Date: | Tue, Nov 04, 2025 |
Time: | 6pm |
Location: | 16 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003 |
EVENTS
A listing of upcoming events related to New York Review Books

Translating at the Edge of Language: Eroticism, Rebellion, and the Algerian War in Pierre Guyotat's 'Idiocy,' NYC
A Discussion with Peter Behrman de Sinéty and Catherine Malabou at La Maison Française of NYU

'Idiocy' book launch — Peter Behrman de Sinéty in conversation with Elvia Wilk, NYC
Date: | Tue, Oct 28, 2025 |
Time: | 7pm |
Location: | POWERHOUSE Arena, 28 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201 |
Find out more: | TicketLeap |
Elvia Wilk joins Peter Behrman de Sinéty for a discussion and celebration of his new translation of Pierre Guyotat's Idiocy.

Mattia Filice discusses 'Driver' at the French Institute, London
Date: | Thu, Nov 20, 2025 |
Time: | 7:00 PM |
Location: | French Institute of the United Kingdom, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Kensington, London SW7 2DT |
Find out more: | Institut français du Royaume-Uni |
The French Institute of the UK invites you to an evening with Mattia Filice, author of Driver

Beetle Bailey and The Lexicon of Comicana: Brian Walker in Conversation with Tim Dumas @ The Society of Illustrators, NYC
Date: | Wed, Oct 22, 2025 |
Time: | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET |
Location: | 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10065 |
Find out more: | Society of Illustrators |
The Society of Illustrators hosts an evening of lively discussion between Brian Walker and Tim Dumas on two new books celebrating the legacy of Brian's father Mort.

Robert Glück on 'Jack the Modernist' with Kay Gabriel, NYC
Date: | Wed, Nov 05, 2025 |
Time: | 7 PM |
Location: | Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY 10013 |
Join Robert Glück and Kay Gabriel for a reading and discussion of Jack the Modernist

Cabinet Magazine presents 'The Threshold and the Ledger' with Tom McCarthy and guest presenters, NYC
Date: | Sat, Oct 18, 2025 |
Time: | 6:30-8:30 |
Location: | Cabinet, 300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn |
Find out more: | Cabinet |
Cabinet Magazine invites you to join Tom McCarthy and guest presenters for a launch celebration and presentation of his new book, The Threshold and the Ledger

Geoffrey Lehmann and Edwin Frank on Rilke, NYC
Date: | Wed, Oct 29, 2025 |
Time: | 7 PM |
Location: | 143 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215 |
Find out more: | Eventbrite |
Join Geoffrey Lehmann and Edwin Frank at Community Bookstore for a conversation about Rainer Maria Rilke and Fifty Poems

Robert Glück on 'Jack the Modernist,' San Francisco
Date: | Sun, Oct 26, 2025 |
Time: | 4 - 6 PM, Reading and remarks at 4:30 |
Location: | Et al. Gallery, 2831a Mission St., San Francisco 94110 |
Find out more: | Small Press Traffic |
Join Robert Glück and Small Press Traffic at Et al. Gallery for a reading and celebration of Jack the Modernist

Robert Glück reads 'Jack the Modernist' at Third Place Books, Seattle
Date: | Mon, Oct 20, 2025 |
Time: | 7-8:30 PM |
Location: | 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 |
Find out more: | Third Place Books |
Robert Glück and Miranda Mellis discuss Jack the Modernist and Crocosmia at Third Place Books's Seward Park location

Peter Cole on Hayim Nahman Bialik @ Yale University
Date: | Wed, Oct 22, 2025 |
Time: | 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
Location: | Bingham Hall Library, 8th Floor, 300 College Street, New Haven, CT |
Find out more: | Yale Department of Comparative Literature |
Robyn Creswell and Eliyahu Stern join Peter Cole to discuss Hayim Nahman Bialik and Cole's translation of On the Slaughter

Perfection: Vincenzo Latronico in conversation with Tony Tulathimutte, NYC
Date: | Thu, Oct 16, 2025 |
Time: | 7 PM |
Location: | McNally Jackson Seaport, 4 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038 |
Find out more: | McNally Jackson |
Join Vincenzo Latronico and Tony Tulathimutte for a discussion of Perfection.

