NYC Book Events, October and November 2015: Barnes & Noble, The Strand, Powerhouse Arena and more!
Below, find a listing of author readings and events the remainder of October 2015 through the end of November 2015 throughout New York City
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NYC BOOK EVENTS AND TALKS, OCTOBER and NOVEMBER 2015
MANHATTAN
South Street Seaport Harper Collins Book Event Series
*Thursday, October 15, 2015, 5pm-7pm: The Influence of Fashion and Design: An Evening with Cathy Horyn
*Sunday, October 18, 2015, 3pm-3pm: Spirituality Now: An Afternoon Talk with Father James Martin
*Monday, October 19, 2015, 6:30pm-8:30pm: Food for Thought: Cookbook Author Donna Hay & Food52’s Amanda Hesser
*Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 5:30pm-7:30pm: Through the Lens of Vivian Maier: Howard Greenberg on the Enigmatic Photographer
*Thursday, October 22, 2015, 5:30pm-6:30pm: How Design Inspires: A Discussion with Michael Bierut and Friends 5:30pm-6:30pm
Seaport Studios
19 Fulton Street, 2nd Floor
http://www.eventbrite.com/o/harpercollins-8479507948?s=45401365
Book Culture Store Event/Talks Highlights
*Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 7pm: The Year of Lear, Shakespeare in 1606 Columbus Ave Branch
*Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7pm: Jeffrey Lyons on “What a Time it Was: Leonard Lyons on the Golden Age of New York Nightlife Columbus Ave Branch
*Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 7pm: Marx after Marx-History and Time in the Expansion of Capitalism 112th St Branch
*Monday, November 30, 2015 at 7pm: Weapons of Mass Destruction 112th St Branch
Book Culture
536 W. 112th St between Broadway and Amsterdam and 450 Columbus Ave between 81st and 82nd St
http://www.bookculture.com/event/2015-10
Albertine French Book Store Event/Talks Highlights
*Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 7pm: Mad Like Artaud
*Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7pm: Real Life Rock
*Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 11am: French Story Hour-Halloween
*Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7:30pm: Talking Across History-Literature as Dialogue
*Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 6:30pm: Still the Second Sex?
*Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 3pm: Don’t Just Sit There, Talking About Dance
*Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 5pm: The Future of Journalism
*Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7pm: An evening with film director Abderrahmane Sissako
*Monday, November 16, 2015 at 7pm: The Other Paris
*Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 7pm: Morasses
Albertine French Book Store
972 Fifth Avenue at 79th Street
http://albertine.com/events/
The Drama Bookshop Event/Talks Highlights
*Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 12:30pm-2pm: The Bear Who Lived at the Plaza
*Monday, November 9, 2015 at 5pm-7pm: Halley Feiffer’s “I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard”
*Monday, November 16, 2015 at 5pm-6:30pm: ON STAGE: The NYC Theatrical Sourcebook Book Launch
The Drama Book Shop
250 West 40th Street
http://www.dramabookshop.com/event
The Strand Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Friday, October 16, 2015 at 7pm-8pm: Garth Risk Hallberg “City on Fire”
*Monday, October 19, 2015 at 5pm-6pm: Photographer Joel Sternfeld
*Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7pm-8pm: The Dogist + BarkBox + ASPCA
*Friday, October 23, 2015 at 5pm-7pm: Cindy Crawford at Club Monaco
*Monday, October 26, 2015 at 2pm-3pm: Ringo Starr
*Monday, November 2, 2015 at 7pm-8pm: Jennifer Wright + Sarah Maslin Nir
*Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7pm-8pm: John Leguizamo
*Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 7pm-8pm: Maira Kalman
The Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway at 12th St
http://www.strandbooks.com/events/
Union Square Barnes and Noble Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 6pm: Humans of New York-Stories
*Friday, October 16, 2015 at 7pm: If Someone Says You Complete Me, RUN!: Whoopi Goldberg’s Big Book of Relationships
*Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 2pm: Lego Architecture Studio Event
*Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 2pm: Josh Ritter-Sermon on the Rocks
*Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7pm: Kevin Costner, Jon Baird and Rick Ross in Conversation with Tom Santopietro
*Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 11am: Click, Clack, Boo! Storytime
*Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7pm: David Spade-Almost Interesting: Everything You Didn’t Want to Know About Me
*Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 7pm: Drew Barrymore in Conversation With Jill Schwartzman
*Monday, November 2, 2015 at 7pm: Rachael Ray-Everyone is Italian on Sunday
*Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 7pm: Gloria Steinem-Nomad: My Life on the Road
*Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7pm: Giada De Laurentiis-Happy Cooking: Make Every Meal Count … Without Stressing Out
*Friday, November 13, 2015 at 7pm: Bill Nye
*Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 7pm: Stephen King
*Saturday, November 19, 2015 at 12pm: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Barnes and Noble, Union Square
33 East 17th Street between 5th and Park Ave
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2675
Tribeca Union Square Barnes and Noble Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 6:30pm: Angie Niles in conversation with Christina Caradona
*Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 6pm: Youtube Star-Tyler Oakley
*Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 6pm: The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year
Barnes and Noble, Tribeca
97 Warren Street and Greenwich
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2255
82nd and Broadway Barnes and Noble Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 7pm: Chaya Deitsch: Here and There: Leaving Hasidism, Keeping My Family
*Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7pm: Margo Jefferson-Negroland: A Memoir
*Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7pm: Ruth Reichl-My Kitchen Year
*Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7pm: The Catskills: Its History and How It Changed America
*Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 7pm: Nigella Lawson-Simply Nigella
*Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 7pm: The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks
*Monday, November 16, 2015 at 7pm: The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
Barnes and Noble, Upper West Side
2289 Broadway at 82nd St
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/1979
86th & Lexington Ave Barnes and Noble Book Event/Talks Highlight
*Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 7pm: Sinatra 100
*Friday, October 16, 2015 at 3:30pm: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cast Members from Hamilton
*Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 5:30pm: Hispanic Heritage Celebration
*Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7pm: Life and Times of Mickey Rooney
*Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7pm: Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking
*Monday, November 2, 2015 at 7pm: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Barnes and Noble, Upper East Side
150 East 86th Street
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2278
Fifth Avenue Barnes and Noble Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12pm: The Cast of Days of Our Lives 50 Years
*Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 1pm: Khloe Kardashian–Strong Looks Better Naked
*Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 1pm: Christie Brinkley-Timeless Beauty: Over 100 Tips, Secrets, and Shortcuts to Looking Great
Fifth Ave
555 Fifth Avenue
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2234
BROOKLYN
Greenlight Bookstore Book Events/Talks Highlights
*Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 7:30pm: Ta-Nehisi Coates & James Bennet (offsite)
*Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7:30pm: Halloween Ghost Stories Party!
*Thursday, November 5, 2915 at 6pm: Food Book Party at Berg’n (offsite)
*Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 7:30pm: The Best Advice In Six Words
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton St at S. Portland
http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event
Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 7pm: Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann in conversation with Rob Spillman
*Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 3pm: Wet Dog by Sophie Gamand
*Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7pm: If the Raindrops United by Judah Friedlander
*Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7pm: Women Chefs of New York by Nadia Arumugam
*Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 7:30pm: The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy by Rainn Wilson
*Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 7pm: Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir by Truman Capote with the lost photographs of David Attie
*Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 7pm: The Chintz Age: Tales of Love and Loss for a New New York by Ed Hamilton
Powerhouse Arena
37 Main St, DUMBO
http://powerhousearena.com/events/
Brooklyn Barnes and Noble in Brooklyn Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 2pm: Lego Architecture Studio Event
*Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 3pm: The Barnes & Noble Cookie Bake-Off!: Top 75 Recipes from Around the Country
Barnes and Noble
106 Court St
http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2965
WORD in Brooklyn Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7pm: Aidan Levy presents Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed
*Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 7pm: Carrie Brownstein in conversation with Questlove at Saint Vitus
*Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7pm: George Grella and Bryan C. Parker present Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and Beat Happening (33 1/3 series)
*Monday, November 16, 2015 at 7pm: A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising with Madeline Levine, Timothy Snyder, Alissa Valles, and Edwin Frank
*Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 7pm: Gerard Koeppel presents City on a Grid: How New York Became New York
WORD Bookstore
126 Franklin St
http://www.wordbookstores.com/event
STATEN ISLAND
Staten Island Barnes and Noble Book Event/Talks Highlights
*Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 4pm: The Survival Guide to Bullying
*Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 1pm: Craig Chapman-Real Food, Real Kitchens
*Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7pm: Nicole ” Snooki” Polizzi-Strong Is the New Sexy: A Kick Ass Memoir
*Friday, November 6-8, 2015 : Mini Maker Faire
Staten Island
2245 Richmond Avenue
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2021
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