Food Writers Open Mike at the Old Stone House

At 8 PM on December 12, Brooklyn Reading Works will present "Feast: An Open Mic for Food Writers," at The Old Stone House, 336 Third Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues (F to Fourth Avenue/R to Union Street.)

The event is Brooklyn Reading Works' annual fundraiser for a local food pantry.

Your $10 donation includes soup, snacks and wine.

Bring along something you'd like to read -- a poem or

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Second Annual Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair

Honey and Wax Booksellers will present the Second Annual Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair at The Old Stone House, 336 Third Street (bet. 4th and 5th Aves. -- F to 4th / R to Union) on December 7 from 11 AM TO 5 PM.

For the second year, Brooklyn indie bookshops and antiquarian
booksellers, celebrating the borough's long-term romance with writing,
reading and producing books, will fill the Old

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"Writing War" at the Old Stone House

Drawing by Jess Ruliffson

At 8 PM on November 14, Brooklyn Reading Works will present "Writing War: Fiction and Memoir by Veterans", at The Old Stone House, 336 Third Street between 4th Fourth and 5th Avenues in Park Slope/Gowanus (R to Union/F to 4th Avenue.)

Featured writers are U.S. Air Force veteran Lynn Hill; U.S. Marine Corps and Iraq War veteran Maurice Emerson Decaul; Vietnam veteran

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"Soft Shadows: A Celebration of the Short Story"

Brooklyn Reading Works will present "Soft Shadows: a Celebration of the Short Story", as a Brooklyn Book Festival Book End event, at 8 PM on September 18 at the the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street (between 5th and 4th Avenues) in Gowanus/Park Slope (R to Union Street/F to 4th Ave.)

At the event, short story writers Dawn Raffel, Gregory Spatz, Clifford Thompson and Ron Parsons will read and

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