D.M. Black and Edward Mendelson on Dante’s 'Paradiso', Online Event
Date: | Thu, Oct 16, 2025 |
Time: | 5 PM EDT |
Location: | Online |
Find out more: | Zoom event registration |
Join D. M. Black for a discussion of his new translation of Paradiso by Dante Alighieri with scholar, critic, and writer Edward Mendelson.

"Making Comics with Poets: Joe Brainard's C Comics," St. Louis
Date: | Wed, Dec 03, 2025 |
Time: | 5:30 PM |
Location: | Steinberg Auditorium, 6253 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112 |
Find out more: | Sam Fox School |
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at WashU presents a lecture on Joe Brainard's C Comics by comics historian Bill Kartalopoulos

Vasily Grossman’s Experience of World War Two w/ Robert Chandler, at Columbia University's Harriman Institute
Date: | Thu, Oct 30, 2025 |
Time: | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Location: | Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room, 1219, International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY |
Find out more: | Harriman Institute |
Join Robert Chandler at the Harriman Institute for a discussion of Vasily Grossman's WWII combat journalism.

Álvaro Enrigue presents Bomarzo at Community Bookstore, NYC
Date: | Thu, Oct 09, 2025 |
Time: | 7 PM |
Location: | Community Bookstore, 143 7th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 |
Find out more: | Eventbrite |
Join Álvaro Enrigue, Samuel Rutter, and Xita Rubert at Community Bookstore for a discussion of Manuel Mujica Lainez's Bomarzo

Picture + Panel: Rage with Diane DiMassa and Joel Christian Gill, Boston, MA
Date: | Mon, Oct 06, 2025 |
Time: | 7-8 PM |
Location: | 285 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143 |
Find out more: | Boston Comic Arts Foundation |
Joel Christian Gill joins Diane DiMassa in conversation for the Picture + Panel October lecture

Book Launch & Reading of Jan Kerouac's 'Baby Driver' — Livingston, MT
Date: | Tue, Nov 11, 2025 |
Time: | 7:00 - 9:00 PM |
Location: | 120 North Main Street, Livingston, MT 59047 |
Find out more: | Wheatgrass Books |
Wheatgrass Books in Livingston, MT, hosts local author Amanda Fortini for a book launch and reading of Jan Kerouac's Baby Driver.

NYR Comics @ Philly Comics Expo
Date: | Sat, Oct 04, 2025 |
Time: | 10 am - 6 pm |
Location: | Old Pine Community Center, 401 Lombard St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 |
Find out more: | @phillycomicsexpo on Instagram |
Join NYR Comics at the Philly Comics Expo!

Edward Mendelson on 'Mrs. Dalloway' w/ Francesca Wade @ Book Culture, NYC
Date: | Wed, Oct 08, 2025 |
Time: | 7:00 PM |
Location: | Book Culture, 536 W. 112th St., New York, NY 10025 |
Find out more: | Book Culture registration form |
Book Culture hosts Edward Mendelson for a celebration of the new NYRB Classics edition of Mrs. Dalloway, edited by Mendelson

Voices of Jewish Literary Giants w/ Peter Cole, NYC
Date: | Mon, Nov 10, 2025 |
Time: | 7:00 PM ET |
Location: | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 W. 16th St. New York, NY 10011 |
Find out more: | In-person and online RSVP |
Peter Cole, translator of Hayim Nahman Bialik's poetry in On the Slaughter, joins Steven J. Zipperstein, the biographer of Philip Roth, for a conversation about the two greats of Jewish literature.

The Political Novel Seminar 3: Edwin Frank on H.G. Wells and Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: | Mon, Nov 03, 2025 |
Time: | 7 PM EDT |
Location: | Online |
Find out more: | Eventbrite |
Join Edwin Frank for an exploration of the works of H.G. Wells and Ursula K. Le Guin in the third and final installation of the Political Novel seminar series

The Political Novel Seminar 2: Edwin Frank on Joseph Conrad
Date: | Mon, Oct 06, 2025 |
Time: | 7 PM EDT |
Location: | Online |
Find out more: | Eventbrite |
Join Edwin Frank for an exploration of the work Joseph Conrad in the second of a three-part webinar series on the political novel.