BookNest in New York
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New York dispatch
Patience, Fortitude and a free reading room
The two marble lions on the steps of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building were named Patience and Fortitude during the Great Depression, and they still guard one of the few grand reading rooms in the world that anyone can walk into without paying. The Rose Main Reading Room runs almost the length of a city block under a painted ceiling, and the research collections behind it are among the largest held by any public library.
Street level, the city keeps the same habit. The Brooklyn Book Festival is free to attend and turns downtown Brooklyn over to authors, small presses and translators for a weekend each autumn, while the Strand has been selling new, used and rare books off Broadway since 1927. Our New York listeners tend to arrive in the BookNest room straight from one of the three.
Reading life in New York
The festivals, libraries, bookshops and publishers our listeners in New York actually walk into. Every one of them is a real, working institution.
Festival
Brooklyn Book Festival
One of the largest free literary events in the United States, filling downtown Brooklyn with authors, panels and independent presses each autumn.
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New York Public Library
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue holds the Rose Main Reading Room and rotating exhibitions from the research collections.
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Strand Book Store
Family run since 1927 and still famous for its miles of new, used and rare books just off Union Square.
VisitPlaying in New York
Sessions from the BookNest listening room, ready to play at this desk.
Crime Desk · 55 min
A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle
Open the listening roomClassics · 18 min
Pride and Prejudice, opening chapters
Jane Austen
Open the listening roomLiterary Fiction · 44 min
Heart of Darkness, part one
Joseph Conrad
Open the listening roomGothic · 33 min
Dracula, chapter one
Bram Stoker
Open the listening roomShort Fiction · 14 min
Twelve Creepy Tales, opening story
Edgar Allan Poe
Open the listening roomAdventure · 24 min
The Call of the Wild, part one
Jack London
Open the listening roomPartners based in New York
Retail
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore retail partner supporting in store events, signed editions and launch broadcasts.
Retail
Bookshop.org
Independent bookstore network that channels listener purchases to local bookshops.
Publishing
Penguin Random House
Publishing partner supplying authors, advance copies and exclusive launch content.
Publishing
HarperCollins
Global publisher contributing authors and thought leaders to interview strands.
Publishing
Simon & Schuster
Publishing collaborator for business, memoir and fiction author spotlights.
Publishing
Hachette Book Group
Publisher partner for thriller, business and literary fiction programming.
Publishing
Macmillan Publishers
Publishing partner for non-fiction, science and entrepreneurial author features.
Presented by
Niphie Debaî
Author Spotlight interviews
Amara Okoye
The Book Talk, literary discussions
Daniel Mbeki
Author Spotlight, second chair