Events
Book Launch: The Mission by Tim Weiner in conversation with Stephen Engelberg
From Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner, The Mission tells the gripping, high-stakes story of the CIA through the first quarter of the twenty-first century, revealing how the agency fought to rebuild the espionage powers it lost during the war on terror—and finally succeeded in penetrating the Kremlin. The struggle has life-and-death consequences for America and its allies. The CIA must reclaim its original mission: know thy enemies. The fate of the free world hangs in the balance.
Book Launch: Today Was Fun by Bree Groff
What’s that you say? Big bright smiling faces don’t scream “work” to you? Agreed. And I think we should change that.
Book Launch: Blood and Hate by Dave Wedge in conversation with Rosie Perez
Most know Marvelous Marvin Hagler from his epic battles against Thomas Hearns and John Mugabi and his controversial split-decision loss to Sugar Ray Leonard. But it is his escape from riot-torn Newark in the late 1960s, the unbreakable bond he built with the Petronelli brothers, and his 1980 title fight against Britain’s Alan Minter—with its deep racial animus—that captures the real story of Hagler.
Cancel Culture, Free Speech and Gaza: A conversation between Norman Finkelstein, Nadine Strossen, and Cornel West
Join us for a talk between Norman Finkelstein and Cornel West in honor of O/R Book’s new edition of Norman’s I’LL BURN THAT BRIDGE WHEN I GET TO IT!
Book Launch: Sharing in the Groove by Mike Ayers in conversation with Dean Budnick
The wild, untold oral history of the unlikely rise of Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and numerous other bands that helped define the 1990s jam band scene.
Book Launch: Pan by Michael Clune in conversation with Christian Lorentzen
A strange and brilliant teenager’s first panic attacks lead him down the rabbit hole in this wild, highly anticipated debut novel from one of our most distinctive literary minds.
Book Launch: Shade by Sam Bloch
An extraordinary investigation into shade, bringing together science, history, urban design, and social justice to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all.
Book Launch: North to the Future By Ben Weissenbach
Hailed as a “worthy successor” to John McPhee (Kirkus Reviews), Ben Weissenbach —a digital native with little prior wilderness experience—embarks on a series of scientific adventures across the wilds of Alaska with some of the state’s most distinguished and audacious researchers.
Transvolution: A Concert with Déa Thatcher and Rheanna Atendido
Déa Thatcher invites you to come out for a night of togetherness and music, where she will play through her yet-to-be recorded debut album, TRANSVOLUTION, a collection of heart-on-your-sleeve songs in the key of love. The night is opened by Rheanna Atendido.
Book Launch: You Have A New Memory by Aiden Arata in conversation with Isle McElroy
An open-hearted interrogation of our digital selves, braiding cultural criticism, memoir, and narrative musings into an exploration of identity, girlhood, media, tech, nature and “finding the depth and beauty in the fucked-up world we live in” from a writer, artist, and influencer (Phoebe Bridgers).
Book Launch: Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu featuring Zain Khalid, Zoe Dubno, and Christian Lorentzen
Luster meets The Idiot in this riveting debut novel about a volatile friendship between two outsiders who escape their bleak childhoods and enter the glamorous early ’90s art world in New York City, where only one of them can make it.
Book Launch: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Lucky Day is the latest from Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus and Bury Your Gays, where one woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world.
Book Launch: What Hunger by Catherine Dang
A haunting coming-of-age tale following the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Ronny Nguyen, as she grapples with the weight of generational trauma while navigating the violent power of teenage girlhood, for fans of Jennifer’s Body and Little Fires Everywhere.
Book Launch: The Woman With Fifty Faces by Jonathan Lackman & Zachary J. Pinson in conversation with Robin Cembalest
A revelatory biographical graphic novel chronicling the elusive life and tumultuous times of Maria Lani.
Book Launch: Such Great Heights by Chris DeVille in conversation with Jason Lipshutz
The definitive history of twenty-first-century indie rock—from Iron & Wine and Death Cab for Cutie to Phoebe Bridgers and St. Vincent—and how the genre shifted the musical landscape and shaped a generation.
Book Launch: If You're Seeing This, It's Meant For You by Leigh Stein in conversation with Josh Lora
Fates collide after a tarot influencer disappears from a decaying Hollywood mansion in this unnerving gothic mystery and audacious social comedy from the acclaimed author of Self Care.
Book Launch: The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything by Peter Brannen
How carbon dioxide made planet Earth, shaped human history, and now holds our future in the balance
Book Signing: Sister Wife by Christine Brown Woolley
Join photographer and author Nat Ward and powerHouse Books Production Director Naomi Falk to discuss Ditch: Montauk, NY 11954 as well as the photography book publishing industry in general. It’s an insider conversation not to be missed.
Book Launch: Powerfully Likeable by Dr. Kate Mason
A groundbreaking new roadmap for female success—how to be influential, respected, and well-liked at work, at home, and beyond—from a leading business coach and communication expert.
Book Launch: Galloway's Gospel by Sam Rebelein and Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman
Come celebrate the dual launch for Galloway’s Gospel by Sam Rebelein and Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman at Powerhouse Arena!
Book Launch: Turn to Stone by Emily Meg Weinstein
A memoir of sex, angst, and rocks, Turn to Stone chronicles one woman’s ascent—on walls of stone and within herself—as she faces her demons and finds freedom and power in the raw and wild adventure of rock climbing.
Book Launch: Playful by Cas Holman
After a year of self-imposed exile, a young writer attends a New Year’s Eve party in hopes of reconnecting with old classmates in a blackly humorous tale set on a single snowy night.
Book Launch: Poppy State by Myriam Gurba
Poppy State is a love letter to California and a story of resilience and reclamation through a relationship with plants, memory, myth, and indigenous knowledge.
Photos from recent events
Book Talk: Big Swiss by Jen BeaginBook Launch: Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts by Claire Donato in conversation with Molly Soda, plus additional readings from Abigail Greene and Jaylen Strong and incidental music by Zach Phillips (Fievel is Glauque, Blanche Blanche Blanche)