Announcing Our Upcoming Events!
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For a calendar of events in date order, click here.
Exhibition | Special Events | Performances | Lectures | Seminars & Reading Groups | The Writing Life | Children's & Young Adult Events | Informal and Informational Gatherings
Exhibition
- The Book Beautiful: Margaret Armstrong & Her Bindings (January 16-August 31)
- Exhibition Opening Reception: The Book Beautiful (January 15)
- Gallery Talks: The Book Beautiful (every other week beginning January 28)
Special Events
- Meet the Publishing Pros: Mike Shatzkin, How Book Publishing Has Changed in the 21st Century (February 5)
- Sean D. Moore with Edward O’Reilly, Slavery and the Making of Early American Libraries: British Literature, Political Thought, and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1731-1814 (March 11)
- Live from the Library (March 17)
Performances
Lectures
- Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me (January 21)
- Meet the Publishing Pros: Mike Shatzkin, How Book Publishing Has Changed in the 21st Century (February 5)
- Michael Shnayerson, Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art (February 20)
- Alexander Norman, The Dalai Lama: An Extraordinary Life (February 27)
- George Packer, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (March 4)
- Sean D. Moore with Edward O’Reilly, Slavery and the Making of Early American Libraries: British Literature, Political Thought, and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1731-1814 (March 11)
- Pamela Newkirk, Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business (March 24)
Seminars and Reading Groups
- Jane Mallison, Herman Melville: Mostly Moby-Dick (January 23, February 20, March 19, April 9)
- Nicholas Birns, A Life in the Wide World: The Fiction of Joseph Conrad (January 29, February 26, March 25, April 29)
- Erwin Flaxman, The World of Philip Roth, Part II (February 25, March 24, April 28, and May 26)
- Blanche Siegal, Tea & Trollope, Fall 2019-Spring 2020 (February 9, March 15, April 19)
The Writing Life
- Prompt! with Carol Weston (separate sessions Fridays January 10, February 14, March 13, April 10, May 8, June 10, July 12, August 14)
- Workshop: C.S. Hanson, The Art and Craft of the Ten-Minute Play (March 5, March 12, March 19, March 26, April 2, April 9)
- Live from the Library (March 17)
Children's and Young Adult Events
- Folktales and Fun Tunes with Bob “Bobaloo” Basey (January 25)
- Young Writers’ Workshop: Graphic Novels with Ruth Chan (January 28)
- Rebecca Behrens, Writing Famous and Fascinating Places (February 13)
Informal and Informational Gatherings
- Member Orientations (separate sessions January 22, January 27, February 3, February 12, March 2, March 25, April 6, April 22, May 4, May 27, June 1)
- Happy Hour (January 16, February 19, March 18, April 15, May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19)
- Teatime (most weekday afternoons)
The Book Beautiful is generously supported by The H.W. Wilson Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Thomas E. Dewey Fund and The Felicia Fund.
The Writing Life events in 2020 are generously underwritten by Jenny Lawrence.
Children's events are generously supported by Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner and by the Richard Peck Fund.
Registration is required for all events unless individual listings state otherwise, and space is limited. Please see individual listings for details on time, format, and location. Many events are open to the public, with some for members only; check individual listings for details.
The house opens for each event thirty minutes prior to the stated start time. Registrants are asked not to arrive for check-in prior to that time. A seat cannot be guaranteed after an event has begun.
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(Sidebar image: Sigrid Nunez and Amy Hempel in the Members' Room, October 2019. Photo by Maureen Langloss.)
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