Dark Reads is a literary extravaganza with over 45 authors of horror, dark fantasy, true crime, poetry, and more! Also included will be presentations, interviews, and readings.

We’ll have lotsa books for purchase and signing. Friendly reminder, no outside books at Stanza events. :)     **Disclaimer: This post is informational. No Affiliation with events.**

Join Leigh Bardugo and Adriana Trigliani in conversation about Bardugo's most recent book, The Familiar. A great event for teens and young adults, the Roof will open at 6:30 for refreshments. The conversation will begin at 7:00pm and there will be an opportunity for book signing following.

Please join us here at Barnes & Noble Upper West Side in welcoming Trang Thanh Tran celebrating the release of THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT. A purchase of THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT from Barnes & Noble Upper West Side is required to attend this event. Please call ahead and speak to a bookseller and reserve your copy. The author of the New […]

Join us at Hive Mind Books as author Margie Sarsfield speaks about and signs her new novel, Beta Vulgaris, about a young couple whose foray into sugar beet harvesting take an ominous turn. She’ll be joined in conversation by Brooklyn-based writer Zefyr Lisowski. This event is free and open to the public. We strongly encourage […]

Go ahead. Stick your hand into that slimy hollow. Bend down and touch that mushroom that may or may not be leaning your direction. Enter the world of fungal horror, a subgenre that encompasses many works, from Jeff VanderMere's The Southern Reach Trilogy, and the video game The Last of Us. Stanza is proud to […]

Join us as we welcome Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Laila Lalami to celebrate the release of her novel, The Dream Hotel, depicting a dystopian future where even dreams are under surveillance. Joining Lalami in conversation is Rumaan Alam, author of the bestselling novel Leave the World Behind. Lalami tells the story of Sara, a woman fighting for […]

Join us for an in-person event with New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones for the launch of his new book The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

After her sister is murdered, a woman infiltrates a support group for serial killers in this biting queer feminist debut thriller, perfect for fans of The Final Girl Support Group and My Sister, the Serial Killer. Saratoga Schaefer (they/them) has a background in marketing, content creation, film, and art and has been writing stories about murder for as long […]

From the author of White Horse (“Twisty and electric.” —The New York Times Book Review) comes a terrifying and resonant novel about a woman who uses her unique gift to learn the truth about her sister’s death. Olivia Becente was never supposed to have the gift. The ability to commune with the dead was the specialty of her […]