Events

This event will take place in person and over Google Meet. To see this event over Google Meet, register at this link. Join Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Librarian in a discussion with comic book writer, Chris Condon, author of the popular series, That Texas Blood, as they talk about his writing and career and also his latest graphic novel,The Enfield Gang Massacre! Although not required to attend the program, feel free to place That Texas Blood on hold with your library card! Author Bios…

This program is in-person. Join the 53rd Street Library and journalist Elizabeth Winkler with Academy Award-winning actor Mark Rylance for an “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be. To attend, please RSVP using the 'Register Now' link above. Presenting her book, Shakespeare Was a Woman a…

Author and journalist Zahra Hankir joins us to discuss her new book, Eyeliner: A Cultural History. This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor. From the distant past to the present, with fingers and felt-tipped pens, metallic powders and gel pots, humans have been drawn to lining their eyes. The aesthetic trademark of figures ranging from Nefertiti to Amy Winehouse, eyeliner is one of our most enduring cosmetic tools; ancient royals and…

This program will be presented in-person at the Tompkins Square Library. We are excited to welcome author Ed Lin to this eighth meeting of our monthly Adult Book Group. We will be discussing two of Ed's books, Death Doesn't Forget & David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets into an Ivy League College and Ed will be joining us to provide insight into the books and to answer questions from attendees. Copies of the books are available at and through the New York Public Library in p…

Author Jasper Fforde joins us to discuss his new book Red Side Story. This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 1st floor. Welcome to Chromatacia, where life is strictly regulated by one’s limited color perception. Civilization has been rebuilt after an unspoken “Something That Happened” five hundred years ago. Society is now color vision–segregated, everything dictated by an individual’s visual ability, and governed by the shadowy National Col…

Esta actividad es presencial - Incríbete haciendo click en "REGISTER NOW" aquí arriba. CUANDO SALÍ DE CUBA VIERNES, 10 DE MAYO, 2024 HORA: 6 PM SALA 303 - TERCER PISO Biblioteca Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library - 455 Quinta avenida, Nueva York, NY 10016 Entre los años 1966-1974 miles de niños salieron solos de Cuba hacia España con la idea de reunirse posteriormente con su familia en los Estados Unidos. Esta es la historia de los hermanos Remberto y María Luisa Pérez que, a través de…

This event will take place over Google Meet. In collaboration with the New York Public Library, join award-winning YA author Jas Hammonds, writer of the 2023 Coretta Scott King winner We Deserve Monuments, as they discuss their latest book, Thirsty, with Mekisha Telfer, editor at Roaring Brook Press. Although not required to attend the program, you can place a hold on Jas Hammonds' books here with your Library card! Advanced registration is required. The link to the virtual event will be sent…

This event will take place over Google Meet. Join Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library in a discussion with author Natalie Jenner, bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society" and Bloomsbury Girls, as she talks about her latest book, Every Time We Say Goodbye! Book Description: In 1955, Vivien Lowry is facing the greatest challenge of her life. Her latest play, the only female-authored play on the London stage that season, has opened in the West End to rapturous applause from the audience. T…

Join us for a very special Dueling Detectives! This month we will be having a virtual author talk with international bestselling author, Janice Hallett. We will talk about her writing career and her latest bestseller, The Myserious Case of the Alperton Angels! Although not required to attend the program, feel free to place Janice Hallett 's books on hold with your library card! Author Bio Janice Hallett is a former magazine editor, award-winning journalist, and government communicati…

Join Karen Berger, Amy Chu, and Soo Lee as they discuss their Bram Stoker Award nominated graphic novel series Carmilla. This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 1st floor. Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was . . . CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year, an idealistic social worker turns detective when she discovers young, homeless LGBTQ+ women are being murdered and no one, especially the police, seems to care. A series of cl…