BookCourt Bookstore - Brooklyn NY

We want to create the ultimate literary destination: a Bookshop, Event Space, & Writers' Retreat!

Biographile asks us about local writers as friends + neighbors, and which memoirs we often recommend... 

The Brookyln Literary Walking Tour: Discover a journey through Brooklyn's literary past, ending at BookCourt!

In-Store Events

Jonathan Schuppe

Wed May 22, 7:00PM

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist follows an embattled Little League team in inner-city...

John Strausbaugh

Fri May 24, 7:00PM

From Dutch farmers and Washington Square patricians to slaves and bohemians, from Prohibition-...

Ian Tattersall

Tue May 28, 7:00PM

Join Ian Tattersall & Will Harcourt-Smith for an in-depth discussion and audience Q&A...

The Salon

Wed May 29, 7:00PM

LIFE.com Editor Ben Cosgrove and Photo Editor, Liz Ronk talk about the history of legendary...

International Crime Night

Thu May 30, 7:00PM

A month-long initiative featuring internationally acclaimed crime fiction authors, editors,...

The Brooklyn Writers Space

Fri May 31, 7:00PM

About the Event:

The Brooklyn Writers Space was founded by playwrights Scott...

Wed May 22, 7:00PM

Fri May 24, 7:00PM

Tue May 28, 7:00PM

Wed May 29, 7:00PM

Thu May 30, 7:00PM

Fri May 31, 7:00PM

Lucy Cooke & Lucy Cooke
Suzzy Roche & Giselle Potter
Sherri Duskey Rinker
Karen Benke
“What better way to honor Konigsberg than to pick up this Met Museum adventure?”
Marissa
Atmospheric Disturbances
Rivka Galchen
“A mind-bending story that examines the fluctuating natures of everything from weather patterns to identity, reality, and love.”
Bonnie
John F. Goodman
Claire Messud
Jaron Lanier
Jean-Marie Blas de Robles
Steve Schaecher
$17.95    $9.00
Louise Baring
$65.00    $30.00
Marjane Satrapi
$16.95    $8.00
Jane Hunter
$25.00    $10.95

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain

Our nod to this year's graduates. Here's our list of A+ titles for those sailing away from the safe harbor!

Joanna Hershon is the author of The German Bride, The Outside of August, and Swimming. She has received fellowships from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Edward Albee Foundation. An adjunct assistant professor in the creative writing department at Columbia University, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband, the painter Derek Buckner, and their twin sons.

Timber Press is a publisher of books on gardening, ornamental and edible horticulture, garden design, sustainability, natural history, and the Pacific Northwest.