{"title": "Writers Flock: A Writing Group", "start": "2026-11-16T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-16T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Lofty Pigeon Books", "address": "Church Avenue 743, 11218 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing"], "description": "Writers Flock is a casual, community-oriented writing group held in a quiet and cozy space at the bookstore. It is hosted by Lofty Pigeon Books together with local writer Sam Bellamy, a Brooklyn poet and fiction writer who won the Stark Poetry Prize. Participants can start something new, dust off something old, or keep working on a current project, with an optional prompt for inspiration and a chance to read their work at the end. 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It offers casual coworking rather than a formal programme. Writers can bring their work and spend the session in company. The gathering takes place at Hive Mind Books & Coffee in Bushwick.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/queer-writer-coworking-53031/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/62a9373bf8bb86684293cce2ae7538dd49d7bd309f8063aab94e3785963d3e48-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Writing Life Workshop: Readings for Writers", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T19:15:00-05:00", "place": "The New York Society Library", "address": "East 79th Street 53, 10075", "price": "free of charge; registration required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing"], "description": "Writing Life Workshop: Readings for Writers is a monthly workshop for working writers, held in the library's Whitridge Room. It is conceived and led by Audrey Gray, a national magazine journalist who has written for The Guardian, Mother Jones, The New Republic, and Architectural Digest. Each month the group reads aloud passages of nonfiction, fiction, and occasional poetry that elevate a writing tool such as clarity, humor, structure, or daily routines. It is not a critique session of participants' work, and no preparation is necessary.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/writing-life-workshop-readings-for-writers-79662/", "official_url": "https://www.nysoclib.org/events/readings-for-writers-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c5463ca160b4a9c05c40f10a3d5bdfa4f33cb3af802e6677201aba7166c79c40-2000.webp"}]}