Literary-art Events in Brooklyn

Check out happening literary-art events all around Brooklyn, NY

Offsite: Emma Straub: American Fantasy w/ Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

Meshell Ndegeocello

 Sun, 29 Mar at 08:00 pm Pioneer Works USD 64 to 76

Joe Pera

 Mon, 16 Mar at 10:00 pm Union Hall USD 41

Jaboukie & Friends

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:30 pm Union Hall USD 19 to 26

Brandy: In Conversation - Phases Book Tour

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:00 pm Brooklyn Paramount

Offsite: Ann Patchett: Whistler w/ Emma Straub

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

Jaboukie & Friends

 Sun, 05 Apr at 07:30 pm Union Hall USD 19 to 26

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Pioneer Works USD 41 to 47

Irene Tu

 Sun, 22 Mar at 07:30 pm Union Hall USD 31 to 36

Jaboukie & Friends

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:30 pm Union Hall USD 19 to 26

WITS END with Nico Carney & Conor Janda | Comedy Trivia Night

 Mon, 23 Mar at 08:00 pm littlefield USD 15 to 30

LAUNCH PARTY: Wretch, Eric LaRocca in conversation w/ Grady Hendrix

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 35

Offsite: Maggie Smith: A Suit or a Suitcase w/ Amber Tamblyn

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church USD 11 to 33

Book Launch: Katie Kitamura with Tess Gunty

 Mon, 06 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 22

Alexis Gay Presents: New Year, New Show(s) W/ Shannon Fiedler & Ginny Hogan

 Tue, 24 Mar at 08:00 pm littlefield USD 19 to 24

LANE MOORE - M**der or Fudge: A Live Improvised 1980s Horror Show

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 23

Late Night Trash Can

 Sun, 29 Mar at 07:00 pm littlefield USD 19

Jaboukie & Friends

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:30 pm Union Hall USD 19 to 26

Dr. Seuss's The Cat In The Hat at Kings Theatre Brooklyn

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 pm Kings Theatre Brooklyn

Clan of Xymox, Cold Cave

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm Pioneer Works USD 41 to 47

LAUNCH PARTY: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 37

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

Baby Wants Candy

 Sat, 11 Apr at 08:30 pm Brooklyn Comedy Collective USD 0 to 22

Buddy Wakefield (The Greenland Shark Tour)

 Sun, 29 Mar at 10:00 pm Union Hall USD 19

Synesthesia: Friday the 13th Special

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:30 pm littlefield USD 16 to 24

The Book of Red Flags Live!

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:30 pm Union Hall USD 16 to 19

Baby Wants Candy

 Sat, 14 Mar at 08:30 pm Brooklyn Comedy Collective USD 0 to 22

In-Store: Holly Brickley: Deep Cuts w/ Coco Mellors

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 20

Neal Allen and Anne Lamott (at SJNY)

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:30 pm St. Joseph’s University, New York - Brooklyn USD 32

In-Store: Danielle Sepsy presents The Scone Queen Bakes

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 41

Ben Lerner: Transcription

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:30 pm Pioneer Works USD 18 to 115

Абонемент на Хороший Вопрос - ВЕСНА 2026

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 109

In-Store: Adrian Matejka: Be Easy w/ Mahogany L. Browne

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

Mortified Live

 Wed, 10 Jun at 08:00 pm littlefield USD 15 to 19

A Conversation with Brandy: PHASES Book Tour

 Wed, 01 Apr Brooklyn Paramount

Futures of Repair

 Fri, 25 Jul Intelligent Mischief Free

Malik Elassal

 Wed, 22 Jul at 07:30 pm Union Hall USD 19 to 26

Publishing Queer Comics & Graphic Novels

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books Free

The Skeeter Stevenson Variety Hour

 Sat, 14 Mar at 07:00 pm Pine Box Rock Shop Free

At Least the Ocean Will Stay by Nico Fox

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:00 pm Gallery Particulier, Maple Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

Author Event: Eli Erlick & Harron Walker In Conversation

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books USD 0 to 34

Lectures on Tap -"World's Rarest Traditions: Rarest Pasta and Inca Bridges"

