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Are you looking for literary events like book readings, book signings, poetry readings? Then you came to the right place. Start using these unique New York City opportunities today!
Are you looking for literary events like book readings, book signings, poetry readings? Then you came to the right place. Start using these unique New York City opportunities today!
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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
14 free poetry readings, book signings, author readings in New York City (NYC) Sat, 09/12/2026 - and on...
Not a day goes by in New York City (NYC) without a free poetry reading or a book signing or a book reading by a famous or not yet famous author. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Reading | Socialize with Likeminded Readers (Outdoors)
Grab a book, a picnic blanket, and a friend, and join silent reading sessions with ambient music, followed ... more >> by lively book discussions with fellow book lovers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Sep 15
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Poetry Reading | Prize-Winning Writers Share an Evening of Poetry in the Park
Award-winning poetry by established and emerging poets. This evening features Chelsea Whitton, Dilruba ... more >> “Ruba” Ahmed, Matthew Yeager, and Sahar Muradi.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Sep 15
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Poetry Reading | Multilingual Poetry Night: Quantum Age
Discover the concepts of Quantum Age Poetry and Quantum Poetics with this multilingual poetry event exploringinnovative ... more >> poetic frameworks.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Sep 16
6:30 pm
free, registration required
6:30 pm
free, registration required
Poetry Reading | Poetry Open Mic: Share Your Work or Listen to Emerging Writers
Participants can share their original work for up to five minutes. Space is limited to 15 readers; show ... more >> up on time to get a slot!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Sep 17
5:30 pm
free, register for...
5:30 pm
free, register for...
Author Reading | New York Times-Featured Authors Share Their Works on Modern Life
An evening of literary conversation featuring some of today’s bestselling writers. A lineup of authors ... more >> whose work explores the complicated, funny, messy, and unforgettable parts of modern life. This includes: Melissa Broder, Jayson Greene, Ava Robinson, Bud Smith, Sofia Montrone, and Julian Tepper.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Sep 17
7:00 pm
free, RSVP required
7:00 pm
free, RSVP required
Author Reading | Prize-Winning Authors Share Their Latest Fiction Works (+ Q&A & Signing)
Readings by Julie Buntin and T Kira Māhealani Madden followed by a conversation/Q&A with Darin Strauss. ... more >> Julie Buntin’s new novel, Famous Men, was published in summer 2026. Her debut, Marlena, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize and longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. T Kira Māhealani Madden is a queer, diasporic Kanaka 'Ōiwi (Native Hawaiian) nationally bestselling author of the novel Whidbey. Madden’s memoir, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, was named a New York Times Editors' Choice, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, and the Lambda Literary Award.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Sep 17
7:00 pm
free, RSVP required
7:00 pm
free, RSVP required
Author Reading | New Works by Prize-Winning Poets & More (+ Signing)
A reading by Stine An, Noah Arhm Choi (in honor of Theo LeGro), Benedict Nguyen, and Bobuq Sayed followed ... more >> by a reception/signing with books for sale. Stine An is a Korean American poet, literary translator, and performer based in New York City. Her poems and translations have appeared in Best American Experimental Writing, Best Literary Translations, Electric Literature, Poem-a-Day, and elsewhere. Her publications include S_MMER CR_SH (2025), Winter Night Rabbit Worries (2026), and Today's Morning Vocabulary (2025) by South Korean poet Yoo Heekyung, and B-Dragon Suite. Noah Arhm Choi is the author of Cut to Bloom, winner of the 2019 Jack McCarthy Prize. A Lambda Literary Poet-In-Residence and Valentine's Editor for Honey Literary, they received an MFA from Sarah Lawrence, and their work appears in The Adroit Journal, Split this Rock, The Rumpus, Foglifter, and elsewhere. Noah was shortlisted for the Poetry International Prize and received the Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize, alongside fellowships from Kundiman, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the Adirondack Center for Writing. Theo LeGro was a queer Vietnamese-American poet and both a Kundiman Mentorship Lab Fellow and Kundiman Retreat Fellow. Their debut, Don't Let It Kill You, was the winner of the 2025 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry from Persea Books. Benedict Nguyen is a freelance dancer and creative producer. Her writing on labor and culture has appeared in The Baffler, BOMB, Los Angeles Review of Books, Vanity Fair, among other publications. Bobuq Sayed is a queer cultural worker of the Afghan diaspora. In 2024, they published the chapbook A Brief History of Australian Terror and, in 2026, their debut novel, No God But Us, was released worldwide.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Sep 18
