HBD SCREMES REPORT 🥹

We're two years old today (+DATEBOOK May 5–11)

Welcome back to Datebook, the weekly guide to literary events in New York, London, and LA. All events listed in local time. FREE LETTER TODAY.

Friends, we’re TWO YEARS OLD today! I logged on to substack.com on May 5, 2024, and sent this email to 160 subscribers:

Two years later, there are over a thousand of you reading this. Pinch me!!

In the second year of SR, I introduced the paid subscription, which gives readers of DATEBOOK early access to the most popular, likely-to-sell-out events. I also launched two new series: DIRECT PRESS, the monthly tasting guide pairing books and wine; and SCENE REPORT STARTED PACKS, where I get to playfully feature the people without whom SR would have no reason to exist—reading series hosts!

So, what’s next for Scremes Report? We’re not reinventing the wheel in year three. You can still expect this weekly letter to be the final word in literary events not to miss in NYC, London, and LA. I can tell you, I’ll be launching a new series, exclusively for paid subscribers, that explores the writing process of my favorite authors. Stay tuned for more on that this summer… And expect more in-person events from yours truly!

Okay, okay, enough of me celebrating. I’m genuinely grateful for each of you. Thank you for reading Scremes Report. ✨

Now, without further ado, the events of the week.

If you have an event you’d like me to include in DATEBOOK, email me.

Tuesday, May 5 (TONIGHT!)

• 7 pm // LDN: Notch Magazine is throwing a party! | HBH Gallery (W1W 7PT). GA tickets are £10. Students are £5. Notch subscribers get in free.

• 7 pm // BKLN: Raazi Tea launches “Leaves” Vol. 5, feat. readings from zine contributors. | Dear Friend Books (343A Tompkins Ave). Free. RSVP.

• 7 pm // NYC: Readings at Parkside presents a special screening of Cecilia Dougherty’s video portraits of writers, followed by a conversation with Lia Gangitano. Hosted by Ann Stephenson. | Parkside Lounge (317 E Houston). Tickets from $5.

Wednesday, May 6

• 7 pm // LDN: A reading and conversation with Josh Silver (Fruit Fly) and Djamel White (All Them Dogs) about books, drugs, queerness, and writing hit novels. | Copeland Social Bar (SE15 3SN). Free. RSVP.

• 7:30 pm // LDN: Soho Reading Series presents: Six Author Book Extravaganza, feat. Sufiyaan Salam (Wimmy Road Boyz), Sophie Mackintosh (Permanence), Jago Rackham (To Entertain), Luke Kennard (Black Bag), Rebecca Perry (May We Feed The King), and Yoel Noorali (The Kingdom). Hosted by Tom Willis and John Phipps. Aaron Skates will DJ. | The 100 Club (W1D 1LL). Tickets are £25 and include a token that gets you a book (while supplies last). SELLING FAST.

• 5:30 pm // NYC: “How To Read A Poem” with Paul Muldoon. | American Irish Historical Society. Tickets are $45.

• 7 pm // BKLN: Launch of Immersions by Kyle McCarthy, in conversation with Leslie Jamison. | Center for Fiction. Tickets from $10.

• 7:30 pm // BKLN: The Cusp Reading Series: Taurus | Gemini, feat. Leah Abrams, Lauren Morrow, Emily Mathis, Julia Callahan, and Robin Hemley. Hosted by Summer Wrobel and Emily Glowe. | Whoopsie Daisy (225 Rogers). Free.

• 6 pm // CHICAGO: Neon Night Mic, feat. Noah Falck, Montana James Thomas, Gina Twardosz, Matt McBride, S. Yarberry, and Tori Rego. Hosted by Ben Niespodziany. | The Whistler (2421 N. Milwaukee Ave, CHI). Free.

Thursday, May 7

• 7:30 pm // LDN: Maison Bertaux Soirées: The Parisian Affair Series No. 5: TOMBER, To Fall, feat. Brodie Crellin, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Rosa Picard, and Saffron Morter-Laing. | Maison Bertaux (W1D 5DQ). Tickets are £8.

• 7 pm // BKLN: Roasting House Reading, feat. Omayeli Arenyeka, Alex Barnett, Ruthie Chen, Jonathan Toney-Quow, and Julia Kornberg. Hosted by Noa and Madeleine. | Kos Kaffe (251 5th Ave, Park Slope). Free. RSVP.

• 7 pm // QUEENS: Poetry Is Famous, feat. Tessa Bolsover, J.M. Cox, Chris Garcia, Kelsey Legg, Morgan Levine, and Funto Omojola. Hosted by Naomi Falk and Ben Fama. | Topos Too. Free.

• 7:30 pm // BKLN: UDP Spring Studio Party, feat. Alexis Almeida, Lau Cesarco Eglin, Sma Max, Stine An, and Timothy Ashley Leo. | The Old American Can Factory (232 3rd St). Tickets from $7.

• 6 pm // SAN FRANCISCO: “Dirty Laundry,” a reading & open mic hosted by Brujas x Dirty Magazine. | Hideaway Cafe (850 Jones St, SF). Free. RSVP.

Friday, May 8

• 6 pm // NYC: Lux Magazine Issue 16 Launch Party. There will be readings and cake. | Francis Kite Club (40 Loisada Ave). Free. Mags for sale.

Saturday, May 9

• 7 pm // NYC: Crush Reading No. 53, feat. Leonora Donovan, Jodi Lin, James Loop, and Andriniki Mattis. Hosted by Suzanne Goldenberg. | Woodbine NYC (414 Broadway, 3rd Fl). Free.

Sunday, May 10

• 7 pm // BKLN: Weird Fucks, feat. Carrigan Miller, Blush Bullseye, Amanda Chemeche, Jeremy Gordon, Alyx Zella, and Sivan Lavie. Hosted by Danielle Chelosky and Nick Dove. | Seventh Heaven (4 Irving Ave). Free.

Monday, May 11

• 6:30 pm // NYC: Launch of Colossus by Ross Barkan, in conversation with Shadi Hamid. | P&T Knitwear (180 Orchard). Tickets are $10.

• 7 pm // NYC: Launch of New Skin by Sarah Wang, in conversation with Larissa Pham. | McNally Jackson Seaport. Tickets from $5 ($29 with copy of the book).

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