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Events at the Bookshop, 4/1-4/28 - mindfulness meditation, writing workshops, drunken vocab bee, Queens Writes Weekend & more!
April begins tomorrow, and the month is just packed with events, so we've got a LOT to tell you about in this newsletter. Plus our ever popular children's storytime continues every Thursday morning at 11am (email us if you're interested in volunteering to read to the kids). Heads up: we'll be open on Sunday, April 5th, with limited hours, from noon until 6pm, so plan accordingly. Read on for details of everything we have coming up this month. Hope to see you soon!
Wednesday, April 1st, 7:00-8:30pm (RSVP via Facebook)
Mindfulness Meditation Workshop
Come down to the Bookshop to breathe, get curious about your mind, learn the basics of mindfulness, and practice meditation with the community. The evening will consist of a brief talk about mindfulness, a period to practice meditation with guided instructions, and time for questions and discussion. No previous experience with mindfulness or meditation necessary.
$5-$10 suggested contribution
This workshop is held the first Wednesday of every month.
Saturday, April 4th, 11:30am-12:15pm (RSVP via Facebook)
Young Writers Workshop
Instructor Jenn Wehrung will offer writing prompts and exercises as a guide to work on your creative writing process in a fun and encouraging environment. So, bring a notebook and your favorite writing utensil and your awesome imagination and let's get writing!
Ages 9+, $5 suggested contribution
This workshop is held the first Saturday of every month.
Thursday, April 9th, 7:00-8:30pm (RSVP via Facebook)
Boundless Tales Reading Series
Boundless Tales is one of the longest-running reading series in the borough of Queens. This month's reading features writers Ignas Bautrenas, Andrés Castro, Catherine Fletcher, and Stephanie Laterza, and host Devin Doyle.
Tuesday, April 14th, 7:00-8:00pm (RSVP via Facebook)
The Astoria Bookshop Storytelling Show
Come to the Bookshop ready to tell a five-minute true story about something that happened to you. Don't worry about sticking to a theme. . . you don't have to. Participants' names will be pulled from a fishbowl, open-mic style. And of course, non-storytellers welcome to join the audience! Hosted by David Lawson.
Friday, April 17th, 7:00-9:30pm (RSVP via Facebook)
Offsite event: Drunken Vocab Bee
Come down to Astoria Coffee for the next Drunken Vocab Bee, co-sponsored by the Astoria Bookshop & Trivia NYC! Test your vocab prowess against your fellow lexicographical nerds and compete for great prizes while partaking in Astoria Coffee's wine & beer selections. A panel of three totally unbiased andincorruptible judges will hand out scores for technical merit and artistic presentation, with prizes awarded to the top scorers, including gift certificates to Astoria Coffee and the Astoria Bookshop.
Please note: this event will be held at Astoria Coffee, 30-04 30th Street
Saturday, April 18th, 7:00-8:00pm
Oh, Bernice! Reading Series
Join us for another great evening of multi-genre, multi-cultural readings with the Bernicians.
Sara Fetherolf
John Reid Currie
Zakia Henderson-Brown
Carrie Meyers
and your host, Sachiko Clayton
Sunday, April 19th, 1:00-2:00pm (RSVP via Facebook)
Book Club Discussion: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
This month's book club selection is The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, a brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror.
The book will be available at 10% off through April 30th.
Sunday, April 19th, 5:00-6:30pm (RSVP via Facebook)
Creative Writing Workshop: Character Creation
"How Setting Shapes Your Story" No matter if you are working on a short story, screenplay, or personal essay, it's important to keep in mind where your characters are. How does the time, place, location, and period impact your story? Can you picture the television show LOST without "the island"? How would Breakfast at Tiffany's have been different if it took place in Orlando? Through discussion and writing exercises we'll explore how to both create and use settings to shape a story.
$10 suggested contribution
Friday, April 24th, 7:00pm
Queens Writes Weekend Opening Reading
Newtown Literary is celebrated the third annual Queens Writes Weekend, a fundraiser to help support their programs. Come to the launch reading and hear contributors from the past few issues of the Queens literary journal.
Tuesday, April 28th, 7:00pm (RSVP via Facebook)
Author event: Harley J. Spiller, Keep the Change
Astoria resident Harley J. Spiller has amassed one of America's most extensive collections of unusual financial artifacts as well as a wealth of anecdotes and quirky historical details about U.S. currency. In Keep the Change, Spiller takes an irreverent look at our most uncommon coins and bills. Join us as he reads from the book, shares a few artifacts, demonstrates easy anti-counterfeiting strategies, and displays the ultra-violet features of US currency.
Snacks will be provided courtesty of Pao & Cha Cha.
Tomorrow 3/11 at 7pm, join us for a reading with Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell!
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Selma, check out Rep. John Lewis's memoir, in text or graphic novel form.
