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163 Court St. Brooklyn, NY 11201

718-875-3677

http://www.bookcourt.org

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Best Bookstore
Award Winner 2012

163 Court St. Brooklyn NY 11201

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This neighborhood store, which underwent a mini-financial boom after the publication of Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn (the store sold 1,000 copies in a few weeks), specializes in dignified subway reading. The "magazine section" consists, essentially, of the Believer, Bookforum, and the New York Review of Books. What more could you possibly want?

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The Salon

7:00 p.m. May 29

LIFE.com editor Ben Cosgrove and photo editor Liz Ronk give an oral history of the magazine along with a multimedia presentation of iconic photos a...
International Crime Night

7:00 p.m. May 30

A handful of internationally acclaimed crime authors form a panel to discuss and read various works of crime fiction.
The Brooklyn Writers Space

7:00 p.m. May 31

The members of BWS come to share the stories they've workshopped through their involvement with the organization.
The Oldest Permanent Floating Poetry Game in NY

6:00 p.m. June 4

Estha Weiner first started the Writers Voice class in 2001/2002, catering to burgeoning poets of the city. Now those poets are back to read their w...

5 Best Weekend Food Events

By Jessica Goodman | Fri, April 26, 2013

Friday, April 26 Thai Street-Food Demonstration Chef Jay Weinstein will demonstrate how to make four different Thai curry pastes at the National Gourmet Institute from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Weinstein will ... More »
ELEMENTARY, SCHOOLED

By Rob Staeger | Wed, January 02, 2013

In her book Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes—which is having a launch party tonight at Brooklyn’s BookCourt—psychologist and journalist Maria Konnikova gives us the training we need to think like the world’s foremost consulting... More »
JERSEY BOY

By Araceli Cruz | Wed, October 17, 2012

During his New York City book appearance in September at Barnes & Noble in Union Square, rumors circulated on Twitter that Junot Díaz caused a riot when not everyone could get in to see him read. Yes, Díaz, a 2008 Pulitzer winner for The Brief... More »
Selma Dabbagh Reads Out of It at BookCourt Saturday

By Eric Sundermann | Wed, October 17, 2012

British Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh's debut novel Out of It tells the story of Rashid and Iman, twins from Gaza. While Gaza is being bombed, Rashid learns via email that he's found his way out of the turmoil: a scholarship at a London... More »
PRINT MATTERS

By Angela Ashman | Wed, September 12, 2012

When Lorin Stein took over the Paris Review in 2010 (as its third editor in 57 years), he immediately addressed the elephant in the room: Was running a literary magazine in the 21st century still a worthy pursuit? In his first editor’s note, he... More »
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2012 | Best Bookstore

Wander through the spacious bookstore, with dads pushing babies in strollers and shoppers lounging on a sofa under the skylight, and you'd never guess this place started out at a cozy 600 square feet when it opened in 1981. After Henry Zook and Mary Gannett purchased the flower shop next door in 1996 and converted the greenhouse in back into an event space in 2008, the shop now offers its well-edited selection of books and magazines in more than five times the room. Still very much a... More »
2009 | Best BookStore Expanding in the Face of a Vanishing Industry

Last fall, we were walking past our favorite independent bookstore, BookCourt, when we stopped and did a double-take. The once-crammed shop in Boerum Hill had doubled in size, adding an extra 1,800 feet, with a new sky-lit ceiling and a large room for hosting the kinds of readings and panel discussions you would never find at the nearby Barnes & Noble. (For instance, on a recent summer evening, the store was packed with hip, young literary types who came to see author and longtime... More »
2005 | Best Brooklyn Bookstore

The staff at BOOKCOURT is both good-looking and well-read, the books are well displayed, and the children's section is appropriately in its own little nook, perfect for whiling away the hours. Singles say the store is excellent for date browsing as well. More »

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BookCourt

163 Court St. Brooklyn, NY 11201

718-875-3677

Description

The Salon

7:00 p.m. May 29

International Crime Night

7:00 p.m. May 30

The Brooklyn Writers Space

7:00 p.m. May 31

The Oldest Permanent Floating Poetry Game in NY

6:00 p.m. June 4

5 Best Weekend Food Events

By Jessica Goodman | Fri, April 26, 2013

ELEMENTARY, SCHOOLED

By Rob Staeger | Wed, January 02, 2013

JERSEY BOY

By Araceli Cruz | Wed, October 17, 2012

Selma Dabbagh Reads Out of It at BookCourt Saturday

By Eric Sundermann | Wed, October 17, 2012

PRINT MATTERS

By Angela Ashman | Wed, September 12, 2012

2012 | Best Bookstore

2009 | Best BookStore Expanding in the Face of a Vanishing Industry

2005 | Best Brooklyn Bookstore

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