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Prospect Park South USD 41

InspiredWordNYC's 17-Year Anniversary Show Celebration + Marathon Open Mic

 Mon, 16 Mar at 06:30 pm Brooklyn Music Kitchen USD 0 to 55

In-Store: Jade Song: I Love You Don't Die w/ Jiaming Tang

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 33

Book Launch: Luke Barr with Melissa Clark

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 38

In-Store: Casey Scieszka: The Fountain w/ Isaac Fitzgerald

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

Soy Pony at Union Hall

 Fri, 13 Mar at 10:00 pm Union Hall USD 14 to 19

Shitty Mozart

 Sun, 22 Mar at 08:00 pm The Rat NYC USD 15

Film & TV Networking Night

 Fri, 20 Mar at 05:00 pm East Williamsburg USD 25 to 30

Telling Our Stories...Saving Our Lives

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm 651 ARTS USD 13

In-Store: Zahra Tangorra: Extra Sauce w/ Helen Rosner

 Mon, 13 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 35

The Free Black Women's Library presents a Queen Mother Book Celebration

 Sat, 28 Mar at 03:00 pm The Free Black Women's Library Reading Room Free

All Toddlers are Scorpios Book Release Show

 Sun, 12 Apr at 08:00 pm Union Hall USD 16 to 19

Hikayat: Into The Light

 Fri, 13 Mar at 08:00 pm Brooklyn Art Haus USD 34

In-Store: Storytime w/ David Ezra Stein: Wake Up, Grouchy Bear!

 Sat, 14 Mar at 11:00 am Books Are Magic Montague Free

Quote Unquote: An Open Mic to Share Lit You Love

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books Free

*Spring Awakening* Mindful Figure Drawing

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Lost & Found Space USD 34

What We Carry: Relationship Readiness - A Healing Circle

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Da Spot NYC Free

The Free Black Women's Library celebrates Camille Dungy's Love Story

 Sun, 29 Mar at 03:00 pm The Free Black Women's Library Reading Room Free

M**der, Mayhem, Money and History in Old South Bay Ridge

 Sun, 22 Mar at 01:00 pm 9818 Fort Hamilton Pkwy USD 39

Sapphic Creative Writing Group NYC

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books Free

First Hand

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm 220 Bogart St USD 0 to 39

Bad Movie Night Brooklyn: Neil Breen's Fateful Findings

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm Wild East Brewing Co. Free

In-Store: Corey Ann Haydu: Mothers and Other Strangers w/ Melissa Albert

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

Spring into Stories

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm The Little Bookshop USD 13 to 55

Jamilah Lemieux Launches Black. Single. Mother.

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 11

Gathering The Folk: A Celebration of Zora Neale Hurston

 Sat, 28 Mar at 12:00 pm Weeksville Heritage Center Free

18th National Black Writers Conference

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm Medgar Evers College, CUNY USD 0 to 54

In-Store: Joanna Margaret: The Daughters w/ Clémence Michallon

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 29

Journal Club at McCarren Parkhouse

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm McCarren Parkhouse USD 29

Cleared to Land: Bird Migration in NYC

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm The Green-House at Green-Wood Free

Stephen Policoff launches "A Ribbon For Your Hair," with Susan Choi

 Tue, 31 Mar at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

PAGE BREAK Presents: STAGE BREAK

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm littlefield USD 12

Book Launch: Su Friedrich with Kurt Thometz

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 32

In-Store: Maria Adelmann: The Adjunct w/ Katie Yee

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

Mary Helen Washington with Edwidge Danticat and Farah Jasmine Griffin

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 35

Mirah at The Broadway

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm The Broadway USD 18 to 20

In-Store: Scott Broker: The Disappointment w/ Adam Dalva

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 30

«В ночных зеркалах» Вера Павлова

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 13 to 34

Book Launch! Morgan Boecher + Chicken Heart

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books USD 0 to 27

In-Store: Kirsten King: A Good Person w/ Marcy Dermansky

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

Spilled: Women's Writing Workshop & Wine Night

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 39

Book Launch: Hallie Cantor with Caitlin Kunkel

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 33

In-Store: Alexandra Sifferlin: The Elusive Body w/ David Wallace-Wells

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 33

In-Store: Miranda Shulman: Harmless w/ Meg Wolitzer

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

RA OPEN MIC's Vo.25 "National Poetry Month!"

 Sat, 18 Apr at 06:00 pm Here Bk USD 0 to 18

Book Launch: Violaine Huisman with John Burnham Schwartz

 Mon, 13 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 33

Triple Book Launch w/ Monica Ferrell, Bianca Stone, & Craig Morgan Teicher

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 21

In-Store: 2026 Whiting Award Winners Reading w/ Sidik Fofana

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague Free

M**der, Mayhem, Money and History in Old North Bay Ridge

 Sat, 18 Apr at 01:00 pm 29 83rd St USD 39

Author Panel: Romantic + Enchanting Reads from Bramble

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:00 pm 667 Washington Ave USD 23

In-Store: Erin Van Der Meer: The Scoop w/ Andrew Boryga

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 32

Noam Scheiber with Jessica Grove

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 38

The Greenlight Poetry Salon

 Wed, 22 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 26

In-Store: Miguel Ángel Hernández: The Pain of Others w/ Sarah Weinman

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 21

In-Store: Couplet Reading Series

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 0 to 11

In-Store: Nora Lange: Day Care w/ Molly Young

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Smith USD 11 to 21

Independent Bookstore Day!

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:00 am Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene Free

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

Book Launch: Gal Beckerman with George Packer

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 23