{"id":17065,"date":"2025-09-12T01:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/17065\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T01:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:40:11","slug":"upcoming-events-at-the-astoria-bookshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/17065\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Events at the Astoria Bookshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDear Friends of the Astoria Bookshop,<\/p>\n

Summer is wrapping up and our September calendar of events is packed with fantastic books<\/p>\n

and authors. We\u2019ve got a little something for everyone coming up in the next few weeks,<\/p>\n

including a talk for lovers of NYC public art, a picture book author reading to our youngest<\/p>\n

friends, a first memoir by a poet, a first novel by a playwright, and a special evening with two<\/p>\n

fantasy authors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

All events and tickets at https:\/\/astoriabookshop.com\/events<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

CAMMY SITTING SHIVA by Cary Gitter, in<\/p>\n

conversation w\/ Amy Feltman<\/p>\n

Mon 09.15 | 7:00pm-8:00pm<\/p>\n

Join us to celebrate Cary Gitter\u2019s return to<\/p>\n

his old Queens stomping grounds and his<\/p>\n

debut novel, Cammy Sitting Shiva, an<\/p>\n

unflinching, darkly funny look at loss, family,<\/p>\n

and coming home. Cary will be joined in<\/p>\n

conversation with fellow Astorian Amy<\/p>\n

Feltman.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

AUDITION FOR THE FOX by Martin Cahill,<\/p>\n

in conversation with C.S.E. Cooney<\/p>\n

[O\ufb00site Event!]<\/p>\n

Thespis Theater, 25-02 Newtown Ave<\/p>\n

Tue 09.16 | 7:00pm-8:30pm<\/p>\n

Join the Astoria Bookshop for a special<\/p>\n

event at Thespis Theater to celebrate Martin<\/p>\n

Cahill\u2019s debut fantasy novel Audition for the<\/p>\n

Fox. Martin will be in conversation with<\/p>\n

World Fantasy Award-winning author C.S.E.<\/p>\n

Cooney (Saint Death\u2019s Daughter).<\/p>\n

Note: Ticket purchase required. Additional<\/p>\n

copies of the book will be available at the event.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

And now, your moment of zen: Quincy knows that sometimes you really do need to touch grass. Or nibble on it a little.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDear Friends of the Astoria Bookshop, Summer is wrapping up and our September calendar of events is packed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[489,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-17065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}