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. Join us monthly for readings, lively discussion, drink specials, books for sale, and an opportunity to mingle and connect with fellow feminist writers and readers! Our September lineup features Julia Bartz, K.M. Enright, Elle Gonzalez Rose, and Margaret Killjoy. This is an official 2024 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends Event.
Patchwork is produced by the Feminist Press, the world’s longest-running feminist publisher. Founded in 1970 to diversify the literary canon, FP is proud to publish books that ignite movements and social transformation, and works to create a world where everyone recognizes themselves in a book. With Patchwork, Feminist Press aims to bring together a wide variety of writers to create an energetic, exciting space for feminist and independent literary community in New York.
Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Hive Mind Books, with a portion of proceeds benefitting the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.
JULIA BARTZ is the New York Times bestselling author of The Writing Retreat, a practicing therapist, and a creative coach. Her fiction writing has appeared in The South Dakota Review, InDigest Magazine, and more. She lives in Brooklyn. Connect with her on social media @JuliaBartz.
K. M. ENRIGHT is a Filipino-American writer of fantasy romance. When not writing, he can be found playing too many video games, cooking, or listening to Broadway musicals. He currently lives in New Jersey with his husband and their black cat, Zuko.
ELLE GONZALEZ ROSE is a writer from New York who’s better at writing love stories about short, queer Latinas than she is at writing bios. Her dog thinks she’s okay. She is the author of several novels for teens including Caught in a Bad Fauxmance, and 10 Things I Hate About Prom—Elle, not the dog.
MARGARET KILLJOY is a storyteller who keeps audiences rapt with her speculative, fantasy, and horror fiction, and her radical history podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. She has published the novellas The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion and The Barrow Will Send What It May with Tor.com, Escape From Incel Island, and short fiction collections including A Country of Ghosts and We Won’t Be Here Tomorrow. The Sapling Cage, the first book in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, is forthcoming from Feminist Press in 2024.