Literary-art Events in Brooklyn

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

In-Store: Storytime w/ Millie Von Platen: Zohran Walks New York

 Sat, 01 Nov at 12:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague Free

New York Real Estate Mixer - October edition

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm 550 Vanderbilt Ave USD 0 to 29

Book Event: George O'Connor

 Fri, 14 Nov at 05:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 16

The Wombats, Only The Poets, Red Rum Club in Brooklyn

 Wed, 12 Nov at 07:00 pm Brooklyn Paramount

NOVELISTS in Brooklyn

 Thu, 16 Oct at 08:30 pm Market Hotel

Claire de Lune

 Sat, 01 Nov at 08:00 pm Brooklyn Music School USD 39 to 77

The 2025 New York City Literary (A)fair

 Sat, 18 Oct at 09:00 am Hotel Indigo Williamsburg - Brooklyn by IHG USD 71 to 535

LIME & LYRICS

 Fri, 24 Oct at 06:00 pm I AM CARIBBEING Free

Solo Exhibition: Margaret Schneider (Scared Cicada)

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Brooklyn Art Cave Free

Flatbush Library Book Club: Mexican Gothic

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:15 pm Brooklyn Public Library - Flatbush Branch Free

Martin Urbano: #standup #funny

 Fri, 24 Oct at 10:00 pm Union Hall USD 15 to 18

Book Event: Delaney Nolan with Julia Phillips

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 31

LETRA: A Night of Poetry and Flamenco

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books Free

Whiskey Stories® : Haunted Distilleries & Comedy (In Person)

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:30 pm Whiskey Stories USD 120

Fiesta de la Poesía Como un Lugar

 Sat, 18 Oct at 06:00 pm ShapeShifter Lab Free

Marina Tsvetaeva — Now in Jazz at the Sheepshead Bay Library

 Thu, 23 Oct at 06:00 pm Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch Free

Ever Since New York | NYC Release Party!

 Mon, 20 Oct at 07:00 pm Fiction Bar/Cafe Free

In-Store: George R. R. Martin in conversation w/ John Hodgman

 Fri, 17 Oct at 06:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 22

Reading & Conversation with Author Erin O'Connor on Fire Craft

 Fri, 05 Dec at 05:30 pm UrbanGlass Free

Disappearing Ink: Ghostwriting 101

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 22

In-Store: Arabelle Sicardi: The House of Beauty w/ Smell Ya Later

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 33

Fiction Book Group

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Hops Hill At Atlantic Free

Jennifer Sears: What Mennonite Girls Are Good For w/ Mary Gaitskill

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

The Business of WE Holiday Marketplace

 Sat, 06 Dec at 12:00 pm Aroma by Caffè Nero Free

The 24 Hour Plays 25th Annual Gala

 Fri, 12 Dec at 07:00 pm The Space at Irondale USD 3 to 535

Flatbush Library Book Club: The Lion Women of Tehran

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:15 pm Brooklyn Public Library - Flatbush Branch Free

Salaysay: Stories in celebration of Filipino American History Month

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

Poetry Me Please

 Fri, 28 Nov at 07:00 pm Kings Theatre - NY

Guy Branum: Be Fruitful

 Fri, 19 Dec at 07:30 pm Union Hall USD 24 to 29

Offsite: Margaret Atwood: Book of Lives w/ Emma Straub

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church USD 44 to 49

Anna North launches "Bog Queen," in conversation with Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

 Tue, 14 Oct at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

Open Mic Night with La Brujas Club

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Fringe Pilates Free

Book is Better Book Club

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 15

Wordsprouts: The Park Slope Food Coop Reading Series

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm Old Stone House of Brooklyn Free

Hawthornden Brooklyn in Conversation & Transit Books present: Kate Zambreno

 Fri, 17 Oct at 06:30 pm Hawthornden Brooklyn Free

Francesca Wade presents Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Community Bookstore Free

In-Store: Emma Gannon: Table for One w/ Aminatou Sow

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

Queer Book Group

 Tue, 11 Nov at 07:00 pm Hops Hill At Atlantic Free

Healing Through Writing: Book Talk Edition featuring Departure Story

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm dear friend books USD 0 to 39

Keyboard Karaoke at Time Out Market

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Time Out Market New York Free

LBB Lit Fic Book Club

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 15

Kyiv to LA: Swamps, Steppes, and Souvenirs

 Sat, 25 Oct at 07:00 pm e-flux USD 7 to 10

Writers Workshop

 Tue, 28 Oct at 06:30 pm Brooklyn Public Library - Flatbush Branch Free

Written in Brooklyn Presents: I Should Really Get Out More

 Wed, 05 Nov at 08:00 pm Farm.One USD 29

Work In Progress: A Queer Literary Open Mic

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books Free

Hothead Paisan: Conversation & Book Signing with Diane DiMassa

 Tue, 28 Oct at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books USD 0 to 39

Queer & Trans Occult History with Brooke Palmieri & Hugh Ryan

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books USD 0 to 21

Offsite: Kate Baer: How About Now w/ Joanna Goddard

 Mon, 03 Nov at 07:00 pm First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn USD 25

