September 2023
- Tuesday, September 5 at 7pm ET
The Center for Fiction Presents Kim Coleman Foote on Coleman Hill with Sarah Jessica Parker and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan - Thursday, September 7–Sunday, September 10
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival 5 - Saturday, September 9 at 12pm ET
Story Time Special Edition with Galia Bernstein Reading The Pumpernickel-Daffodil - Tuesday, September 12 at 4pm ET
Jaipur Literature Festival: The Written World with Martin Puchner and The Poetic Imagination: Rhyme, Rhythm and Reason - Thursday, September 14 at 1:30pm ET
The International Library and BCLF Present Elektrik: Francophone Literature in Glittering Translations - Monday, September 18 at 7pm ET
The Center for Fiction and Harper’s Magazine Present What Happened to Gen X? - Tuesday, September 19 at 7pm ET
The Center for Fiction and BLR present Jayne Anne Phillips on Night Watch with Danielle Ofri - Wednesday, September 20 at 7pm ET
On America: What We Talk About When We Talk About Book Bans - Thursday, September 21 at 6pm ET
The Café & Bar Presents Drink & Draft Night - Friday, September 22 at 6pm ET
Booking for Love: A Literary Speed Dating Event - Tuesday, September 26 at 7pm ET
Ayana Mathis on The Unsettled with Kiese Laymon - Wednesday, September 27 at 7pm ET
An Intimate Evening Salon with Anne Enright - Friday, September 29 at 6pm ET
Booking for Love: LGBTQ+ Edition - Saturday, September 30 at 4pm ET
Lampblack: Lab[our] Issue Launch
October 2023
- Tuesday, October 3 at 7pm ET
The Center for Fiction and BCLF Present Safiya Sinclair on How to Say Babylon with Tara Westover - Wednesday, October 4 at 7pm ET
The Center for Fiction Presents Melissa Broder on Death Valley with Karah Preiss - Thursday, October 5 at 7pm ET
In Translation: Jenny Erpenbeck on Kairos with Gal Beckerman - Saturday, October 7 at 5pm ET
The Café & Bar Presents Exhibit B in NYC: A Reading - Tuesday, October 10 at 7pm ET
The Center for Fiction Presents Patricia Marx and Roz Chast on Tired Town - Wednesday, October 11 at 7pm ET
The Center for Fiction Presents Bryan Washington on Family Meal with Ocean Vuong - Thursday, October 12 at 7pm ET
A Final Reading with The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil 2022-2023 Emerging Writer Fellows - Tuesday, October 17 at 7pm ET
Story/Teller: Tan Twan Eng on The House of Doors with Brandon Taylor - Wednesday, October 18 at 1:30pm ET
The International Library: Emily Wilson on The Iliad - Thursday, October 19 at 7pm ET
Story/Teller Arts: Tony Kushner on The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures - Saturday, October 21 at 5pm ET
Biblio Bacchanal: Wine & Book Pairings - Tuesday, October 24 at 7pm ET
Let Us Descend: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward and Ta-Nehisi Coates - Wednesday, October 25 at 7pm ET
On America: Tim O’Brien on America Fantastica with Rick MacArthur - Tuesday, October 31 at 7pm ET
Story/Teller Arts: James Ijames on Fat Ham
November 2023
- Wednesday, November 1 at 7pm ET
In Translation: The Complete Clarice Lispector Translations - Wednesday, November 8 at 7pm ET
The Center for Fiction Presents Lisa Gornick on Ana Turns with Joan Silber - Thursday, November 9 at 7pm ET
A Clandestine Rendezvous with Joseph Kanon and Paul Vidich on the Legacy of John le Carré - Thursday, November 16 at 1:30pm ET
The International Library and Celebrate Mexico Now: Stitches, Secrets, Shame with Jazmina Barrera, Valeria Luiselli, and Christina MacSweeney - Thursday, November 16 at 6pm ET
Mexico Writes Now
December 2023
- Tuesday, December 5 at 6:30pm ET
The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit
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