Author Events in & Around Tarrytown
Transom Bookshop hosts events year-round in-store as well as at neighboring businesses, local colleges, libraries, theaters, and more. If you’re interested in having an event in-store or need a bookseller for an event you’re hosting, reach out to us here.
October Guest Bookseller: S.M. Hallow
We are excited to welcome Poughkeepsie’s own S.M. Hallow to an in-store signing at Transom Bookshop on Saturday, October 17 at 2pm, to celebrate her new novel, HALLS OF THE DEAD
ACOTAR 6: Special Midnight Release Party
Get ACOTAR #6 (A Court of Splintered Harmony) the actual minute it’s available at the Transom Bookshop ACOTAR Midnight Release Party at 11:59PM on Monday, October 26, 2026.
Bianca Stone Poetry Craft Talk: Poetry as Mapping the Human Cry
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College’s on-campus reading series, which attracts bestselling and award-winning writers from around the world. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Bianca Stone Poetry Reading and Q&A
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College’s on-campus reading series, which attracts bestselling and award-winning writers from around the world. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Poetry & Translation Reading: Patricio Ferrari and Mónica de la Torre
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College’s on-campus reading series, which attracts bestselling and award-winning writers from around the world. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
My Pressures: The Bizarrely True Story of Andy Serkis
Transom Bookshop is proud to partner with LIVE TALKS NEW YORK in bringing celebrated and celebrity authors to the big stage at the Tarrytown Music Hall this fall and winter.
John Jeremiah Sullivan Nonfiction Craft Talk
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College’s on-campus reading series, which attracts bestselling and award-winning writers from around the world. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
John Jeremiah Sullivan Nonfiction Reading and Q&A
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College’s on-campus reading series, which attracts bestselling and award-winning writers from around the world. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Clay McLeod Chapman: Speculative Fiction Craft Talk
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College’s on-campus reading series, which attracts bestselling and award-winning writers from around the world. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Transom Book Club: “Crone” by Keith Rosson (Tentative Date)
Transom Bookshop’s monthly book club will discuss CRONE by Keith Rosson in October 2026.
Amy Tan Live at the Tarrytown Music Hall
Transom Bookshop is proud to partner with LIVE TALKS NEW YORK in bringing celebrated and celebrity authors to the big stage at the Tarrytown Music Hall this fall and winter.
Jimin Han Fiction Craft Talk: On Purpose and Pacing
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College’s on-campus reading series, which attracts bestselling and award-winning writers from around the world. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Michael Lewis Live at the Tarrytown Music Hall
Transom Bookshop is proud to partner with LIVE TALKS NEW YORK in bringing celebrated and celebrity authors to the big stage at the Tarrytown Music Hall this fall and winter.
Celebrate Hispanic Authors at the Yonkers Public Library
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College and the Yonkers Public Library in ongoing reading series—free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Ladan Osman Poetry Craft Talk: Desire and Tension
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College’s on-campus reading series, which attracts bestselling and award-winning writers from around the world. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Sleepy Hollow Fact & Fiction
Transom Bookshop and The Tarrytown Music Hall present this first-of-its-kind Halloween event featuring a panel of Headless Horseman-inspired authors: J.W. Ocker, Christina Henry, Alyssa Palombo, Nichole Louise, and Jude S. Walko. A signed copy of”Chasing the Headless Horseman” is included in each ticket.
Barbara Kingsolver ‘Partita’ Book Launch
Transom Bookshop is proud to partner with LIVE TALKS NEW YORK in bringing celebrated and celebrity authors to the big stage at the Tarrytown Music Hall this fall and winter.
Tessa Hulls Nonfiction Craft Talk
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College in their on-campus reading series—free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
S.M. Hallow (SLC ‘16) Reading and Discussion
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College in their on-campus reading series—free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Amanda Nadelberg Poetry Reading
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College in their on-campus reading series—free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
September Guest Bookseller: Keith Rosson
Transom Bookshop is excited to support Irvington Theater in another amazing event, this time welcoming award-winning actor, filmmaker, and bestselling author to the stage for a screening of his film “Reverse the Curse.” Book signing to follow.
Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute September Community Reading
Transom Bookshop is proud to promote and support Sarah Lawrence College MFA Writing and the Writing Institute in their on-campus reading series—free to attend and open to the public.
Transom Book Club: The Road to Tender Hearts
Transom Book Club will discuss “The Road to Tender Hearts” by Annie Hartnett in September 2026
Nicholas Muellner Nonfiction Reading and Q&A: Love in a Time of Allegory
Transom Bookshop proudly supports Sarah Lawrence College in their on-campus reading series—free to attend and open to the public. Books will be available for sale at the event.
Ke Huy Quan: "Never Say Die"
Transom Bookshop is proud to partner with LIVE TALKS NEW YORK in bringing celebrated and celebrity authors to the big stage at the Tarrytown Music Hall this fall and winter.
David Duchovny - Film Screening and Book Signing
Transom Bookshop is excited to support Irvington Theater in another amazing event, this time welcoming award-winning actor, filmmaker, and bestselling author David Duchovny to the stage for a screening of his film “Reverse the Curse.” Book signing to follow.