March events at the Bookshop
Wednesday, March 4th, 7:00-8:30pm (RSVP via Facebook) Mindfulness Meditation Workshop Come down to the Bookshop to breathe, get curious about your mind, learn the basics of mindfulness, and practice meditation with the community. The evening will consist of a brief talk about mindfulness, a period to practice meditation with guided instructions, and time for questions and discussion. No previous experience with mindfulness or meditation necessary. $5-$10 suggested contribution This workshop is held the first Wednesday of every month.
Saturday, March 7th, 11:30am-12:15pm (RSVP via Facebook) Young Writers Workshop Instructor Jenn Wehrung leads our monthly young writers workshop. Jenn will offer writing prompts and exercises as a guide to work on your creative writing process in a fun and encouraging environment. So, bring a notebook and your favorite writing utensil and your awesome imagination and let's get writing! Ages 9+, $5 suggested contribution Tuesday, March 10th, 7:00-8:00pm (RSVP via Facebook) Storytelling Show Come to the Bookshop ready to tell a five-minute true story about something that happened to you. Don't worry about sticking to a theme. . . you don't have to. Participants' names will be pulled from a fishbowl, open-mic style. And of course, non-storytellers welcome to join the audience! Hosted by David Lawson. Wednesday, March 11th, 7:00-8:30pm (RSVP via Facebook) Author event: Robert Christgau (Going Into the City) and Carola Dibbell (The Only Ones) Join us for an evening with Queens native Robert Christgau, the "Dean of American Rock Critics," as he discusses his memoir, Going Into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man. Christgau will be joined by his wife, Carola Dibbell, reading from her new novel The Only Ones. Thursday, March 12th, 7:00-8:30pm (RSVP via Facebook) Boundless Tales Reading Series This month's Boundless Tales features writers Jose Arias, George Held, Peg Simone and Treena Thibodeau, with host Audrey Dimola. Sunday, March 15th, 5:00-6:30pm (RSVP via Facebook) Creative Writing Workshop: Character Creation Regardless if you are working on a novel, screenplay, or personal essay, creating riveting characters is key. We will explore various techniques for crafting unique, complex characters along with complementary writing exercises. $10 suggested contribution Wednesday, March 18th, 7:00-8:00pm (RSVP via Facebook) Launch Party: The Wrong Side of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne Come help us celebrate the publication of Jenn Marie Thorne's debut novel, The Wrong Side of Right. Set against a backdrop of politics, family, and first love, this is a story of personal responsibility, complicated romance, and trying to discover who you are even as everyone tells you who you should be. Jenn will read from the book before being joined in conversation by author Leila Sales (This Song Will Save Your Life). Refreshments will be served. Saturday, March 21st, 7:00-8:00pm (RSVP via Facebook) Oh, Bernice! Reading Series Join us for another great evening of multi-genre, multi-cultural readings with the Bernicians. Sunday, March 29th, 1:00-2:00pm (RSVP via Facebook) Book Club Discussion: The Riddle of the Labyrinthby Margalit Fox The Riddle of the Labyrinth, this month's book club selection, is the true story of the quest to solve one of the most mesmerizing linguistic riddles in history and of the three brilliant, obsessed, and ultimately doomed investigators whose combined work would eventually crack the code.
Maybe I’ll close the store today so I can just keep reading SeveNeves. #galleybrag
Some of us are here for the Last Starfighter and some of us are here for Batman: The Animated Series, but we're all having fun at @cinemaundertheinfluence
Topping the list of things I'd rather be doing today: reading Jon Ronson's new book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed. #galleybrag
We are so excited to launch our pop-up shop at QED!
Read all about it on We Heart Astoria:
Hot off the presses, Astoria – we wanted to announce an exciting collaboration between QED, a creative performance space for adults which opened in the last few months and our beloved Astoria Bookshop. The two organizations will be working together to launch an Astoria Bookshop pop-up at QED any minute now (sources tell us either tomorrow or Saturday). We think this is great news and are encouraged by the statements given from the founders of both organizations.
"We are not simple as our friends would have us to meet their needs." -The Waves Happy birthday to Virginia Woolf!
"There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds" Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind
Our top selling books during the holiday season: @goraina's Sisters, #AmySaysYesPlease, and Newtown Literary Issue 5.
Join us for our first event of 2015: Matt Burgess, author of Uncle Janice, in conversation with Richard Price, talking about Queens, cops & robbers, and literary crime fiction.
Tuesday, January 6th, 7:00pm
The holiday season continues, and as the year draws to a close, we're sharing our favorite books of 2014. This week, we've rounded up the best non-fiction we read this past year. (For our picks in fiction & kids books, click here.)
Hot off the presses: Newtown Literary Journal Issue 5! Speculative poetry & prose. #readlocal
Your holiday orders are keeping @goraina very busy with all these signed copies. There's still time to order for the young reader in your life at astoriabookshop.com/raina