Social Events
YPG hosts monthly happy hours and social events that provide fun opportunities to meet your publishing colleagues in a casual setting.
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YPG Agent/Editor Mixer (Children’s)

Calling all agents and editors! Whether you’re looking to make your first acquisition or sale, or moving on to your fifth, you won’t want to miss this editor/agent networking happy hour. July 11, 2018 6:30 – 8:30 pm Location: The Gray Mare, 61 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003 This mixer focuses...
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Discount: Literati: A Comedy Show About Books and the Idiots Who Write Them

Literati is a night of comedians in character performing hilarious readings. Sophisticated, satirical, and sometimes wigs. Do you ever leave a comedy show saying, “Hmm, that was pretty funny but not enough reading . . .”? Well, then this is the show for you! Your hosts Colin O’Brien (JFL New Faces) and Michael...
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Summer Kickoff with YPG + POC in Publishing + LatinX!

Summer Kickoff with YPG + POC in Publishing + LatinX! What’s better than kicking off your summer with one of your favorite publishing groups? Kicking off your summer with THREE of your favorite publishing groups! Join us for a panel and mix-and-mingle with the Young to Publishing Group, People of Color in Publishing, and Latinx in...
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BEA ON A BOAT

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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YPG BOOK CLUB: I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER

Hey YPGers! The votes have been tallied, and we’ll be reading I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez for the next book club. The next meeting is May 16 at 6:00 pm at Random House (1745 Broadway). Click here to RSVP. Please email Danielle (Danielle.Kolodkin@harpercollins.com) or Heather (Heather.Allen@harpercollins.com) with...
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BOOK-TO-FILM: THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON TWO

Join YPG for the season two premiere of Hulu’s Golden Globe– and Emmy Award–winning adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s classic dystopian thriller The Handmaid’s Tale! Why watch it alone when you could watch it with fellow book and TV lovers on Wednesday, April 25 from 6:30–8:30 pm in Room 5172 at Penguin’s 375 Hudson St....
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SOCIAL: LIT CRAWL NYC WITH PEN AMERICA

YPG is excited to be collaborating with PEN America for their biannual Lit Crawl on Saturday, April 21, where bookish pub nerds can bounce from literary event to literary event, making new logophile friends and waxing poetic about the new reading series they just discovered. The night has three phases: Phase 1 (6-7pm), Phase...
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MURDER MYSTERY PARTY

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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SOCIAL: YPG’S 18TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

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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