Queer Author Events & Community Events at Hive Mind Books
Hive Mind Books hosts queer & trans community and author events at our bookstore at 219 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn.
If you have an idea for an event or would like to use our bookstore space, please send an email to Julie:
julie [at] hivemindbooks.com
Queer Writing Night
Dedicated writing time in a chill & cozy bookstore. No critiques or readings, just writing in queer community. Masks are required at this event.
Work In Progress: A Queer Literary Open Mic
Writers of all genres, join us as we turn up the party lights for Hive Mind’s monthly open mic night. This mic is specifically for queer and trans writers. All genres are welcome.
Book Launch: Delilah McCrea - Book of Flowers
Join us for the New York City launch of Book of Flowers, the debut poetry collection by writer Delilah McCrae. She’ll be joined for a reading by Lara Atallah & Chase Berggrun at Hive Mind Books, 219 Irving Avenue in Bushwick.
Queer Book Club
The Hive Mind Books Queer Book Club meets once a month to discuss a different book by a queer and/or trans writer.
Design A Book Cover with Jedidiah Dore
Learn the foundation of great book cover design for all genres. You will have a completed cover design in full color by the end of class.
Book Launch: Mia Tsang - Fragments of Wasted Devotion
Brooklyn writer Mia Arias Tsang launches her new book, Fragments of Wasted Devotion, at Hive Mind Books with a talk and book signing.
"Blackout" Screening & Fundraiser
Join Bushwick in Power for a screening of the film “Blackout,” about the 1977 New York City blackout. This event is a fundraiser. Free admission, donations accepted.
Creature Comfort: A Trans Poetry & Ritual Event
Creature Comfort's February event features poets Heather Glynis, Forest Smotrich-Barr, and M. Ezra Zhang reading at Hive Mind Books.
Book Launch: Shawn Stewart Ruff - Days Running
Join us for a book launch and signing to celebrate Shawn Stewart Ruff and his new novel, Days Running
Susan Stryker & McKenzie Wark In Conversation
Join us as Susan Stryker and McKenzie Wark appear in conversation about When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader.
Book Launch: Lisa Ko & Griffin Hansbury
Join us for a joint paperback launch with Lisa Ko and Griffin Hansbury!
Wonderful Watercolors Workshop
This stand-alone class introduces the fundamentals of watercolor. You will have a completed watercolor painting by the end of class.
Hive Mind Reading Room
Enjoy an hour of quiet reading time in our cozy bookstore. BYOB (bring your own book) and read in community.
Queer Writing Night
Dedicated writing time in a chill & cozy bookstore. No critiques or readings, just writing in queer community. Masks are required at this event.
Queer Writing Night
Dedicated writing time in a chill & cozy bookstore. No critiques or readings, just writing in queer community.
Tarot Readings with Patricia
Stop by Hive Mind Books between 3pm and 6pm today and sit down for a personal, one-on-one tarot reading with Patricia.
Author Event: Vera Blossom
Writer Vera Blossom speaks about and signs her new collection of essays, How to Fuck Like a Girl at Hive Mind Books.
Hive Mind Reading Room
Enjoy an hour of quiet reading time in our cozy bookstore. BYOB (bring your own book) and read in community.
Lavender Relations PR Holiday Party
Join Lavender Public Relations for their first annual holiday party, with readings by Brooklyn authors!
Queer Writing Night
Dedicated writing time in a chill & cozy bookstore. No critiques or readings, just writing in queer community. Masks are required at this event.
Hive Mind Reading Room
Enjoy an hour of quiet reading time in our cozy bookstore. BYOB (bring your own book) and read in community.
Queer Writing Night
Dedicated writing time in a chill & cozy bookstore. No critiques or readings, just writing in queer community.
Hive Mind Reading Room
Enjoy an hour of quiet reading time in our cozy bookstore. BYOB (bring your own book) and read in community.
BQ FLEA
Brooklyn Flea is an open-air flea market in Dumbo, under the magnificent archway of the Manhattan Bridge. Come browse books (from us), vintage clothes, housewares, and much more. It’s a scene.
Wine & Pine Volume 13
Wine and Pine is a reading series focused on explorations of desire. Each month at Ten Degrees Bar, three readers present their work. We’ll be there with a micro pop-up shop of books!
Brooklyn Flea: Dumbo
Brooklyn Flea is an open-air flea market in Dumbo, under the magnificent archway of the Manhattan Bridge. Come browse books (from us), vintage clothes, housewares, and much more. It’s a scene.
Kirkus Prize Ceremony - Official Bookseller
Hive Mind Books is honored to be the official bookseller for the 2024 Kirkus Prize Ceremony. We’ll be on site at the awards with all of the finalists’ books, available for attendees.
Patchwork: A Feminist Literary Salon
Patchwork, a feminist literary salon, brings together writers across genres and stages in their careers to create a colorful tapestry of radical, experimental, and intersectional feminist conversation and community. Hive Mind Books is proud to be the official bookseller for the series!
Queer Book Fair: Autumnal Edition
Hive Mind Books is teaming up with our friends at Dromedary Coming Out bar in Bushwick to create a pop up queer and trans bookstore curated by Hive Mind, paired with a read-in at the bar.
Jersey City Night Market
We’re setting up shop at Jersey City Night Market at City Hall! Come out for food, drinks, artisans, makers, and BOOKS!
Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Marketplace
We’re setting up shop at Brooklyn Book Festival’s Literary Marketplace!
Book Talk: Composting Utopia with BK Rot
Join BK Rot in celebrating the publication of Composting Utopia: Experimental Infrastructures for Organics Recycling in New York City by Guy Schaffer!
BKBF Bookends: Tipsy Bee Adult Spelling Bee & Book Fair
Join us for this fun and official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event where you can root on your new favorite authors as they try to spell literary-inspired words, and even give spelling a go yourself.
Patchwork: A Feminist Literary Salon
Patchwork, a feminist literary salon, brings together writers across genres and stages in their careers to create a colorful tapestry of radical, experimental, and intersectional feminist conversation and community.
Pink Moon Market
Come on out to The Holler in Bed Stuy for a market dedicated to queer artists. Hive Mind will be there with a selection of queer and trans books.
Brooklyn Flea in Dumbo (Copy)
Brooklyn Flea is an open-air flea market in Dumbo, under the magnificent archway of the Manhattan Bridge. Come browse books (from us), vintage clothes, housewares, and much more. It’s a scene.
Writing On Raving
We’re the bookseller for the series about rave and dance culture, Writing On Raving. September readers include: Emily Witt; Dove Bardin; Kyle Dacuyan; McKenzie Wark.
Jersey City Handmade Market
Handmade Market is an open-air bazaar featuring various local artists and makers, selling fine art and hand-crafted goods in downtown Jersey City. We’ll be there with secondhand & discounted books!
Oliver Radclyffe Launching FRIGHTEN THE HORSES
Join us as writer Oliver Radclyffe launches his new memoir about transitioning from life as a suburban Connecticut wife and mother to life as a man, FRIGHTEN THE HORSES, with Kate Bornstein and Hugh Ryan. This event is SOLD OUT.
Wine & Pine Volume 12
Wine and Pine is a reading series focused on explorations of desire. Each month at Ten Degrees Bar, three readers present their work. We’ll be there with a micro pop-up shop of books!
Palestine Fundraiser: Rebuilding Gaza Healthcare
Within Our Lifetime and Healthcare Workers for Palestine are hosting a fundraiser to rebuild Gaza Healthcare, taking place after the national march. Hive Mind Books will be there with books about Palestine. 100% of our profit at this event will be donated to the Doctors Against Genocide.