BookExpo and BookCon are quickly approaching! Mark your calendars and join YPG’s annual BEA on a Boat party at The Frying Pan on Thursday, May 31 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Celebrate another year of book-centric panels, librarians hauling huge tote bags, and standing on your feet for hours at the Javits Center. And...
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The Bronx Book Festival, taking place on Saturday, May 19, aims to promote literacy and foster a love of reading among children, teens, and adults. The festival will cover a wide range of topics relevant to the Bronx community through panels, workshops, and more with award-winning and bestselling authors, illustrators, and creators. The festival will...
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With Pride Month right around the corner, join BIGNY for their May meeting focused on how the LGBTQ community are creating and contributing to the book publishing world. The panelists has a wide variety of experience including LGBTQ history, activism, religious conflict with LGBTQ lifestyles, coverage of notable hate crimes, conversion therapy, romance...
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YPG Bay Area and Open Windows Cooperative invite you to attend a Letterpress Notebook Workshop on Saturday, April 28th, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm (cost is $30, all materials provided). Join publishing colleagues to learn the basics of letterpress printing and bookbinding using 19th century equipment. Led by Ava Sayaka Rosen at Open Windows Cooperative...
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Housing Works is looking for 6 to 8 YPG volunteers to help their online sales department scan and sort their book donations to see if they are sellable. If you are available on Sunday, April 15 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, then please sign up here. YPG has historically...
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Join YPG Writers for our signature write-in and flash workshop on April 12 and April 26. As always, we’ll do a quick introduction, followed by an hour of writing and optional sharing, then we’ll wrap up the meeting with a flash workshop. If interested in being critiqued, email YPGwriters@gmail.com with a 1,000- to 1,500-word...
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Ladies and gentleman! Join us for a show-stopping, circus-themed night of revelry, mystery, and a murder that steals the show. Group up with your fellow YPGers, use your detective skills, and find the killer before the final act! When: April 19 from 6:00—8:30 pm Where: Penguin Random House (1745 Broadway) Why: Because everyone...
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YPG is turning 18, and we are once again celebrating with a good, old-fashioned, arcade birthday party! Join us at the Barcade in Chelsea (148 W 24th St) for happy hour specials and vintage video games, including Ms. Pac-man, Mortal Kombat, and Crazy Taxi (just to name a few!). We will also be giving...
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Launch. Sales conference. BookExpo. So many things are happening, and it can be really overwhelming! But here’s a pro tip from a friend: you will always, always feel more competent and official when you’ve got a stack of notes on a clipboard. Even if the notes just say “GET A COFFEE & DON’T PANIC.” Guaranteed. ...
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You’re invited to Off the Shelf’s bookish birthday party! Join us on Tuesday, March 20 at Housing Works Bookstore Café (126 Crosby Street) for wine, birthday cake, bookish games, and exciting giveaways. Doors open at 7:00 pm and the first 50 guests will receive an Off the Shelf tote bag filled with party...
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