitarian Church USD 11 to 38

Night Flap: An Evening at Lofty Pigeon Books

 Thu, 07 May at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

How to Be Book Club - "The Kingdom of this World" by Alejo Carpentier

 Sat, 09 May at 11:00 am 380 Troutman St USD 17

Book Launch: Christopher M. Finan

 Tue, 19 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 22

New Nonfiction Panel w/ Alison Kinney, Anjali Enjeti, & Nicole Walker

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Branch USD 0 to 35

HEA Romance Book Club - "The Paris Match" by Kate Clayborn

 Wed, 20 May at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar - Bushwick USD 14

Brooklyn Chats: Richard Esposito on Jimmy Breslin

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm Bar Heretic USD 13 to 35

LAUNCH PARTY: Until Death by Mary Berman

 Tue, 19 May at 06:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 25

Crissa-Jean Chappell launches "Never Leave Me Alone," with Greg Takoudes

 Tue, 19 May at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

Annakeara Stinson with Darcey Steinke

 Tue, 26 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 33

Reading Meetup: Read your book and then meet some people! BYO Book!

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:00 pm The Tiny Cupboard Free

Book Club – A World Appears

 Mon, 13 Apr at 07:00 pm Nook Free

Queer New Moon Circle

 Sat, 21 Mar Hive Mind Books Free

Storytime w/ Brooke McIntyre: If You Went to the Bottom of the Ocean

 Sat, 02 May at 11:00 am Books Are Magic Montague Free