Details
Free While supplies last!Date(s)
Mon, Mar 17, 2025
8:00am
Contact
info@irishartscenter.org
Overview
Every St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate with the most cherished of Irish traditions: sharing our stories. This year, as we look ahead to our production of The United States vs Ulysses, a play about the court case surrounding the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses in this country, we’ll shine a light on other authors whose works have been banned throughout history, including Edna O'Brien, Claudia Rankine, Sally Rooney, Carmen Maria Machado, Samuel Beckett, and Kaylani Juanita, alongside titles by some of our favorite Irish, Irish American, and NYC writers.
Come get YOUR free book at any Book Day pop-up station across the city. The IAC family of volunteers, staff, sponsors and supporters, along with our partners at the New York City Council, will be out from 8am until the books run out!
BOOK DAY SITES
Queens
- Southwest corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 61st Street at Woodside / 61st Street stop on the 7 train, Woodside
- 3732 75th St, Jackson Heights
- Fresh Pond entrance to the M train, near 67th Avenue
The Bronx
- Buhre Avenue station, 6 train
- 238th Street station, 1 train
Brooklyn
- 4th Avenue between 68th and Bay Ridge Avenue, Bay Ridge Avenue station, R train
- Bedford/Nostrand Station, G Train
Manhattan
- 49th Street near 8th avenue, 50th Street Station, downtown C/E train
- 72nd and Broadway station, 1 train
- Grand Central (corner of 42nd St and Park Ave)
- Chambers Street station, 1/2/3 train
- 8th Street/NYU stop on the R/ W line (North East on Broadway between 8th and 9th Streets)
- Irish Arts Center, 726 11th Ave
Staten Island
- St. George Ferry Terminal
Proud to donate book to the Sober St Patrick’s Celebration.
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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.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PROGRAM SPONSORS
Akashic Books; Atria Books; Cartoon Saloon; Ecco; The Gallery Press; Gill Books; Graywolf Press; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Hachette; Harper Perennial; Kensington Publishing Corp; Lee & Low Books; Macmillan Publishers; O'Brien Press; Seven Stories Press; Simon & Schuster; Theatre Communications Group; Wake Forest University Press; Zando
FEATURING HUNDREDS OF TITLES BY AUTHORS INCLUDING
John Banville, Kevin Barry, Samuel Beckett, Sara Berkeley, Johnny Boggs, Gerry Bohan, Colin Broderick, Edward Burns, Peter Byrne, Garrett Carr, Ciaran Carson, Lucy Caldwell, Steve Cavanagh, Ashwin Chacko, Lisa Childs, Harry Clifton, John Connolly, Claire Coughlan, Janet Dailey, Gerry Dawe, Naoise Dolan, Charlie Donlea, Emma Donoghue, Kemper Donovan, Peggy Ehrhart, Lauren Elliot, Patricia Falvey, Tatyana Feeney, Brian Friel, Tess Gallagher, Virginia Gilbert, Alan Gillis, Eamon Grennan, Kerry Hardie, Mary Harney, Seamus Heaney, Tony Hoagland, Kevin Holohan, Liz Ireland, Kelsey James, John Jennings, James Joyce, Joe Joyce, Kaylani Juanita, Supriya Kelkar, Judith Kitchen, Kyle Lukoff, Carmen Maria Machado, Alexander MacLeod, Deirde Madden, Audrey Magee, Derek Mahon, Kat Martin, Melanie Maure, Colum McCann, Alice McDermott, Patrice McDonough, Diane C. McPhail, Tony Medina, Brian Merriman, John Montague, Paul Muldoon, Catie Murphy, Ann Murtagh, Louise Nealon, Lisa Newman, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Edna O’Brien, Conor O'Callaghan, Nuala O'Connor, Carlene O'Connor, Rosin O’Donnell, Caroline O’Donoghue, Ella Quinn, Isabel Quintero, Claudia Rankine, Stacey Robinson, Sally Rooney, Declan Ryan, Martin Shaw, Daniel Seery, Kerrelyn Sparks. Alice Taylor, Ali Watkins, David Wheatley, Megan Wynne, Bart Yates
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
Councilmember Julie Won, Queens
Councilmember Justin Brannan, Brooklyn
Councilmember Shekar Krishnan, Queens
Councilmember Eric Dinowitz, Bronx
Councilmember Kristy Marmorato, Bronx
Councilmember Robert Holden, Queens
Councilmember Erik Bottcher, Manhattan
Councilmember Gale Brewer, Manhattan
Councilmember Keith Powers, Manhattan
Councilmember Christopher Marte, Manhattan
Councilmember Carlina Rivera, Manhattan
Councilmember Chi Ossé, Brooklyn
Councilmember Kamillah Hanks, Staten Island
Councilmember Adrienne E. Adams, Speaker, Queens
Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, Manhattan
NEW YORK STATE SENATE
Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Manhattan
Senator Brian Kavanagh, Manhattan
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 Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
