Community Literature

14th Annual Book Day

Our yearly city-wide book giveaway!

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Details

Date(s)

Tue, Mar 17, 2026

8:00am

Contact

Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org

Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday

In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days

Location

info@irishartscenter.org

Overview

We celebrate every St. Patrick’s Day with the most cherished of Irish traditions: sharing our stories. The IAC family of volunteers, staff, sponsors and supporters, along with our partners at the New York City Council, will once again be handing out free books at Book Day pop-up stations in all five boroughs. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook or X, for times and locations.

To volunteer please email iacbookday@gmail.com.

Publishers and authors wishing to donate books, please contact rachael@irishartscenter.org.

Presented with generous support from Culture Ireland, the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, and the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York.

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Featured Media

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Our Supporters

Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Brandt Jackson Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; the Irish Institute of New York; the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater; the MacMillan Family Foundation; Bloomberg Philanthropies; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; the St. Patrick's Day Foundation, NYC; the Hyde and Watson Foundation; the Manhattan Tourism Foundation; and thousands of generous donors like you.

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