Writing Events in Brooklyn

Check out happening writing 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

A Conversation with Brandy: PHASES Book Tour

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 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

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

Science & Society: Do Forests Feel?

 Thu, 09 Apr at 08:00 pm Pioneer Works USD 0 to 45

LAUNCH PARTY: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

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

Neal Allen and Anne Lamott (at SJNY)

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

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

Mortified Live

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

Publishing Queer Comics & Graphic Novels

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

Author Event: Eli Erlick & Harron Walker In Conversation

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

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

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

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

Voices of Lefferts: Women Writers Reading

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm I AM CARIBBEING HQ Free

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

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

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

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

Sweet Success: Black Women Publish Panel

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:00 pm Sweet Catch BK 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

Sapphic Creative Writing Group NYC

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

Telling Our Stories...Saving Our Lives

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

18th National Black Writers Conference

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

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

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

Journal Club at McCarren Parkhouse

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

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

PAGE BREAK Presents: STAGE BREAK

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

Book Launch: Hallie Cantor with Caitlin Kunkel

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

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

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: Kirsten King: A Good Person w/ Marcy Dermansky

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

Book Launch! Morgan Boecher + Chicken Heart

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

Spilled: Women's Writing Workshop & Wine Night

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Book Launch: Violaine Huisman with John Burnham Schwartz

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

Spilled: Women's Writing Workshop & Wine Night

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 39

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

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

Book Launch: Gal Beckerman with George Packer

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

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: 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: Nora Lange: Day Care w/ Molly Young

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

In-Store: Jennifer Acker: Surrender w/ Megha Majumdar

 Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 30

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

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

At Least the Ocean Will Stay by Nico Fox

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

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: Camryn Garrett: In Between Days w/ Christina Li

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

Behind The Spotlight Youth Creative Workshops

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am New Heat Studio Free

Prompt n’ Pour: Sip, Reflect, & Connect

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:30 pm 56 Bogart St USD 30 to 45

Queer Writing Night

 Tue, 17 Mar Hive Mind Books Free

PSNY + Haricot Vert Generative Workshop: A Spring Equinox Writing Ritual

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:30 pm 119 N 1st St USD 32

Violets & Pansies: A Springtime Salon

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

Life of a Pop Star: Junk Journal Night

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:00 pm Nook Free

Margin Scribes: A QTBIPOC Writers' Collective

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books Free

Writers United Open Mic + Storytelling

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm Adanne Bookshop USD 34

Book Launch: Work To Do with Jules Wernersbach

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm BOYFRIEND co-op café + bar USD 0 to 23

Margin Scribes: A QTBIPOC Writers' Collective

 Mon, 16 Mar Hive Mind Books Free

In-Store: Eoghan Walls: Field Notes from an Extinction w/ Claire Luchette

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 22

LAUNCH PARTY: These Familiar Walls by C. J. Dotson

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 35

Six-Week Creative Writing Workshop (Thursdays)

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Crown Heights USD 300

Poetry Workshop Series - Jasmine Reid

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 am Brooklyn Public Library - Flatbush Branch Free

Book Launch: Abigail Savitch-Lew

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 34

Chloë Bass and James Hannaham In Conversation

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm Dock 72 Free

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

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

RA OPEN MIC's Vo.26 "Poetry Under Stars"

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm 58 Vanderbilt Ave USD 0 to 10

Monologues Against Confession: An Active Chapter Workshop

 Wed, 15 Apr at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books & Coffee Shop Free

The Free Black Women's Library presents Toni Cade Bambara Study Session

 Sat, 21 Mar at 03:00 pm The Free Black Women's Library Reading Room Free

Sunlight Trapped in Stone: Evening of Poetry & Memory /w Natalya Sukhonos

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 13 to 23

Art and Artists in The Library of Hettie Jones

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Hawthornden Brooklyn Free

Kelly Andrew in Conversation with De Elizabeth for THE GRAVEWOOD

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm 667 Washington Ave USD 29

Black Girl Tales

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 pm 78 Pennsylvania Ave USD 39

«Как выживает и борется Киев»

 Sun, 22 Mar at 01:00 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 13

Big City Nights Screenplay Fundraiser

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Top Civic Center USD 109 to 269

Drink 'N Draft

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

Glass in Context: Part 2 - From Venice to Industrialization and Beyond

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:00 pm UrbanGlass USD 0 to 5

Being the CEO: On the Ground Floor - Book Release Experience

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm The Breakthru Bunker Free

Queer Writing Night

 Tue, 31 Mar at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books Free

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

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

OPEN DOOR | Tesora Garcia and Zacarías González, curated by Visual AIDS

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm CPR - Center for Performance Research USD 0 to 25

Margin Scribes: A QTBIPOC Writers' Collective (NYC)

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

Big Girl Blitz Author Event - Danielle Allen

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Adanne Bookshop USD 23

I'll Try Anything Twice | Book Signing and Panel Discussion

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm Soft Bar USD 0 to 23

Simmer & Nourish: A Cook-out Conversation with Zeelie Brown

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm Recess Free

Brian Platzer with Adam Gidwitz

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 34

«Six Trains of No Return» Maxim Matusevich

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 13 to 45

Queer Playwrights Circle

 Mon, 16 Mar Hive Mind Books Free

BURIED NEW ORLEANS: Lecture and Signing w/ author JR Pepper

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm The Twisted Spine USD 18 to 31

Monologues Against Confession: An Active Chapter Workshop

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Hive Mind Books & Coffee Shop Free

Drink 'N Draft

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Love & Legends Books USD 19

Young Adult Book Group

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:00 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene Free

Poetry Workshop Series - Loré Yessuff

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 am Brooklyn Public Library - Flatbush Branch Free

Novel in Progress Workshop

 Sun, 22 Mar at 06:00 pm Liz's Book Bar USD 48

Akeem S. Roberts launches "Class Pet Ghost Detective #2"

 Sun, 22 Mar at 10:30 am Lofty Pigeon Books Free