Astoria Bookshop

📍 36-19 30th Street, Astoria, NY 11106

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The Poisoner Party with I.V. Ophelia and S.T. Gibson

📅 Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM

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The Astoria Bookshop is thrilled to celebrate the release of I.V. Ophelia's Gothic dark romance The Poisoner! Join author I.V. Ophelia, conversation partner S.T. Gibson (A Dowry of Blood), and fellow fans at this special event at the Greats of Craft in Long Island City. The authors' conversation will be followed by audience Q&A and book signing. Choose from 2 ticket options: Party Ticket w/ Book (includes the book, refreshments, and signing line priority) or Basic Ticket (admission only). Additional copies of the book and refreshments will be available for purchase at the venue.

Sunday Story Time at the Bookshop

📅 Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 11:30 AM

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Stop by the bookstore to see your bookseller friends and read some stories on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. Bookseller Emily will be reading 2-3 books, unless otherwise noted (i.e. Special Sunday Storytime with a guest author or illustrator). All ages welcome! _Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. Walk-ins are VERY welcome! Click the RSVP button below if you'd like a reminder email!_

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY by Barry Hertz, in conversation with Tuck Woodstock

📅 Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM

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The Astoria Bookshop invites all 'Fast & The Furious' fans to an irreverent celebration of our favorite movie franchise about fast cars and found family. Film critic Barry Hertz, author of _Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World_, will join Tuck Woodstock--co-editor of the anthology _2 Trans 2 Furious_ --for a conversation, Q&A, and trivia contest.

"Story Time" for Parents and Caregivers: Amy Shearn

📅 Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM

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The Astoria Bookshop welcomes Amy Shearn to our "Story Time" for Parents & Caregivers series -- a recurring DAYTIME event featuring local authors reading their works about parenthood. Bring your baby and meet other Queens caregivers navigating life with a new small human.

Tarot Tuesday - January Meetup

📅 Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM

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Join us for Tarot Tuesdays, a monthly meetup for local tarot enthusiasts to meet and mingle and pull some cards. Tarot Tuesdays are a space focused on community and care. Everyone in the indoor space during these events will be required to wear a mask. (We'll have extras if you forget to bring one.) Please do not attend this event if you are feeling unwell. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping our Queens community safe. _**About the Host **_**Meg Jones Wall**(they/she) is a queer, chronically ill tarot reader and teacher who creates tarot resources and courses for spiritual misfits through her business, 3am.tarot. Meg is the author of _Finding the Fool: A Tarot Journey to Radical Transformation_ and _Tarot Spreads: How to Read Them, Create Them, and Revise Them_ , with another book on The Devil tarot archetype forthcoming. They are based in NYC. You can follow Meg at @3am.tarot and learn more about their work at

Hidden Gems Book Club (January)

📅 Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM

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Join the Hidden Gems Book Club on Weds. 1/28 to discuss their January selection, _Pick A Color_. Meetings are held once a month here at the Astoria Bookshop, hosted by friend of the shop Mar. Book club picks are 10% off!

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Holiday Sunday Story Time: INTERRUPTING CHICKEN SAVES THE NUTCRACKER by David Ezra Stein

📅 Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM

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We are thrilled to welcome Queens author David Ezra Stein and his newest picture book starring Interrupting Chicken--just in time for the Christmas holidays and Nutcracker season! At her first ballet ever, can an excitable little Chicken resist helping the story along? Fans will cheer as their favorite interrupter puts her spin on a beloved holiday classic.

WORLD OF DEW by Lindsay Stuart Hill w/ Emily Hockaday

📅 Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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Join the Hidden Gems Book Club on Weds. 11/19 to discuss their November pick, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY by Elif Shafak. Meetings are held once a month here at the Astoria Bookshop, hosted by friend of the shop Mar. Book club picks are 10% off!