Book Chats

Celebrating the Power of the Written Word to Create Change

Goddard Riverside’s Book Chats give you deeper insight into some of the most important issues of the day. These interviews take you inside the author’s mind and uncover thoughts and experiences that didn’t make it into the book. You’ll also have a chance to ask your own questions!

Each year we interview the winners of the Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice and Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. We also schedule additional book events when we have the chance to bring you an interesting author.

6may 3:00PM

Author Chat with Christine McDonnell 2022 Social Justice Book Prize Winner

Join us for a reading and Q&A with Christine McDonnell winner of the 2022 Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice at our Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center (250 West 65th Street New York, NY 10023).

Christine will do a lively reading and audience Q&A for her book Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women.

The event is open to all ages, registration is requested but not required. The event is free to attend and donations will support Goddard Riverside’s programs.


Recent Book Chats

Watch our most recent book chat below and learn about our past book chats via the sidebar.

Past Events
Book Prize Book Chats 2022

In-person and Virtual interactive discussions and live Q&A with our 2021 Youth and Adult Book Prize winners.

Book Chat: Baby, Unplugged: One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age

An in-person discussion with Author Sophie Brickman and Goddard Riverside Board Member Besty Newell on March 8, 2022.

Book Prize Book Chats 2021

Virtual interactive discussions and live Q&A with our 2020 Youth and Adult Book Prize winners.

Book Prize Book Chat 2020

Virtual interactive discussion and live Q&A with our two 2019 Adult Book Prize winners.

Book Chat: How to Raise a Reader

Virtual interactive discussion and live Q&A with co-author Maria Russo.

Book Prize Book Chat 2019

In-person discussion with our 2018 Adult Book Prize winner, Bernice Yeung. Held at our Bernie Wohl Center on November 14, 2019.

Book Prize Book Chat 2018

In-person discussion with our 2017 Adult Book Prize winner, Susan Burton. Moderated by Pulitzer Prize Winner James Forman, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America; Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Held at our Bernie Wohl Center on November 15, 2018.