Presenter of the National Book Awards

Events Calendar

Looking for an upcoming literary event in your area? Check out this list of author readings, literature festivals, and other events all over the country featuring past and present National Book Award Winners, Finalists, and Judges, and 5 Under 35 honorees.

MAY

May 21
Claire Vaye Watkins and Ramona Ausubel at BookCourt
Brooklyn, NY
> bookcourt.com

May 22
Ayana Mathis and Justin Torres in Conversation at Strand Book Store
New York, NY
> www.strandbooks.com

May 22
Some Questionable Shapes
Bennett Sims, Fiona Maazel, and Benjamin Hale at Housing Works
New York, NY
> www.housingworks.org

May 23
Joan Silber and Stacey D’Erasmo at Greenlight Bookstore
Brooklyn, NY
> greenlightbookstore.com

May 29
Eat, Drink & Be Literary
Richard Russo at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
> www.bam.org

May 28
Julie Sarkissian and Haley Tanner at POWERHOUSE on 8th
Brooklyn, NY
> powerhouseon8th.com

May 29-June 1
BookExpo America
New York, NY
> www.bookexpoamerica.com

May 31
Otis Library Presents: Evening with an Author
Nathaniel Philbrick at The Spa at Norwich Inn
Norwich, CT
> www.otislibrarynorwich.org

JUNE

June 4
Colum McCann at Barnes & Noble Union Square
New York, NY
> barnesandnoble.com

June 5
Eat, Drink & Be Literary
Keith Gessen and Masha Gessen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
> www.bam.org

June 8-9
Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago, IL
> www.chicagotribune.com

June 14
HIP Reading Series
Téa Obreht, Jason Porter, and Ayad Akhtar at The Paper Box
Brooklyn, NY
> www.facebook.com/HipReadingSeries

september

September 12
National Book Awards Longlist Announcement
> Press release announcing addition of Longlist

October

October 16
National Book Award Finalists Announcement

november

November 18-22
National Book Awards Week

November 18
5 Under 35 Celebration of Emerging Fiction Writers
powerHouse Arena
Brooklyn, NY
> Last year’s event

November 19
National Book Awards Teen Press Conference
Location TBA
> Last year’s event

November 19
National Book Award Finalists Reading
The New School
New York, NY

November 20
64th National Book Awards
Cipriani, Wall Street
New York, NY
> Last year’s event