HOSTED BY MIRA JACOB AND ALISON HART
For ten years running, Pete's has earned a reputation as Brooklyn's premier reading series, where today's literary icons and tomorrow's stars take the stage regularly.

Free, every other Thursday at 7:30 p.m.


 


Andre Aciman, Mike Albo, Jeffrey Renard Allen, Jonathan Ames, Jami Attenberg, Emily Barton, Tom Beller, Lan Samantha Chang, Susan Choi, Jonathan Dee, Jennifer Egan, Alicia Erian, Edward Falco, Nell Freudenberger, David Gates, Jennifer Gilmore, Francisco Goldman, Fran Gordon, Lucy Grealy, Ben Greenman, Andrew Sean Greer, Evan Handler, Adam Haslett, Ann Hood, Marie Howe, Gabe Hudson, Samantha Hunt, Marlon James, Heidi Julavits, Julie Klam, Wayne Koestenbaum, Katherine Lanpher, David Lehman, Sam Lipsyte, Alice Mattison, Colum McCann, Rick Moody, Honor Moore, Sabina Murray, Sigrid Nunez, Geoffrey O'Brien, Dale Peck, Tom Perotta, Robert Polito, Julie Powell, Francine Prose, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Jonathan Raymond, David Rees, Karen Russell, Said Sayrafiezadeh, Elissa Schappell, Salvatore Scibona, Dani Shapiro, Jim Shepard, Matthew Sharpe, Gary Shteyngart, Julia Slavin, Dana Spiotta, Darcey Steinke, Amanda Stern, Sufjan Stevens, Emma Straub, Darin Strauss, Christopher Sorrentino, Abigail Thomas, Lynne Tillman, Colm Toibin, Hannah Tinti, Amanda Eyre Ward, Jocko Weyland, Joanna Yas



"The most intimate reading space in Brooklyn. Think of a fine pre-war dining car with an endless supply of booze. -
Gary Shteyngart, author, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook

“Pete’s Store Reading Series is by far the best series in Brooklyn, at the best bar.
It's the KGB of Brooklyn!” -
Joanna Yas, Editor, Open City Magazine & Books

"It's never been clear to me who Pete is, but there is no finer place to give -- or hear -- a reading in this city." -
Robert Polito- Author, Savage Art, and Director, The New School MFA writing program

“I liked reading at Pete’s so much, I did it twice. No wait—three times. They must be sick
of me by now.” -
Dale Peck, author, Martin and John

"I love Pete's Candy Store. I love to read at Pete's Candy Store. I love to listen to other people read at Pete's Candy Store. I love to drink a few beers after a reading at Pete's Candy Store. The writers are some of my favorite writers. The beer is some of my favorite beer. Pete's Reading Series is top of the heap, though I have yet to encounter any fucking candy."
- Sam Lipsyte, author, Home Land
 




Spring 2012 Season

January 26 -- Caryn Rose, Rosie Schaap

February 9 -- Nerve Presents: Everything I Know About Love I Learned At This Reading
Featuring Jack Murnighan, Maura Kelly and EJ Dickson

February 23 -- Hari Kunzru, Eric Weinstein

March 8 -- Leigh Stein, Christina Lewis Halpern

March 22 -- Adam Wilson, Caroline Rabinovitch

April 5 -- Karan Mahajan, Liz Brown

April 19 -- Deborah Copaken Kogan, Jürgen Fauth

May 3 -- Helen Schulman, Porter Fox

May 17 -- Jim Shepard, Catherine Chung

May 31 -- Jennifer Miller, Megan Mayhew Bergman


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