In-Store: Celebrating Peter Straub w/ Nat Cassidy, Dan Chaon, & Kelly Link

 Mon, 27 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague Free

Photography Changes Everything – Book Club Session 3

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm 334 Himrod St Free

Spirited Away Psychic & Paranormal Night Halloween Edition

 Tue, 14 Oct at 07:00 pm Barrow’s Intense NY Tasting Room

Nikkitha Bakshani Presents Ghost Chilli, in Conversation with Kat Tang

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm The Crown Inn Free

The Poetry of Seasons

 Sat, 01 Nov at 11:00 am Marsha P. Johnson State Park Free

In-Store: Storytime w/ Lisa Brown: The Moving Book

 Sun, 19 Oct at 11:00 am Books Are Magic Montague Free

Queer Writing Night

 Thu, 23 Oct at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books Free

SPOKEN NYC CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

 Sun, 19 Oct at 06:00 pm Lovejoys USD 18

Celebrating The Nation at 160 with Judy Collins, Kaveh Akbar, Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:30 pm St Ann's Warehouse Theatre, Brooklyn

Death Cafe with Naomi Westerman

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books USD 0 to 18

Shampoo Day with Grandma — Book Signing at Fête de Fleur

 Sun, 30 Nov at 01:00 pm Fêtes de Fleur Free

D is for Dance/Dancing Thru The Diaspora (Children's StoryTime & Movement)

 Sat, 18 Oct at 03:00 pm The Free Black Women's Library Reading Room Free

SPECIAL EDITION Bookclub with Well Read Sistas (In-Person)

 Mon, 10 Nov at 07:00 pm Gladys Books & Wine USD 0 to 15

Script Read Live!

 Wed, 15 Oct at 06:00 pm Brooklyn Bathhouse Free

Queer Book Group

 Tue, 14 Oct at 07:00 pm Hops Hill At Atlantic Free

Program B: It Happened to me Once & The Thing That Waits For Us

 Fri, 24 Oct at 08:30 pm Mark Morris Dance Center USD 23 to 61

Lecture Series - Glass in Context: Part 1 - From Egypt to Venice

 Tue, 28 Oct at 06:00 pm UrbanGlass USD 0 to 5

Queer Writing Night

 Wed, 15 Oct at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books Free

In-Store: Lilith Salon: Writing in a Flash w/ Sarah Seltzer

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Smith Free

Queer Playwrights Circle

 Mon, 20 Oct at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books Free

Women of Glass & Other Parables by Candice Lola(Book Release Party)

 Sat, 25 Oct at 03:00 pm The Free Black Women's Library Reading Room Free

In-Store: Storytime w/ Bess Kalb: Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo

 Sat, 25 Oct at 11:00 am Books Are Magic Montague Free

Sibling Loss

 Sun, 07 Dec at 02:00 pm The Green-Wood Cemetery Free

WE DEMAND STORIES about Death Reimagined

 Sat, 18 Oct at 03:00 pm 314 Dean St USD 0 to 3

Quarry No. 1: Conversation with Zoe Schlanger and Marina Zurkow

 Wed, 15 Oct at 06:30 pm The Old American Can Factory Free

Offsite: Oyinkan Braithwaite: Cursed Daughters w/ Lovia Gyarkye

 Wed, 19 Nov at 07:00 pm First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn USD 11 to 37

Undescribed Vibe

 Fri, 24 Oct at 06:30 pm 491 Tompkins Ave USD 23

Reel Sisters Section C - Ancestral Rhythms

 Sat, 25 Oct at 03:50 pm 651 ARTS USD 9 to 15

Whiskey Stories® : Rare Whiskies & Comedy - Holiday Edition (In Person)

 Sat, 13 Dec at 07:30 pm Whiskey Stories USD 120

Queer Book Club

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books Free

The 11th Annual Bajan Broughtupsy (The Barbados Pre-Independence Cultural

 Sat, 01 Nov at 06:00 pm The St. Lucia Community Center USD 29

Young Adult Book Group

 Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene Free

The 14th Annual Shaykh Hassan Cisse Ziyara & Commemoration

 Sun, 07 Dec at 07:00 pm The Theater at City Tech Free

Honoring Our Grief: Navigating Loss in the Black Community

 Sun, 26 Oct at 03:00 pm The Free Black Women's Library Reading Room Free

Nightfall

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 72 to 103

Book Event: Atash Yaghmaian

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 32

Geoffrey Lehmann presents Fifty Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm Community Bookstore Free

NYCF 2025: Drinnies Live

 Fri, 14 Nov at 08:00 pm littlefield USD 56

The Greenlight Poetry Salon

 Thu, 13 Nov at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene Free

In-Store: After-Hours Storytime w/Anastasia Garcia: Creepy Campfire Stories

 Thu, 23 Oct at 06:00 pm Books Are Magic Smith Free

Program C: Pas De Deux, To Whom It May Concern, & Dear Daddy Issues

 Sat, 25 Oct at 04:30 pm Mark Morris Dance Center USD 23 to 61

Short Story Workshop

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 32

In-Store: John R. Davis: Keep Your Ear to the Ground w/ Emily Flake

 Fri, 14 Nov at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Smith USD 11 to 44

Fabrizio Copano live at Flop House

 Thu, 30 Oct at 08:00 pm 362 Grand St USD 18

Maggie's Scary Story Contest | A Live Reading in Brooklyn

 Thu, 30 Oct at 08:30 pm Tradesman USD 7

HOLLOW with Taylor Grothe

 Tue, 14 Oct at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 23

Author and Punisher at The Meadows

 Sat, 28 Feb at 06:30 pm The Meadows

Offsite: Gabrielle Hamilton: Next of Kin w/ Susan Burton

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn USD 38 to 49

Offsite: Catherine Newman: Wreck w/ Julia Phillips

 Thu, 30 Oct at 06:00 pm Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Branch USD 0 to 29

AMERICAN RAPTURE with CJ LEEDE

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 22

Mother-Son Double Book Launch: Heartland Masala; Extremely Happy Holidays

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 38

Book Event: Megha Majumdar

 Tue, 14 Oct at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 34