Celebrating 90 Years of New Directions
September 17 at 7pm
Fort Greene
Celebrated writers reading
Upcoming events at The Center for Fiction
- Keynote Conversation: Emily Wilson — 2026-09-24T19:00:00-04:00
- 2026 Day of Translation — 2026-09-24T12:30:00-04:00
- 2026 Day of Translation: Keynote Conversation with Emily Wilson — 2026-09-24T19:00:00-04:00
- Saturday Storytime — 2026-09-26T11:00:00-04:00
- First Novel Friday: The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, No God but Us, and Blow Yourself Up — 2026-10-02T19:00:00-04:00
- First Novel Friday: The Delicate Beast, Ibis, and The Persians — 2026-10-02T19:00:00-04:00
- First Novel Friday — 2026-10-02T18:00:00-04:00
- First Novel Friday: Liar’s Dice, Abundance, and Odessa — 2026-10-02T18:00:00-04:00
- Imbolo Mbue on Every Story Is a Love Story — 2026-10-07T19:00:00-04:00
- The International Library: Mathias Énard on Perfecting the Shot with Nicole Krauss — 2026-10-14T19:00:00-04:00
- Andrew Miller on The Land in Winter with Susan Choi — 2026-10-22T19:00:00-04:00
- The International Library: Mieko Kawakami on Sisters in Yellow with Hitomi Yoshio — 2026-11-11T19:00:00-05:00
Intimate BarIntimate Bar✍️"the perfect spot for writers!" (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
🏛️"stunning interior... advocates for emerging writers" (NY Traveler)
📜Try the short story dispenser for a free random tale
Step inside this 200-year-old literary sanctuary and get lost among 70,000 fiction titles stacked floor to ceiling. Browse the bookstore, sip literary cocktails at the cafe, or upgrade to a membership for access to the Writers Studio upstairs: private work rooms, a tech-free reading sanctuary, and borrowing privileges from the vast collection.
200-year literary institution
floor-to-ceiling book stacks
fiction-only collection
writer-focused workspace
Google
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Upcoming events at The Center for Fiction
Intimate BarIntimate Bar✍️"the perfect spot for writers!" (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
🏛️"stunning interior... advocates for emerging writers" (NY Traveler)
📜Try the short story dispenser for a free random tale
Step inside this 200-year-old literary sanctuary and get lost among 70,000 fiction titles stacked floor to ceiling. Browse the bookstore, sip literary cocktails at the cafe, or upgrade to a membership for access to the Writers Studio upstairs: private work rooms, a tech-free reading sanctuary, and borrowing privileges from the vast collection.
200-year literary institution
floor-to-ceiling book stacks
fiction-only collection
writer-focused workspace
Google
(191)
4.2
Upcoming events at The Center for Fiction
Thursday, Sep 17