Romance Readings in Manhattan: June 22 & 27

Lady Jane’s Salon, the romance reading series I’ve helped curate since February 2009, is usually held on the first Monday of each month—but we decided a while back we wouldn’t even try to compete with the Fourth of July. Instead, with the annual national meeting of Romance Writers of America coming to New York City next week, we decided to throw our biggest evening yet on Monday, June 27, with six guest authors reading from their work. (Well, five, really, since Leanna Renee Hieber is another of the series’ founders.) If you’re a romance fan, though, keep in mind that Sarah Maclean, Dianna Love Snell, Karen Rose, Carrie Lofty, and Eloisa James won’t be the only authors there—a lot of writers come out for RWA Nationals, and we expect a good number of them to come to this party to cheer on their colleagues, so you won’t want to miss this. We’ll be at Madame X (94 W. Houston Street), starting the show at 7:00 p.m., and all you need to get in is $5 or a gently used paperback romance novel.

Before that, however, I’ll be joining Sarah MacLean, Lauren Willig, and Cara Elliott this Wednesday, June 22, at the Roger Smith Hotel (501 Lexington Avenue) for a night of “Rakes, Rogues, & Mischief.” We’ll be meeting at the lobby bar for cocktails at 6:00 p.m., then heading up to the penthouse for a 7:00 reading. (There’s a rooftop bar, too, so odds are the party will continue past the readings…) You can RSVP for this event on Facebook, or just come by that evening. Either way, we’d be delighted to see you!

20 June 2011 | events, lady jane's salon |

June 20: MetsGrrl at Greenlight Bookstore

I’ll be returning to Greenlight Bookstore next Monday, June 20, for the next installment of the popular “author/blogger” series I curate there—this month, Caryn Rose, who may be better known to her fans as “MetsGrrl,” will be talking to Leonard Cassuto, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Baseball, which looks at various aspects of the game’s broad cultural impact in America. We’ve never done a sports-themed event at Greenlight before, but I know from experience that book lovers and baseball lovers are often the same people, so I’ll be curious to see who comes out for this!

(Fortunately, the Mets have the night off, and the Yankees are playing the Reds out of town, so folks won’t be ditching us to go to the ballpark.)

Greenlight is located at 686 Fulton Street in Fort Greene, very close to the C and G subway lines and just a short walk from the Atlantic/Pacific Avenue station. The event will start at 7:30 p.m. as Cassuto does a short reading from the Companion, then Rose will have some questions for him, and then the audience will get to join the discussion. You don’t need to RSVP, but it’s always helpful to have a sense of what kind of crowd to expect, so if you’re on Facebook please consider checking in. I hope to see you there!

16 June 2011 | events |