Irish Arts Center Book Day 2015

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Irish Arts Center Book Day

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5th Annual
Irish Arts Center Book Day
in association with New York City Council and the New York State Assembly

A citywide celebration of Irish literature

Tuesday, March 17 | 7 am until the books run out!

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” - Oscar Wilde

Carrying on the yearly tradition of celebrating Irish literature on St. Patrick’s Day for our 5th year, the Irish Arts Center will take to the streets to introduce and re-introduce New Yorkers to some of Ireland’s most celebrated writers.

Volunteers across the city will be handing out thousands of free books to commuters and school children at transit hubs across all five New York City boroughs.

Take a walk through the pages of Joyce, Yeats, Wilde or some of Ireland’s newest hotly-tipped masters and awaken the desire to read, read over and read again.

Get involved!
For book donation and sponsorship opportunities promoting this day of literacy and Irish culture, contact Rachael Gilkey at rachael@irishartscenter.org. For volunteer opportunities, contact volunteer@irishartscenter.org.

Not Available March 17? Not to worry!

We have hours during the week from 11AM-5PM on Thursday March 5, Friday March 6, Tuesday March 10, Thursday March 12, and Friday March 13. We have hours from 9 am-1 pm on Saturday, March 7. If you want to sign up just for helping with stuffing, please fill out the short form by clicking here.

Special thanks to all our generous donors who help make our free programming possible:

Joseph Aquino, Caroline and Andy Breslin, Michael Buckley (in honor of Sara F. Daley and Jim Houlihan), Jackie Ceonzo (in honor of Caroline and Andy Breslin), Jeanne Cluess (in honor of the Frances Pope Memorial Foundation), Maureen and Sean Crowley (in honor of Mary Eileen Crowley), Kate and Bob Devlin, Kimberley A. Dicker, Jill and David Donoghue, Kate Durling (in honor of Des McGreal), Robert Eaton, Jennifer Fistere, Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Keith Hannan (in honor of Pauline Turley), Tom Hayes, Deborah Henry (in honor of Sara Conroy), Krystal Herrington (in honor of Ian Casey), Brian Hull, Pamela and Thomas Campbell Jackson, Mary and Shaun Kelly, Tom Kennedy, Richard Kunzer, Naeema and Craig Livingston (in honor of Karen and Jerry Callaghan), Franklin Lowe, M.D. (in honor of Ambassador Anne Anderson), Colin Mathers, Michael McEvoy (in honor of Seamus McEvoy), Vickie and Gerard McGrath (in honor of Penny and Thomas Jackson), Ed Merrigan, Karen Miller, Rachel and Harry Moseley, Eileen K. Murray (in honor of James P. Murray), Kim O’Connor (in honor of Gertrude O’Connor), Mary O’Dowd (in honor of the Frances Pope Memorial Foundation), Niall O’Muilleoir, Bernie Park, Eileen Phelps (in honor of Nora O’Toole, Mike Donaghy, and Bella Daly), Sharon and Matthew Pompey, Ellen Preimesberger (in honor of the Frances Pope Memorial Foundation), Colleen Rosan (in honor of Francis McGrath), Susan and Scott Somerville, Sweeney & Harkin, Thomas Troy, David Turner, Martin Whelan, Maureen and Paul Williamson (in honor of Patrick J. Donaghy), American Irish Legislature, Society, Culture Ireland.

IRISH ARTS CENTER BOOK DAY LOCATIONS

Queens #1
Southeast corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 61st Street at Woodside / 61st Street stop on the 7 train

Queens #2
37th Road "Diversity" Plaza between 74th and 73rd Streets in Jackson Heights. The Roosevelt Avenue station has an entrance right in the middle of the Plaza for the E, F, M, R and 7 trains

Queens #3
Fresh Pond stop on M train near 67th Avenue

Brooklyn #1
Northwest corner of 36th Street and 4th Avenue on the B,D, N,R trains at Sunset Park

Brooklyn #2
Nassau Avenue G stop, Northeast corner

Brooklyn #3
Atlantic Terminal

The Bronx
Fordham Road and Webster Avenue, Northeast corner

Manhattan #1
Southwest corner of 110th Street and Lexington Avenue, 6 Train

Manhattan #2
72nd and Broadway outside the 1 train subway station

Manhattan #3, starting at 3 pm **
208 W 13th St near the 14th Street 1,2, 3 stop Between 7th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue

Staten Island
St. George Terminal Staten Island, 1 Bay Street, Staten Island, NY 10301

Find out where to enjoy a free book from our Twitter feed (#IACBookDay) and Facebook page.

