Ultimate BEA Party Guide 2012
Tuesday, May 15 By Andrew Shaffer Your comprehensive guide to the most important events happening the week of BookExpo America 2012: the parties. All parties are open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Monday, June 4
Consortium's BEA Blogger Party. Theatre Communications Group Offices. 5:30pm-7pm. Invitation only; RSVP required.
Riverhead Books Algonquin Cocktail Party feat. Junot Diaz, Elizabeth Gilbert, and John Hodgman. Algonquin Hotel. 5:30pm-7:30pm. Invitation only.
BookForum & Arbook|D.A.P. The Standard, East Village. Penthouse, 25 Cooper Square. 6pm-8pm. Invitation only; RSVP required.
Tantor Audio's 5th Annual Tantorious Celebration. INC Lounge. Time Hotel, 2nd Floor. 6pm-9pm. Invitation only; RSVP required.
Annual BEA Librarians' Dinner. Yale Club, NYC 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, Grand Ballroom. 6:30pm. Invitation only; RSVP required.
Bookrageous BEA Bash (w/ Vol 1 Brooklyn and Small Demons). Housing Works Bookstore. 126 Crosby St. 7pm-9pm. No cover.
Lady Jane's Salon Monthly Romance Reading Series. Madame X. 94 West Houston St, Soho. 7pm-9pm. $5 cover or donated romance novel.
HarperCollins Book Bloggers Celebration. K Lounge. 7pm-9pm. Invitation only; RSVP required.
Tuesday, June 5
Penguin Young Readers Group. The Standard. 5:30pm-7:30pm. Invitation only; RSVP required.
The Young to Publishing Group's Third Annual BEA on a Boat. The Frying Pan. Pier 66 Maritime. 6pm-9pm. RSVP here.
Teen Author Carnival. Jefferson Market Library (NYPL). 6:30pm-9:30pm.
DUMBO Lit, feat. Readings by Cave Canem, n + 1, Verso Books and Melville House authors. The powerHouse Arena. 37 Main St, DUMBO, Brooklyn. 7pm-10pm. No cover. RSVP not required, but appreciated.
Foundry Literary + Media Five Year Anniversary Party. Shangri-La Studio. 100 Sutton St, Brooklyn. 10pm-???. No cover.
Other invitation only parties on Tuesday include Little, Brown; HarperCollins; Neil Young reception w/ Blue Rider Press; Scholastic; Knopf Doubleday; Sourcebooks; and Kensington.
Wednesday, June 6
The Devil's Causeway Signing (with Cocktails and Hors D'oeuvres). BookExpo America, Javitts Center. Lyons Press Booth 3033. 3:30pm-5pm. Technically not a party, but hey, free wine on the BEA floor!
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey Teabagging Party. BookExpo America, Javitts Center. Perseus Booth 3604. 4pm-5pm. NOTE: This ARC signing is BYOHW (Bring Your Own Hot Water). Teabags will be provided.
Tumblr Reading & Party w/ Baratunde, Alexander Chee, and More. Housing Works Bookstore. 126 Crosby St. 7pm-9pm. Open bar. No cover.
Penguin USA's First Annual Blogger Bird Bash. Saatchi Event Space. 7pm-9pm. Invitation only; RSVP required.
Harlequin. The Kimberly Hotel. Upstairs Rooftop Lounge. 7:30pm-10:30pm. Invitation only; RSVP required.
PubDate (w/ DC, Graywolf Press, Other Press, Pegasus Books, Quirk Books, Seven Stories, and Steerforth Press). Le Poisson Rouge. 158 Bleeker Street. 8pm-midnight (open bar 8pm-10pm). No cover. RSVP not required, but appreciated.
Comedians With Books. Reading/standup lineup TBD. Union Hall. 702 Union St. Brooklyn. 8:30pm - ???. No cover.
Thursday, June 7
Chuck Klosterman Book Release Party. BookCourt. 163 Court St, Brooklyn. 7pm-8pm. No cover.
Soho Press. Housing Works. 126 Crosby St. 8pm-10pm. Open bar, author petting zoo, masks optional. No cover.
PYTs of Publishing. Stone Creek Bar. 140 East 27th St # A. 10:30 pm- 12 am. No cover.
Reader Comments (8)
Thanks for the guide so lazy people like me don't have to do all the research :) I'll try to catch your signing, but if not, save an ARC for me!
Have I mentioned how much I love you? No? Oh I really do.
Is anyone serving free (good) coffee?
@Lynda - That's a good question! Coffee....hmmm....
Thanks for this; it's especially helpful for us newbies.
Thanks for these great links. I went last year and Evil Reads was invaluable. Still in contact with some of those folks!
Any chance of posting the Pubishers Lunch party details?
Thanks for keeping up with this list again!