The Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl begins this Saturday! Pick up your passport at the Bookstore and learn more at brooklynbookstorecrawl.com. Join us 4/27 for the After Party and our day of festivities celebrating 5 years in Brooklyn!

We have a steamy summer season of Reading Groups now open for registration! Revisit novels that shocked America, journey through 900 years of French desire, cavort around mid-century Bohemia, climb your way through Victorian high society, and more: tinyurl.com/yyhfxts

Myriam J.A. Chancy will be joining us with Cleyvis Natera on 4/16 in celebration of her latest novel, Village Weavers! The novel follows two girls who become friends in 1940s Port-au-Prince before tensions between their families tear them apart. tinyurl.com/ybzprarm

We are thrilled to welcome back Cally Fiedorek, a 2019 Emerging Writer Fellow, to celebrate the launch of her debut novel, Atta Boy! Fiedorek will be in conversation with Ben Purkert (The Men Can't Be Saved). Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/4nh4xupb

Join us April 9th to celebrate Garrard Conley's debut novel, All the World Beside, with Marlon James! Known for his electrifying memoir Boy Erased, Conley’s latest work is a deeply moving queer love story set in Puritan New England. Get your ticket here: tinyurl.com/25k2rjph

Happy pub day to 2019 Emerging Writer Fellow Cally Fiedorek! Come celebrate next Wednesday: centerforfiction.org/event/the-cent…

Write with us this April! Find the rhythm of your writing, harness the power of place, consider context when writing about social issues, explore how to manipulate time through narrative, and more. Find all of our Writing Workshops and register here: tinyurl.com/2p88rs58

Are you looking to get your start in nonprofits? We're hiring an entry-level Development Assistant! Support the Director of Development in raising essential funds to help run The Center for Fiction’s programs. Learn more about the position here: centerforfiction.org/jobs

Two literary icons join us 4/2! Julia Alvarez will be in conversation with Edwidge Danticat to celebrate Alvarez's latest novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories. Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/ydnepcn5

The rest of the Reading Groups in our spring season include exploring how fiction reflected a pivotal year in world history, the works of Victor LaValle, downtown NYC writers of the '70s and '80s, and more. Dive in with other readers here: tinyurl.com/yyhfxts

Our next BYOBook is Sunday, March 31st at 6pm! Let’s be alone together with those books we just can’t put down. Join us in the Cafe & Bar for some communal reading followed by time to get to know your fellow bookworms! Get your ticket here: tinyurl.com/2pnmjw2s

Next Saturday, March 30th we have a special Story Time at the Bookstore with David Unger! Bring your littles to hear David read his new book, José Feeds the World, and learn more about the life story of chef and activist José Andrés. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/5c83vw2k

Yes, the month is almost over, but we recommend reading women's stories all year long!

This Sunday, we're excited to host the first of a new free reading series: The Literary Saloon! Join us at 5pm to hear readings from Natalie Adler, Janelle Greco, Emily Lee Luan, and Soraya Palmer curated and hosted by Wesley Straton. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/35nndabb