Brendan Gillen presents Static, feat. Sara Hosey

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Brendan Gillen to celebrate the release of his debut novel, — a "funny, witty, and energetic" novel (Will Musgrove, author of Asphalt Dreaming) about a Rust Belt musician in NYC fighting to keep his once-ascendant band alive and his life from falling apart — with a discussion, audience Q&A, and book signing!

Brendan will be joined in conversation by Sara Hosey. After the talk, Brendan will sign copies of .

• This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating
• Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
• We encourage all guests to wear masks.
• The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
is an Emmy-winning writer living in Brooklyn. His fiction has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and appears in Wigleaf, Taco Bell Quarterly, New Delta Review, HAD, X-R-A-Y, South Carolina Review and elsewhere. His debut chapbook, I've Given This a Lot of Thought, is available now via Bottlecap Press. His first novel, Static, is forthcoming from Vine Leaves Press.

As a partner and writer/director at Boomshot, Brendan has developed content for ESPN, FanDuel, Condé Nast, Fox Sports, BBC, the U.S. Open, Resy, Anheuser-Busch and others. Before joining Boomshot, he developed his creative and storytelling capabilities at ESPN, producing original content for the FIFA World Cup, the NBA on ESPN, Sunday Night Baseball, Grantland, Monday Night Football, and more.

His work has received attention in the New York Times, Mashable, the Washington Post, USA Today’s “For the Win,” SportsIllustrated.com, the Huffington Post and People.com, among others. He earned a Sports Emmy for his work on the campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

is the author of three novels: (2020), (2022), and (2023), as well as a short story collection, (2024).

Sara has lived in several neighborhoods in Queens, New York: Flushing, Jackson Heights, Long Island City, and Richmond Hill, as well as out on the North Shore of Long Island. She's also spent time in upstate New York (Sullivan County), as well as Washington, D.C., and Madison, Wisconsin. She once stayed for months at a cottage on an island in the middle of a lake, reachable only by boat, with a single, intrepid cat for company. These days, her house has too many cats, and too many dogs, but just the right amount of people.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States