Date: | Thu, Oct 16, 2025 |
Time: | 5 PM EDT |
Location: | Online |
Find out more: | Zoom event registration |
EVENTS
A listing of upcoming events related to New York Review Books

D.M. Black and Edward Mendelson on Dante’s 'Paradiso', Online Event
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.

Beetle Bailey and The Lexicon of Comicana: Brian Walker in Conversation with Tom Gammill @ 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.

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

Diane DiMassa and Andrea Lawlor discuss 'Hothead Paisan,' Northampton, MA
Date: | Wed, Sep 17, 2025 |
Time: | 6:30 PM |
Location: | Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Northampton , MA 01060 |
Find out more: | Broadside Bookshop |
Join Diane DiMassa and Andrea Lawlor for a discussion and celebration of Hothead Paisain

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.

Brooklyn Book Festival: Alison Bechdel & Diane DiMassa In Conversation, NYC
Date: | Sun, Sep 21, 2025 |
Time: | 4 pm |
Location: | Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn NY 11201 |
Find out more: | Brooklyn Book Festival |
Diane DiMassa, Alison Bechdel, and Jennifer Camper join in conversation at the Brooklyn Book Festival

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!

Beyond Architecture: Preserving the Soul of Historic Cities, NYC
Date: | Tue, Oct 14, 2025 |
Time: | 6 PM |
Location: | Villa Albertine, 972 5th Ave, New York, NY 10075 |
Find out more: | Historical Landmarks Preservation Center |
Beyond Architecture editor Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and contributors Vishaan Chakrabarti and Paul Goldberger join preservationist Muriel Mauriac to discuss the future of historic cities.

Diane DiMassa talks 'Hothead Paisan' @ Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Date: | Thu, Sep 25, 2025 |
Time: | 6:30 PM |
Location: | 56 Arbor St, Hartford, CT 06106 |
Find out more: | Real Art Ways |
Real Art Ways hosts Diane DiMassa and Alex Dueben for a discussion of Hothead Paisan, out now from NYR Comics

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

Peter Cole @ Let's Talk: Day of Translation, George Mason University
Date: | Tue, Sep 30, 2025 |
Time: | 4:30 PM |
Location: | Gillespie Gallery, First Floor, Art and Design Building, 4515 Patriot Cir, Fairfax, VA 22030 |
Find out more: | Alan Cheuse International Writers Center |
Peter Cole will discuss his translations of the great Hebrew poet Hayim Nahman Bialik in the keynote discussion, 'Translators of Desire,' at Let's Talk: Day of Translation, of which Cole is the featured speaker.

Peter Cole @ Let's Talk: International Writers Festival, Washington, D.C.
Date: | Mon, Sep 29, 2025 |
Time: | 7 PM |
Location: | Busboys and Poets Books, 2021 14th St NW, Washington DC 20009 |
Find out more: | Eventbrite |
Peter Cole will present his translation work as a visiting writer at 'Let's Talk: International Writers Festival'

The Threshold and the Ledger: Tom McCarthy in conversation with Jamieson Webster, NYC
Date: | Thu, Sep 18, 2025 |
Time: | 7:00 PM |
Location: | 192 Books, 192 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 |
Find out more: | Paula Cooper Gallery |
192 Books presents a discussion with Jamieson Webster and Tom McCarthy on McCarthy's latest book, The Threshold and the Ledger

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.

Edward Mendelson presents Mrs. Dalloway: The First-Edition Text, at Community Bookstore, NYC
Date: | Tue, Sep 30, 2025 |
Time: | 7-8 PM EDT |
Location: | Community Bookstore, 143 7th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215 |
Find out more: | Eventbrite |
Join Edward Mendelson for a discussion of the NYRB Classics edition of 'Mrs. Dalloway'

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.

NYRB @ Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Marketplace Main Day
Date: | Sun, Sep 21, 2025 |
Time: | 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. |
Location: | Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
Find out more: | Brooklyn Book Festival |
Join NYRB at the Festival Day Literary Marketplace for discounted adult titles and a free copy of the latest issue of The New York Review of Books.

NYRB Kids @ Brooklyn Book Festival Children's Day
Date: | Sat, Sep 20, 2025 |
Time: | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
Location: | Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
Find out more: | Brooklyn Book Festival |
NYRB invites you to Children's Day at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Saturday, September 20. Find us in the marketplace at booth 3A for discounted NYRB kids titles!