EXTRA! EXTRA! Datebook for JUNE!
What you should do this month
Welcome back to Datebook, the weekly guide to literary events in New York, London, and LA. All events listed in local time.
Greetings, everyone.
It’s June and, though the celestial calendar doesn’t agree, summer feels here in full force. I’m off to Berlin tomorrow for the first time in almost a decade. If anyone has recommendations for lit events I should tap into while there, I’d like to hear them.
As I mentioned in last week’s DATEBOOK, I’m taking most of June off from regularly scheduled programming. That means that today’s send is an XL DATEBOOK that takes you through the end of the month. (And, it’s free for all readers!)
If a reading that’s just too juicy to ignore comes across my desk, I’ll share it on Notes, but I’m making no promises of regular inbox sends.
Do stay tuned for the next installment of SCENE REPORT STARTER PACKS this Friday. Any guesses for who I quizzed this time? Hint: We’re headed back to KGB…
That’s all from me for now. More soon xx 🌞
Tuesday, June 2
7:30 pm // LDN: Maison Bertaux Soirées presents: Esther Freud with Gerry Simpson and Eve Delaney. | Maison Bertaux (W1D 5DQ). Tickets are £15.
7 pm // NYC: Language Arts presents the NYC launch of American Spirits by Anna Dorn, feat. Crissy Milazzo, Darcie Wilder, Eliza McLamb, Peyton Dix, and Riska Seval. Hosted by Sophia June and Layla Halabian. | Nightclub 101. Free. RSVP. Limited Edition Merch & Books available for sale.
Thursday, June 4
7 pm // NYC: Launch of The Grief Shop by Alex DiFrancesco, in conversation with Paula Bomer. | The Strand. Tickets from $13.
7 pm // BKLN: Live podcast recording of PASSAGES: On Morrison by Namwali Serpell, in conversation with Saeed Jones. | Liz’s Book Bar (315 Smith St). Tickets from $11.50.
7 pm // BKLN: NY Launch of Scrapbook by Nick Martino, in conversation with Preeti Vangani. | Unnameable Books. Free. Books for sale.
7 pm // QUEENS: Poetry is Famous, feat. Nifath Chowdhury, Max Hamilton, Jameel Martin, Ashliene McMenamy, and Nicole Sellew. Hosted by Ben and Naomi. | Topos Too Books. Free.
Friday, June 5
7 pm // NYC: Dream Boy Book Club presents the Launch of It Feels Good To Be A Victim by Emma Newman-Holden, feat. Brittany Menjivar, Brittany Deitch, and Ava Sophia Brown. | Thayer (99 Ave. B). Free. Books for sale.
Monday, June 8
7 pm // ONLINE: No, Dear Magazine presents: A-Body Poetics, a workshop with Brian Alarcon. | Zoom. Register for $30. Discounted pricing available.
Wednesday, June 10
5:30 pm // NYC: “How To Read A Poem” with Paul Muldoon. | Aboard The Wavertree (Seaport). Tickets are $50.
7 pm // NYC: STRAIGHT GIRLS, feat. Angel Money, Esmé Naumes-Givens, Gutes Guterman, Luke Gralia, and Peyton Gatewood. Hosted by Riley Mac and Montana James Thomas. | KGB. FREEEEE.
7:30 pm // BKLN: Launch of Say Nephew by Steven Pfau, in conversation with Davey Davis. | Greenlight Bookstore. Free. RSVP.
Thursday, June 11
7 pm // LDN: Launch of Elastic Magazine No. 2, feat. Bhanu Kapil, Daisy Hildyard, Vivian Hu, Akil Kumarasamy, and Dorothea Lasky. | Camden Art Centre (NW3 6DG). Free. RSVP MANDATORY!
7:30 pm // LDN: Zona Motel presents: ‘British Summer Time,’ feat. Iphgenia Baal, Niina Pollari, Lucy K Shaw, Paul Johnathan, and Poppy Cockburn. Hosted by Kristen Felicetti and Oscar d’Artois. | The Bell (50 Middlesex St, E1). Free.
7 pm // QUEENS: ‘High Magic of the Strange and Stranger’ will be conducted at a reading feat. Michael Cavuto, Rachelle Rahmé, and Ivanna Baranova. | Topos Too. Free.
Friday, June 12
7 pm // LDN: Soho Reading Series presents: The UK launch of Lovers XXX, by Allie Rowbottom, feat. Philippa Snow, Jon Lindsey, Elle Nash, Olive Parker, and Jessica Key. Hosted by Tom Willis. | Notting Hill Arts Club. Tickets are £25 and include a copy of the book. These will sell out by end of week I wager.
Sunday, June 14
4 pm // NYC: Readings At Parkside presents: Jeremy Atherton Lin reading from Deep House, in conversation with Matt Wolf. | Parkside Lounge (317 E Houston). Tickets from $5.
Tuesday, June 16
7:30 pm // LDN: Soho Reading Series presents: The Launch of Uprising by Tahmima Anam, feat. Jack Underwood, Sindhu Vee, Sohini Alam, Zadie Smith, Priyanka Mattoo, and Tahmima Anam. Hosted by Tom Willis and Priyanka Mattoo. | Colours Hoxton (N1 6NU). Tickets are £20 and include a hardcover copy of Tahmima’s book. These will sell out FAST.
7 pm // LA: North Fig Bookclub is reading Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth. | North Figueroa Bookstore. Free, just read the book.
7 pm // LA: LA Launch of Scrapbook by Nick Martino, in conversation with Amanda Scharf. | Skylight Books. Free. Books for sale.
Sunday, June 21
2 pm // LA: Character Development for Fiction & Screen: A workshop with Jared Sayet. | Village Well Books & Coffee (Culver City). Register for $22.
Monday, June 29
7:30 pm // LDN: Lili Anolik & Deeper Into Movies present: ‘Eve Babitz: An Evening of Readings’. | Moth Club (E9 6NU). Tickets are £20.
