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The Center for Fiction

Opens Wednesday at 9:00 AM

Fort Greene

✍️"the perfect spot for writers!" (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
πŸ›οΈ"stunning interior... advocates for emerging writers" (NY Traveler)
πŸ“œTry 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

Upcoming events

Saturday, Aug 29
Saturday Storytime

Saturday Storytime

August 29 at 11am

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Family storytime & crafts

Story Time

Story Time

August 29 at 12pm

Fort Greene

Booksellers read aloud

Friday, Sep 4
First Novel Friday

First Novel Friday

September 4 at 6pm

Fort Greene

Debut novelist readings

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