"Never been happier to walk down Canal than this morning where the Irish Arts Center is handing out the true spirit of Ireland. Thank you! #IACBookDay" - Book Day recipient, via Twitter

Featuring Hundreds of Title by Authors Including
John Banville, Heather Barbieri, Kevin Barry, Sebastian Barry, Samuel Beckett, Maeve Binchy, Denise Blake, Gerry Boland, Rus Bradburd, Mary Branley, Jimmy Breslin, Ken Bruen, Ruth Carr, Ciarán Carson, Anne-Marie Casey, Mary Higgins Clark, Kathleen Clarke, Mary Costello, Judi Curtin, Ralph Cusack, Kathryn Daily, Gerald Dawe, Frank Delaney, Annie Deppe, Roddy Doyle, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Anne Enright, Michael J.Farrell, Lyndsay Faye, Aubrey Flegg, Mannix Flynn, Tana French, Brian Friel, Hazel Gaynor, Pamela Green, Pete Hamill, Stephen Hanson, Kerry Hardie, Natalie Harnett, Marie Hennessy, Aidan Higgins, Kevin Holohan, James Joyce, Jan Karon, Mary Pat Kelly, John Kennedy, Kate Kerrigan, Claire Kilroy, Thomas F. Kilroy, Conor Kostick, Morgan Llywelyn, Fergus Lyons, Sean Lysaght, Liam Mac Uistin, Imelda Maguire, Derek Mahon, Eilish Martin, Eithne Massey, Tom Matthews, John Mcauliffe, Colum McCann, Clare McDonnell, John McGuckian, Medbh McGuckian, Frank McGuinness, Belinda McKeon, Darragh McKeon, Averil Meehan, Mary Melvin Geoghegan, Paul Muldoon, Colin Murphy, Peter Murphy, Elisabeth Navratil, Dorothy Nelson, Heather Newcombe, Joan Newmann, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin , Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Alan Nolan, Edna O'Brien, Flann O'Brien, Conor O'Callaghan, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Joseph O'Connor, Rebecca O'Connor, Donal O'Dea, Patrick O'Keefe, Stewart Parker, Bernard Share, Peter Sirr, Brian Smeaton, Dermot Somers, Lisa Steppe, Alice Taylor, Patrick Taylor, Grainne Tobin, Colm Tóibín, Mary Turley-McGrath, Robert Vance, Mario Vargas Llosa, Rhoda Watson, David Wheatley, Sally Wheeler, Oscar Wilde, Stuart Woods, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Ann Zell

Special Thanks to Participating Publishers
Akashic Books, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, Ballantine Books, Blauner Books, Books Ireland Magazine, Daedalus Books, Dalkey Archive Press, Firrar Straus and Giroux, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Amy Einhorn Books, Gallery Press, Gray Wolf Press, Grove/Atlantic Inc., HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Little Brown and Company, Penguin Books, Random House Publishing Group, Stinging Fly Press & Magazine, Summer Palace Press, The Moth, The O'Brien Press, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, Tor/Forge Books, Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, Trinity College Dublin, Ha!art, William Morrow Paperbacks, Viking Press

Special thanks to
Council member Corey Johnson (Manhattan), Council member Jimmy Van Bramer (Queens), Council member Daniel Dromm (Queens), Council member Deborah Rose (Staten Island), Council member Elizabeth Crowley (Queens), Council member Melissa Mark-Viverito, Speaker (Manhattan), Council member Richie Torres (Bronx), Council member Helen Rosenthal (Manhattan), Council member Laurie Cumbo (Brooklyn), Council member Julissa Ferreras (Queens), Council member Stephen Levin (Brooklyn), Council member Carlos Menchaca (Brooklyn), Assembly member Michael Cusick (Staten Island), Assembly member Linda Rosenthal (Manhattan)

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