News from the “Brooklyn Books and Booze” newsletter of the great Randee Dawn:
Book and booze with us at Barrow’s Intense Ginger Tasting Room this month with:
C.S.E Cooney
Mary G. Thompson
Matt Talucci
Richard Sparks
Date: December 17, 2024
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location:
Barrow’s Intense Tasting Room: 86 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY
Subway: D, N, R train to 36th Avenue, then about a 4 minute walk.
(This venue is inside what’s known as Industry City, a series of former industrial workspaces turned into food, drink and shopping venues. See this mapfor assistance, as it can be confusing the first time you go.)
The evening is free, but you’re encouraged to purchase at least one drink (they have non-alcoholic options) and tip your bartender. Barrow’s also serves some food.
Meet your authors!
C. S. E. Cooney is a two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author for novel Saint Death’s Daughter and collection Bone Swans, Stories. Other work includes The Twice-Drowned Saint, Dark Breakers, and Desdemona and the Deep.As a voice actor, Cooney has narrated over 120 audiobooks, and quite a few podcasts. In March 2023, she produced her collaborative sci-fi musical, Ballads from a Distant Star, at New York City’s Arts on Site. She co-designed the GM-less TTRPG Negocios Infernales with her husband, writer and game-designer Carlos Hernandez, available from Outland Entertainment.
Mary G. Thompson is the author of The Word, Flicker and Mist, and other novels for children and young adults, as well as the forthcoming sci-fi novella A Small Universe. Her contemporary thriller Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee was a winner of the 2017 Westchester Fiction Award and a finalist for the 2018-2019 Missouri Gateway award. Her short fiction has appeared in Apex Magazine, Dark Matter Magazine, and others. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children from The New School and lives in Washington, DC.
Matt Talucci was raised in South Jersey right outside Philadelphia. He’s had a lifelong obsession with fantasy literature, and published his novel The Sword and the Tree in April. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross as an English Major. He also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, and an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University in the Teaching of English. He is currently a High School English Teacher and lives in Bridgeport, CT with his wife, son, and dog, Otis.
Richard Sparks is an English-born comedy writer, lyricist, librettist, author and director now living in Los Angeles. He has written extensively for television, film, radio and the stage as well as theatre and the opera. His opera libretti include original works, mostly commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera, and translations/adaptations of Classic operas. Richard wrote the Schoolmaster sketch for Rowan Atkinson (The Secret Policeman’s Ball). He was also a staff writer on Not The Nine O’Clock News. He had previously written two Edinburgh Fringe Oxford Revues starring Mel Smith. Richard has now turned his hand to fantasy fiction after falling in love with RPGs. The first book of a five part series, New Rock, New Role, was published in 2023 and the second book, published in November. Richard is also the owner of Sporting Life Bar in Las Vegas, a multi-award winning Nevada tavern that has been named Sports Bar of the Year every year since it opened in 2014.
Host/curator Randee Dawn will not be hosting in December; instead, Amy Goldschlager will take up the reins.
Arrive early to secure a good seat. There are lots of comfy places to situate yourself, but the best go fast. Additionally, some authors may have books there to sell, so be prepared to take home some copies!
Are you an author who might want to read? Our 2025 sign-up sheet is now available here.
See you Tuesday the 17th! It’s gonna be INTENSE!
— Randee Dawn
C.S.E. Cooney 