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Literature and Poetry Related Events for the Week of April 21, 2025

Posted Mon, Apr 21, 2025, By Staff Writer
Are you an avid reader? Or perhaps you are a budding novelist or poet? Explore your literary side with these events related to books and poetry happening in North Jersey.
1. Young Adult Book Club
Date and Time Mon, Apr 21, 2025, 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
Location Paramus Public Library, 116 E. Century Rd, Paramus, NJ, 07652  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
Mondays, 3:30-4:15pm, Grades 6-8
April 21: Look Both Ways, Jason Reynolds
May 19: The Enigma Girls, Candice Fleming
A new book club just for middle schoolers. There will be snacks!
2. Monday Night Book Group
Date and Time Mon, Apr 21, 2025, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location Rutherford Public Library, 150 Park Ave, Glass Room, Rutherford, NJ, 07070  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
This month's selection is The Women by Kristin Hannah. Copies of the monthly selection may be picked up at the front desk. The Women is also available as an audiobook on Libby and Hoopla as an ebook on Libby.
3. BrightView Book Club
Date and Time Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Location BrightView Senior Living, 396 Forest Avenue, Paramus, NJ, 07652  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
BrightView Book Club - The Women by Kristin Hannah
Many residents at Brightview have difficulty leaving the building, making it challenging for them to participate in our library programs. As you know, these programs have been a wonderful way to meet new community members and build enjoyable relationships.
4. Shut Up & Write!® in Maplewood
Date and Time Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Location Perch Home, 89 Baker St., Maplewood, NJ  [View map]
Organizer Organized by Shut Up & Write!® Essex County, NJ
Join us for some focused writing time. We are a new chapter of Shut Up & Write, a global community that empowers people to make consistent progress on their writing projects. All people and all writing levels are welcome, and don’t worry—no one will see what you've written. This session is about getting your writing done and meeting other writers in your area.
5. Reading Buddies, Ages 5+
Date and Time Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:00 PM to 4:20 PM
Location Tenafly Public Library, 100 Riveredge Road, Children's Room, Tenafly, NJ, 07670  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
Each reader shares one-on-one reading time with a teen volunteer from Tenafly Middle School or Tenafly High School. Children are encouraged to bring their own books or they can select one from our collection. Teen volunteers can also read to children not quite ready to read on their own. Reading with a teen buddy helps new readers gain confidence and independence while practicing reading skills.
6. Tween Book Club
Date and Time Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location East Rutherford Memorial Library, 143 Boiling Springs Avenue, Meeting Room, East Rutherford, NJ, 07073  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
7. The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense: A Conversation with Bestselling Author Gregg Hurwitz
Date and Time Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location Rutherford Public Library, 150 Park Ave, Rutherford, NJ, 07070  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
Do you love action-packed adventure? Are you ready for the thrill? You’re invited to a riveting conversation with New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us about his Orphan X series and his life as a writer of suspenseful storytelling.
8. WBP Live! Book Discussion with Alice Elliott Dark and Dagmara Domińczyk
Date and Time Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location Watchung Booksellers/The Kids' Room, 44 Fairfield Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042  [View map]
Cost Tickets range from $25.00 to $29.04
Organizer Organized by Watchung Booksellers
As the Watchung Booksellers Podcast turns one, we celebrate our love of books and community with a live recording in the Kids' Room! Authors and book lovers Alice Elliott Dark and Dagmara Domińczyk discuss the book everyone is talking about, Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt. It's been one of Marni and Kathryn's favorite handsells and we can't wait to discuss it with you all!
9. Poetry in a Box
Date and Time Fri, Apr 25, 2025, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location Secaucus Public Library, 1379 Paterson Plank Rd, Panasonic Room, Secaucus, NJ, 07094  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
April is National Poetry Month and students will write 3 types of poems. Then, they will make and decorate a Poetry in a Box to place their poems in a keepsake box to store their inspirational mementos and souvenirs.
10. Bethune Center & Golden Light Poetry Presents "Their Voices, Their Verse"
Date and Time Fri, Apr 25, 2025, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center, Martin Luther King Drive, Jersey City, NJ, USA, 140 Martin Luther King Drive, Jersey City, NJ, 07305  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
Organizer Organized by The Bethune Center
Come join us for an evening of powerful poetry at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center in Jersey City, NJ, USA. "Their Voices, Their Verse" will showcase talented poets sharing their work in a vibrant and welcoming atmosphere. Don't miss this opportunity to be inspired by the creative expressions of our community. See you there!
11. April Read, Meet & Eat
Date and Time Fri, Apr 25, 2025, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location Sea's House, 32 Valley Way, West Orange, NJ  [View map]
Organizer Organized by Hugo/Nebula Award Book Group
Please read *The Calcutta Chromosome* by Amitav Ghosh, winner of the 1997 Arthur C. Clarke award. $5 donation requested via cash, PayPal, Venmo or Cash app to cover meetup fees & small costs of hosting. If you can't, no worries. It is expected that this will be an in-person event. Stay tuned for evolving plans and dinner ordering info.
12. The Book Club at the Cafe- Open Choice
Date and Time Fri, Apr 25, 2025, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location Barnes & Noble, 634 NJ-17, Paramus, NJ  [View map]
Organizer Organized by The Social Scene Northern New Jersey Events - 20s 30s & 40s
The Book Club is a monthly discussion group which focuses on exploring different literary works through insightful conversation! We meet at the cafe at Barnes and Noble in Paramus, NJ. This is an open choice group, where people can bring a book to discuss and then there will be general questions about the book. In addition, we will have topics unrelated to the book!
13. April Meeting
Date and Time Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Location Mindful Intentions, 1341 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ  [View map]
Organizer Organized by Thriving Through Books
April’s Book: Languishing by Corey Keyes
If you’re muddling through the day in a fog, often forgetting why you walked into a room . . . If you feel emotionally flattened, lacking the energy to socialize or feel joy in the small things . . . If you feel an inner void—like something is missing, but you aren’t sure what . . . Then this book is for you.
14. Jonah Kruvant's 'The Armor You Built'
Date and Time Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location Montclair Book Center, 221 Glenridge Avenue, Montclair, NJ, 07042  [View map]
Cost Ticket price: $0
Organizer Organized by Montclair Book Center
The Armor You Built by Jonah Kruvant spans across genres to tell stories about real people; their failings, their connections, and the vulnerabilities they must overcome; in surreal circumstances. Whether the setting be another country, another world, or another reality, Kruvant will be sharing the intricacies of dismantling real and proverbial armor in order to build and foster relationships.
15. Sunday Gathering: Miles Hodges on the Rikers Island Poetry Project
Date and Time Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Location Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Ave, Teaneck, NJ  [View map]
Organizer Organized by The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County
Performance artist Miles Hodges (https://buttonpoetry.com/tag/miles-hodges/), who leads poetry workshops at Rikers Island Correctional Facility, will discuss his project and perform some of the poetry. This Gathering is at the meetinghouse and on Zoom.
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