5:00 pm
free, RSVP required
5:00 pm
free, RSVP required
Poetry Reading | Hurricane Maria Memorial Poetry & Music
Hear spoken word and live music by Nuyorican Poets Cafe, followed by an Open Mic. Performers will ... more >> pay homage to the resiliency, contributions, and ancestral wisdom of Puerto Rico.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Sep 19
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Author Reading | Award-Winning Author Reads from His Latest Story Collection with Translator (English & Spanish)
This event brings together author Roberto Azcorra Cámara and translator Pennell Somsen for a bilingual ... more >> reading from Medusa reina. Azcorra Cámara's stories delve into the intimacy of relationships, revealing how, even amidst misfortune and missteps, a path remains — sometimes luminous, sometimes dark, always unexpected. They explore romantic love, maternal devotion, forbidden desire, and grief through the lens of memory and urban space, with five stories sharing a recurring protagonist whose arc forms a puzzle for the attentive reader. The stories don't end definitively, leaving the outcome to the protagonists — and to the reader. Azcorra Cámara and Somsen will read selected passages in both Spanish and English, discuss the process of writing and translating, and invite questions from the audience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Sep 20
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Poetry Reading | An Evening of Poetry in the Garden
Enjoy an outdoor poetry reading hosted in partnership with McNally Jackson. Submit your work at the link ... more >> provided to read at the event!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Sep 20
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Author Reading | Up-an-Coming Writer Shares Her First English-Language Book with Valeria Luiselli: Wishbone
Laia Jufresa’s first book written in English, Wishbone is dreamy and precise, insightful and thrilling: ... more >> a work of lived-in magic with a colorful cast of irresistible characters, a dazzlingly inventive structure, and a stunning final revelation. About the Book: Tor Sima is the founder of the International Museum of Color in Oaxaca. Vica Luft is a secretary and single mother in Edinburgh. Disparate as their lives are, they mirror and inform one another in striking ways: an early trauma, a shared lover, an affinity for the octopus. Moving backward in time across two decades and seven cities, Wishbone quietly unravels what ties them together and what sets them apart. This is a captivating story about motherhood and friendship, art and commerce, selfhood and loss; about the parts of us that go missing when a loved one disappears, and the tentacular bonds forged by the families we create.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Sep 22
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Author Reading | Innovative Culture Writers Share Their New Work (+ Q&A & Signing)
A reading by Christine Hume and Justine Lextrait, followed by a conversation/Q&A with Claudia Rankine. ... more >> The event will conclude with a reception/signing with books for sale. Christine Hume is a feminist writer of nonfiction and poetry with a strong interest in the intersections between social justice and art. Her essays have been published and reviewed in New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Hyperallergic, McSweeney’s, The Boston Review, Full Stop, Harper’s, Electric Literature, Disabilities Studies Quarterly, Conjunctions, Architecture and Culture, and many other venues. Justine Lextrait writes, studies, edits, draws, cuts, and moves around. They are the author of the fragmented novel Loading Room and the scrapbook zine Everyone Is Layered .
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Sep 24
12:00 pm
free, RSVP required
12:00 pm
free, RSVP required
Poetry Reading | Evening of Local Poetry
Enjoy an evening of poetry with local poet and playwright Galinsky, with "Five Minute Features" from ... more >> a dozen poets of all styles.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Sep 24
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Reading | Storytelling Party & Open Mic
Eric Vetter brings New York’s best established and emerging authors and storytellers to this bookstore ... more >> for this storytelling party. This event is curated and co-hosted by author/storyteller Michele Carlo, the author of FISH OUT OF AGUA: My life on neither side of the (subway) tracks. The show will also include a “Magic Hat Open-Mic” where audience members can sign up for a chance at four minutes of stage time to share their own stories.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Oct 6
7:00 pm
free, donations welcome,...
7:00 pm
free, donations welcome,...
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