Empowered by Poetry

A new open mic for poetry and spoken word in Troy sponsored by The Arts Center of the Capital Region.Sign up starts at 6:00 p.m.; open mic begins ar 6:30 […]

Caffè Lena Presents 60 Years of Banned Books

Caffè Lena and the Saratoga Springs Public Library come together to celebrate Banned Books Week with a night of music and reading from books that have been banned or challenged […]

Banned Book Giveaway

Stop by the Saratoga Springs Public Library Saturday October 7th for a free book! While celebrating Banned Books Week, the SSPL is giving away copies of books that have been […]

Richard Loranger Reading + Open Mic

Richard Loranger Poetry Book Tour for his new book Mammal.It’s a community garden poetry party with the featured reader, bonfire, open mic sharing circle, & a vegetarian potluck Suggested donation […]

Saratoga Book Festival

Join the Friends of the Saratoga Springs Public Library as they host the 3rd annual Saratoga Book Festival Thursday October 12th-Sunday 15th, 2023. There will be a wide range of […]

Novelist Jonathan Lethem in Conversation

Jonathan Lethem is the bestselling author of twelve novels, including The Arrest, The Feral Detective, The Fortress of Solitude, and Motherless Brooklyn, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.His […]

Saratoga Springs Literary Marketplace

As part of the 3rd annual Saratoga Book Festival, the Friends of the Saratoga Springs Public Library present a Literary Marketplace October 14th, 2023 from 10 am – 2 pm. […]

Red Dragon Reading Series Presents Raul Palma

Raul Palma is the author of the novel A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens. His short story collection In This World of Ultraviolet Light won the 2021 Don Belton Prize. His […]

“Grafted Tree” Book Launch

Professor Java's 217 Wolf Road, Colonie, NY, United States

A DNA test in 2018 revealed some shocking family news—my biological father was NOT the man who raised me. As I processed this information, I wrote poems about family connections. […]