• The Fountain Bookshop presents Acting Out !!

    Fountain Bookshop 803 West 187th Street (Between Pinehurst & Fort Washington), New York, NY, United States

    Spend the afternoon with us as we present original scenes and excerpts from 'Acting Out: How a Prison Theatre Workshop Broke Free' by local author, Richard Hoehler.

    FREE
  • Word Up at Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center – Book Launch: Cleyvis Natera’s THE GRAND PALOMA RESORT with Angie Cruz & Naima Coster

    Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center 530 W 166th St, New York, NY, United States

    Word Up and Dominican Writers Association celebrate the launch of Cleyvis Natera's The Grand Paloma Resort , about a lush paradise in the Dominican Republic where guests enjoy incredible luxury, and the staff is always eager to please—that is, until they are pushed to the brink.

  • Bruce’s Garden Summer Readings

    Bruce Reynolds Memorial Garden Across from 10 Park Terrace EAST, near W. 215 St., New York, NY, United States

    Noted author Julie Salamon will discuss her forthcoming book, The Ghosts of Tenth Avenue (The Penguin Press, 2026.)

    FREE
  • Castle Village Community Room: Book Talk “Every Day Is Sunday” by Ken Belson

    Castle Village Annex Community Room 110 Cabrini Blvd., New York, NY, United States

    Every Day Is Sunday” is an in-depth look at the business of pro football.  Specifically, Ken hones in on the fascinating roster of characters who have made the NFL the economic and cultural super power it is.

    FREE
  • Word Up: The Afterlives of Bestselling 18th-century Novelist Marie Jeanne Riccoboni – A Conversation Between Translators

    Word Up Community Bookshop 2113 Amsterdam Ave at 165th St., New York, NY, United States

    Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni was a bestselling 18th-Century writer—one of the first female authors who managed to finance an independent life away from her abusive husband thanks to her writing. Her novels explore the impossible choices that women in pre-Revolutionary France faced.