Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids! | The Center for Fiction

Melissa Lozada-Oliva on Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive! with Alejandro Varela

We welcomed acclaimed poet, screenwriter, and author Melissa Lozada-Oliva to celebrate the highly anticipated release of her...

To celebrate the first books of the new season, this week you’ll meet a comically entertaining fictional mother; a complex mother whose death...

Monday, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:00 pm EDT September 8, 2025

In Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community, acclaimed writer Salil Tripathi traces the journey of a community...

This week, we have a dark fantasy about ancient magic that takes place in Hell; a Southern Gothic family story where the Devil’s handiwork is...

Sunday, 10:00 am EDT - 6:00 pm EDT September 21, 2025

The Brooklyn Book Festival is New York City’s largest free literary festival and connects readers with local, national and international authors...

Wednesday, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:00 pm EDT November 5, 2025

Join acclaimed Mexican author Jazmina Barrera and the award-winning translator of Elena Garro’s work, Megan McDowell...

Wednesday, 7:30 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT November 5, 2025

Celebrate México Now Festival 2004–2024 is a commemorative book honoring the first twenty years of México Now Festival—an...

Wednesday, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:15 pm EDT November 5, 2025

Discover how art can spark revolution in this dynamic conversation with renowned Mexican cartoonist, writer, and historian Rafael Barajas (“El...

3 sessions Thursdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT December 4 to December 18, 2025

In Person | Discover how Dickens’s Christmas novellas shaped holiday traditions and the public imagination, revealing 19th-century...

3 sessions Tuesdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT December 2 to December 16, 2025

In Person | Explore the ideological and emotional tensions of Turgenev’s 1862 masterpiece, where generational divides, political upheaval...