Our holiday party this year was a blast! Some of the most exciting books we saw at the book exchange: a Harry Potter coloring book, The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons and Step Aside Pops. Thank you all for contributing to our new ideas board! We’re not sure that we can make a buffalo chicken wing contest book-related,...
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Trying to think of a New Year resolution (that you won’t give up on by January 2nd)? Well we’ve got the perfect one: stop ordering the same old beer! Join us at Peculier Pub for our second annual New Year’s happy hour as we explore options outside the standard Bud, Coors, and Miller. With...
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“The first rule about fight club is you don’t talk about fight club… ” If you haven’t seen this film, and the ending hasn’t been ruined for you…this is the first thing to put on your calendar for 2016. If you have seen it or some terrible person told you the ending, you should...
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Partnering once again with our friends at the CBC/ECC, YPG is celebrating this year’s holiday season the good old-fashioned way—with tacky sweaters! So grab your favorite one and meet us for some holiday cheer at Quinn’s Bar Hell’s Kitchen (356 W. 44th St., NYC) at 6:30pm on Wednesday, December 9th. To really get in...
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Join YPG Bay Area this December for our 3rd annual Holiday Party and Book Exchange! We hope you can join us to raise a glass to a wonderful year—cheers! Who: YPG members What: Enjoy a holiday party and book exchange (bring a gift-wrapped book to give away and take another one home with you!)...
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Fall is here and awards season is upon us! Oscar bait will soon be filling our movie theaters and in the publishing world we’ll all be waiting on tenterhooks to see who comes away with one of the most celebrated prizes in the industry, the National Book Award! So join us on the night...
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Interested in helping keep youngsters writing and creating? Read and provide positive feedback on kids’ uber-creative stories at Story Love #19. On Wednesday, November 4th, from 7:30-9:00pm at The Drama Book Shop (250 W. 40th Street), join the YPG Cares team to read the awesomely creative ramblings of grade schoolers. While chowing down on...
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Are you participating in NaNoWriMo? Do you worry that without some writerly support you will almost certainly fall behind on your daily word count? Well, YPG is here for you. We’ll be hosting three write-ins from 6:00-7:30pm during the month of November, to keep you motivated! So join us on the dates below and...
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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! Join YPG and the AAR (Association of Authors’ Representatives) on Monday, November 2nd from 6:00-8:00pm upstairs at Professor Thom’s (219 2nd Ave, between 13th and 14th...
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Did you spend many a sleepless night of your childhood watching the shadows for living dummies? Were you terrified of masks? Did the thought of summer camp send you hiding? Time to relive the terror! Come out on Tuesday, October 13th and watch The Haunting Hour, the television show based on R.L.Stine’s classic horror novellas. Snacks and...
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