Writing Events in Brooklyn

Check out happening writing events all around Brooklyn, NY

Offsite: Ann Patchett: Whistler w/ Emma Straub

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

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

Xochitl Gonzalez with Jacqueline Woodson

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

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

2026 5 Under 35 Ceremony

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

Mortified Live

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

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé with E. Lockhart

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

Абонемент на Хороший Вопрос - ВЕСНА 2026

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

PAGE BREAK Presents: STAGE BREAK

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

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

(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

Louis Fratino and James Hannaham In Conversation

Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm Dock 72 Free

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

No Contact: Writers on Estrangement

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

Lili Taylor (at SJNY)

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

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

Ghosts of Old Bensonhurst

Sat, 16 May at 06:00 pm Milestone Park USD 39

Permanent Decisions

Tue, 12 May at 09:00 pm Brooklyn Art Haus USD 23

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

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

Translator Michael Hofmann presents The Hothouse and Death in Rome

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

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

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

Deborah Lutz presents This Dark Night

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

Author Talk & Book Signing: Cat Fitzpatrick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat, 17 Oct at 07:30 pm Whiskey Stories USD 124

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

Festa Dei Lavoratori: PIACE's First Annual May Day Celebration

Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm Stand4 Gallery 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

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

Poets Corner

Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm 214 Starr St 2 2 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

Journal Club at Liz's Book Bar

Fri, 08 May at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 29

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

Ayelet Waldman with Julie Orringer

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

Ellis Hunter in conversation with Penn Cole for BLOOD BOUND

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

LAUNCH PARTY: The Last Time We Drowned by Saratoga Schaefer

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

Tracing Mediation and Erasure with Artist He Zike

Thu, 07 May at 06:30 pm Asia Art Archive in America Free

Tori Bovalino in conversation with Adrienne Tooley

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

Book Launch: Bindu Bansinath

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

Little Yellow Journal, Make Music NY and Sound Bath at the NCL

Sun, 21 Jun at 11:00 am Naval Cemetery Landscape Free

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

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

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

Brooklyn Chats: Richard Esposito on Jimmy Breslin

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

Zine Workshop! @ The Brooklyn Loft

Sun, 17 May at 05:00 pm 476 Jefferson St #307 USD 50

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

Short Story Workshop

Sun, 17 May at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 38

Annakeara Stinson with Darcey Steinke

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

Comics for the Revolution: Lianhuanhua in China 1949-1989

Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm Asia Art Archive in America Free

EKPHRASIS IS THOUGHT, EKPHRASIS IS SURVIVAL

Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm e-flux Free

Book Club – A World Appears

Mon, 13 Apr at 07:00 pm Nook Free

WIFE SHAPED BODIES with Laura Cranehill

Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 0 to 22

Book Event: Stephanie Stalvey (at LAPC)

Sun, 03 May at 04:00 pm Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church USD 0 to 32

Overeager

Wed, 29 Apr at 07:30 pm Brooklyn Art Haus USD 23

Verse Takes Flight: A Poetry Book Club at Lofty Pigeon Books

Mon, 27 Apr at 06:00 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

Margin Scribes: A QTBIPOC Writers' Collective (NYC)

Mon, 02 Feb at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books & Coffee Shop Free

Margin Scribes: A QTBIPOC Writers' Collective

Mon, 16 Mar Hive Mind Books Free

MUTUAL INTEREST Paperback Launch

Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Hive Mind Books USD 0 to 22

Writers Workshop

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

Book Launch: Hannah Thurman

Tue, 05 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 34

UDP Spring Studio Party

Thu, 07 May at 07:30 pm The Old American Can Factory USD 7

Power Reimagined Book Tour [BROOKLYN, NY]

Fri, 08 May at 06:00 pm Gladys Books & Wine Free

Willa in Williamsburg: Literary Garden Party at Santa Fe BK

Sat, 02 May at 03:00 pm Santa Fe BK USD 23

Death of a Hollywood Screenwriter

Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Brooklyn Art Haus USD 23 to 34

Drink 'N Draft

Sun, 05 Apr at 05:00 pm Farm.One USD 23

Virginia Tells It All (Staged Reading)

Wed, 13 May at 07:30 pm Brick Aux Free

Written Women: Sei Shōnagon

Mon, 18 May at 07:00 pm Cordelia Free

LAUNCH PARTY: Dirty 20 by Bill Schweigart

Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 24

Andrew Dana Hudson launches "Absence," in conversation with Jinwoo Chong

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

BEE YOU Writing Workshop 2026

Sat, 02 May at 03:00 pm 594 Dean St USD 29 to 135

A Good Question | Sunday Morning Reflection

Sun, 17 May at 11:00 am 124 9th St USD 25 to 75

Greg Takoudes launches "Shout at the Thunder," with Gardiner Comfort

Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

Victoria Wilder Celebrates RUMORS & WHISKEY at B&N Atlantic Avenue

Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm Barnes & Noble - Atlantic Ave USD 25

create and collaborate with coolkyds

Fri, 28 Feb at 07:00 pm Nook Free

Queer Playwrights Circle

Mon, 16 Mar Hive Mind Books Free

Drink 'N Draft

Wed, 29 Apr Love & Legends Books USD 19

Anatomy of a Graphic Novel

Sat, 04 Apr at 01:00 pm 214 Starr St USD 322

Young Adult Book Group

Wed, 01 Apr Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene Free

Literature in Translation Book Group

Wed, 22 Apr Fritz Free

Zine Making Workshop

Thu, 11 Dec at 07:00 pm Nook Free