Vol. VIINo. 2 · Spring 2026Brooklyn, New York
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Your Business  /  Events
— Readings, conversations, signings

Where to find
our authors this season.

Clary holds twenty to thirty events a year — small, attended readings at independent bookstores, libraries, and the occasional kitchen. All events are free with RSVP. Books are sold and signed.

Bookstore reading
Featured event · Free with RSVP

Adaeze Okonkwo
at Books Are Magic.

Thursday, May 14 · 7:30 p.m.

Adaeze reads from her debut novel, The Apartment at the Top of the Stairs, in conversation with Maren Vasquez, host of The Long Walk Home. Q&A and book signing to follow.

Books Are Magic · 225 Smith Street · Cobble Hill, Brooklyn · Doors 7:00 p.m.
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— Upcoming · April through July

Eight events this spring.

May
14
2026 · Thu

Adaeze Okonkwo, in conversation

with Maren Vasquez

A reading from The Apartment at the Top of the Stairs followed by an hour-long conversation about apartments, mothers, and the long quiet years. Books signed afterward.

at Books Are Magic · Brooklyn
7:30 p.m. · 90 min RSVP →
May
21
2026 · Thu

Marisol Reyes, a reading

solo, with introduction by Maren Vasquez

Marisol reads from the new edition of The Geometry of Wintering, originally published in 1981 and out of print until our reissue this season. The introduction is short. The reading is long.

at 192 Books · Chelsea, Manhattan
7:00 p.m. · 75 min RSVP →
Jun
04
2026 · Wed

Theodore Hawes, at home

at the boatyard

Theodore reads from Boatyard, Rockport at the actual boatyard the book is set in. Outdoor seating, blankets provided, lobster rolls afterward. The boat will not start. The reading will. Capacity 60.

at Rockport Marine · Rockport, ME
5:30 p.m. · 90 min Wait list →
Jun
12
2026 · Thu

Lina Berger on translating Antigone

with the cast of the Boston Greek Festival

A reading of three scenes from Lina's new translation, performed by four actors and followed by a 45-minute conversation about how to make a 2,400-year-old play sound like the Tuesday it was written.

at Brookline Booksmith · Brookline, MA
7:00 p.m. · 110 min RSVP →
Jun
25
2026 · Wed

The Press Box, summer issue launch

with subscribers and the Clary masthead

Our quarterly subscriber-only event. Marit Saari opens the new Press Box on stage and walks through the design and printing of every piece inside. Wine, broadside printing demo, and one surprise.

at The Your Business parlor · Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
6:30 p.m. · 90 min · Subscribers only Subscriber RSVP →
Jul
09
2026 · Wed

Sara Lin reads The Last Mineral

in conversation with June Ashby

Sara reads from her National Book Award-finalist debut. Q&A on metals, geology, the slow grief of nineteen-year-old fathers, and the intricate work of fitting a single image into a single line.

at Greenlight Bookstore · Fort Greene, Brooklyn
7:30 p.m. · 75 min RSVP →
— Recent past events

From the archive.

Apr 02 · 2026

Renny Costa, The Ferryman's Account

with Hassan Tariq
at Greenlight Bookstore · Brooklyn
Mar 19 · 2026

Maren Vasquez, The Long, Ungentled Year

with Lila Marsden
at McNally Jackson · Manhattan
Mar 06 · 2026

Hassan Tariq, Ten Lessons in Drowning

in conversation with Adaeze Okonkwo
at Type Books · Toronto
Feb 22 · 2026

Spring 2026 list, preview night

with the full Clary masthead
at the Clary parlor · Brooklyn
Feb 04 · 2026

Sara Lin, The Last Mineral

solo, with introduction by June Ashby
at City Lights · San Francisco
Jan 18 · 2026

Ezra Holloway, The Reading Room

with Renny Costa
at Powell's · Portland, OR
— Host an event

Bring a Clary writer to your space.

If you run a bookstore, library, classroom, festival, or living-room reading series, we'd love to send a writer your way. We do thirty events a year and we say yes to most thoughtful invitations.

Email events@yourbusiness.com with the date, the space, and which book you'd like the reading to center on. Marisol on the press team replies within a week.

Read about hosting →