{"title": "NYC Launch: Licorice by Kara LaReau (in conversation with Dan Poblocki)", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Books of Wonder", "address": "West 17th Street 42, 10011", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books"], "description": "Books of Wonder hosts a launch event for the middle grade novel \"Licorice\" at its 17th Street store. Author Kara LaReau presents her critically acclaimed new novel and will be in conversation with Dan Poblocki, author of \"Shadow Play.\" The book follows Kitty the kitten, newly adopted by a loving family whose home smells everywhere of licorice, where the family parrot reminds her she is a replacement for the cat that came before. 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It is presented by the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Program at the School of Visual Arts in partnership with Rizzoli Bookstore, as part of a new series on the art and craft of the picture book. This edition features presenter and author Vesper Stamper together with Claudia Z. Bedrick, and is tied to the picture book Knot Is Not a Tangle, the story of an Iranian boy making a family rug with his grandmother.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sva-presents-tiny-table-talk-89363/", "official_url": "https://www.rizzolibookstore.com/sva-presents-tiny-table-talk", "image": "https://noky.io/images/adbca7ccc11e9ffe05241013f4353ef415a0473c5c55852c3958079d1d4005d8-600.webp"}, {"title": "Get Lit! Book Club: Whidbey by T Kira Madden at West New Brighton", "start": "2026-11-06T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "West New Brighton Library", "address": "Castleton Avenue 976, 10310 Staten Island", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The Get Lit! Book Club meets to discuss the book Whidbey by T Kira Madden. The gathering takes place at the West New Brighton Library.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/get-lit-book-club-whidbey-by-t-kira-madden-at-west-new-brigh-116621/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Storytime with the Author | DAVID EZRA STEIN", "start": "2026-11-15T11:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Books of Wonder", "address": "West 17th Street 42, 10011", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books"], "description": "Books of Wonder hosts a storytime with author-illustrator David Ezra Stein at its 17th Street store. He presents the latest picture book in his Interrupting Chicken series, Interrupting Chicken Raises Her Wing. In the story, the little red chicken's class visits the art museum, where she must raise her wing instead of calling out, yet is never called on. The store invites readers of all ages to celebrate the book's release in-store.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/storytime-with-the-author-david-ezra-stein-81090/", "official_url": "https://booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming-events/storytime-with-the-author-david-ezra-stein", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d11f3262a3b11b6bd826a4d5eb482c84608f55fb192fb8cdde3ad79882f8bf47-2000.webp"}, {"title": "J. Vanessa Lyon: Blackness Thirteen Ways w/ Margo Jefferson & Elizabeth Kendall", "start": "2026-11-13T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Books Are Magic", "address": "Smith Street 225, 11231 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A book event at the bookstore Books Are Magic in Brooklyn. J. Vanessa Lyon presents her book Blackness Thirteen Ways in conversation with Margo Jefferson and Elizabeth Kendall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/j-vanessa-lyon-blackness-thirteen-ways-w-margo-jefferson-eli-79166/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Books & Bites with Caroline Choe, Jimin Han, Patricia Park, and Hyeseung Song", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Yu & Me Books", "address": "Mulberry Street 44, 10013 New York", "price": "$32.66 USD", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["food-drink", "literature"], "description": "A cozy evening panel at Yu & Me Books called Books & Bites, where Korean American authors talk about food and writing. Caroline Choe, Jimin Han, Patricia Park, and Hyeseung Song discuss food motivation in their books, with shared autumn eats by Caroline Choe, a New York City chef, artist, teacher, and writer. Pre-purchasing a featured title guarantees a signed copy, and a free RSVP option is offered.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/books-bites-with-caroline-choe-jimin-han-patricia-park-and-h-57599/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2fc536a32fdda3d6b5129218f65eccdc20f2ffe7663cb4eb240489883fd38115-2000.webp"}]}