Book Club Bar

From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last…

General Literary Trivia at Book Club Bar in Brooklyn on Wednesday, June 10 at 8pm. Classics, bestsellers, authors, and deep cuts await. For people who actually read the book. Join us at Book Club Bar in Brooklyn on Wednesday, June 10 at 8pm for a special night of General Literary Trivia covering classic novels,…

Book Club Bar's in-person poetry discussion group! This month: This Poor Book by Fanny Howe. Whether you haven't read a poem since high school or you live and breathe verse, come to Book Club Bar for a tour of the underground lab where the most brave, unsuccessful, delusional, and inspired people among us are working…

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Plane Station. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Sam Obrist. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

The East Village Wordsmiths is a monthly salon for artists to share their work. Each month will have a different theme. We welcome writers of prose, poetry, memoir, or song to perform a five-minute original work. If you would like to share your work, please email EVWordsmiths@gmail.com. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is a…

Stuck in your writing? In need of a little more time or inspiration? Book Club Bar's Drink 'N Draft writing night is designed to get you out of your head and onto the page. Each night includes a series of visual prompts that will lead you toward new creative choices in your work. This laptop-free/handwriting exercise…

Join us Saturday, June 20th for the fifth annual Lower East Side Pride Bookstore Crawl ! Celebrate the diversity and resilience of the neighborhood's indie bookshops by spending a day shopping discounts, special giveaways, and curated selections of queer books. This year's crawl features seven unique indie…

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Patty Keough. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Sophia Stewart. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Bridgerton meets Emily Henry in this fresh take on regency romance about a wallflower writing a dictionary of bawdy slang who arranges her own marriage to the ultimate instructor: the town rake. 🎟️ [ RSVP HERE ] Sophia Benoit is the author of Well, This Is Exhausting , writes regular columns in GQ and Bustle , and…

Stuck in your writing? In need of a little more time or inspiration? Book Club Bar's Drink 'N Draft writing night is designed to get you out of your head and onto the page. Each night includes a series of visual prompts that will lead you toward new creative choices in your work. This laptop-free/handwriting exercise…

Cat Sebastian’s long-awaited foray into contemporary romance! A witty, emotional, and deliciously slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance between two costars on a popular sci-fi television series. Simon and Charlie, actors on a long-running sci-fi show, can’t stand one another. Charlie is impetuous, outgoing, and…

Like your school days spelling bee, but with drinks! Come test your spelling skills in a friendly spelling bee competition. Sign-ups are capped at 30 participants, and you must register in-person at the bar, starting at 7:30pm. First come, first served. $10 to play Free to attend Official Adult Spelling Bee rules &…

In a reading rut? Venture off the beaten path and into the wilds of indie publishing! Featuring fiction published within the last six months, we will be reading beyond the Big Five and into the realms of the transgressive and experimental, the fun and the freaky. Join us for a Saturday brunch with Book Club Bar…

Join The Motherhood Collective NYC for a fun summer-themed storytime for the little ones, and caffeine for the grownups! This is a parent-led storytime, feel free to bring a summer-themed book to read!

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Ditto. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Ditto. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

A genre-bending novel for our time, Paranoid Storytelling chronicles the disappearance of Dr. Rala Veruza, a brilliant researcher studying the poisonous effects of conspiracy theories, and the ways in which the reporter covering her disappearance becomes more and more convinced that she holds the key to diagnosing…

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Adam Cordero. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

A sharp and provocative coming-of-age debut chronicling the turbulent romance between a brilliant economics grad student and a magnetic Wall Street banker two decades her senior. 🎟️ [ RSVP HERE ] Anna Maria Volkova lives and works in New York City. Personal family histories from within the former Soviet Union and the…

How often does someone tell a story that reminds you of one of your own, or inspires you to imagine something new? What if you had the time to write it all down? Each night, a new guest performer will share a story in four parts. After each part, you’ll have time to write about what that part has inspired. As their…

Book Club Bar's monthly live poetry series. Curated by local poet and playwright Galinsky, with "Five Minute Features" from a dozen poets of all styles. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : The rear half of the store will be used exclusively for this event. The front bar will be open to the public for drinking & chatting. Book…

Existential crises are like a persistent rash. There's no cure, but if you're suffering from the Big Questions, maybe the How To Be Book Club can be a salve. Come hang out in Book Club Bar's back garden one Saturday each month, and join us in discussing works of philosophical fiction from across different eras and…

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring HannahLuv. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Like your school days spelling bee, but with drinks! Come test your spelling skills in a friendly spelling bee competition. Sign-ups are capped at 30 participants, and you must register in-person at the bar, starting at 7:30pm. First come, first served. Admission: one drink. Official Adult Spelling Bee rules &…

How often does someone tell a story that reminds you of one of your own, or inspires you to imagine something new? What if you had the time to write it all down? Each night, a new guest performer will share a story in four parts. After each part, you’ll have time to write about what that part has inspired. As their…

Due to a private event, the entirely of Book Club Bar will be closed to the public from 6pm to 10pm. At 10pm, we will reopen fully to the public.

GonzoFest attendees are welcome to come have a Hunter S. Thompson inspired drink, buy a HST related book, and meet friends. The books listed here are available for preorder , to be picked up this evening.

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Mickey Gold. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Amanda Fama. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]