House of SpeakEasy

We are seeking a Bookmobile Coordinator to work as part of our team! The Bookmobile Coordinator will manage on-site operations and partnership details for SpeakEasy’s Bookmobile initiative, a mobile book giveaway unit that is part of the organization’s larger outreach initiatives to connect writers and audiences. They will work closely with a small programming, development, and marketing team to produce a series of outings for the Bookmobile in collaboration with organizations such as the New York City Housing Authority and nonprofit partners. This is a seasonal position with the possibility of continued year-round engagement. Responsibilities include:  -Manage Bookmobile outings on-site, directing staff and volunteers and ensuring that all functions happen according to plan.  -Help driver with parking -Set up bookmobile on site (display books, set up chalk-boards, chairs/tables, and any marketing materials appropriate for the event) -Breakdown displays at the end of event -Be available for all (or most) bookmobile outings. Outings happen primarily but not exclusively on weekends from May through October throughout the 5 boroughs of New York City. -Be the primary representative onsite at Bookmobile outings, answering questions from the public and directing other team members as to their duties. -Create and maintain book inventory list. Prior to each outing, ensure the truck is stocked with appropriate material based on the destination, event audience, and other parameters. -Order books as necessary -Establish relationships with onsite partners, including parks department representatives, neighborhood associations, community partners and in some cases bookstores. -Ensure that photos and videos are taken onsite at all Bookmobile outings and maintain photo & video assets -Periodically conduct interviews with Bookmobile visitors for feedback on the program -Create post-outing reports for Program Manager Skills: -Detail-oriented and conscientious, quick learner, with a passion for books and community engagement  -Resourceful and creative, demonstrates initiative and seeks to help wherever needed -Proficient with Google Suite  -Punctual and able to juggle a busy schedule -General knowledge of contemporary authors and current book releases; familiarity with literary organizations and publications helpful  -Able to lift boxes of books weighing up to 40 pounds and to stand for long periods of time at Bookmobile outings -Driver’s license with clean record and experience driving a small truck is desired but not essential. This is a part-time, paid position with approximately 15-20 hours per week expected seasonally. Hourly rate ranges from $20 - $24 depending upon experience. To apply, please send a concise cover letter and resume to Mia Arias Tsang, Program Manager, at mia.ariastsang@houseofspeakeasy.org. Please consult our website and social media accounts for more information about House of SpeakEasy before applying: www.houseofspeakeasy.org.

Tomorrow night, we are looking forward to returning to Joe's Pub for this sold out show! We can't wait to hear stories from New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork and a contributing writer at The Atlantic Bianca Bosker; New Yorker cartoonist and author of one of The New York Times best books of 2023, I Must Be Dreaming, Roz Chast; journalist, professor, and award-winning author of one of Time’s best books of 2023, Mott Street, Ava Chin; and former Random House copy chief and author of the New York Times bestselling Dreyer’s English Benjamin Dreyer (clockwise from bottom left). Though the show is sold out, you can still watch the show online at the Joe's Pub YouTube page - https://lnkd.in/epGVhBE8 #storytelling #seriouslyentertaining #cartoons #grammar #chinatown #art #dreams

Next Tuesday, we kick off our year with the first Seriously Entertaining show of the year featuring internationally bestselling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School Amy Chua; Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont award-winning foreign correspondent and The New Yorker contributor Jane Ferguson; founding editor of The Believer and author of The New York Times Notable Book of 2023 Same Bed Different Dreams Ed Park; and associate editor of The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails and co-host of the award-winning podcast “Fix Me a Drink” Noah Rothbaum. There are a few tickets left! https://bit.ly/SEJanuary9 #storytelling #alongstoryshort #liveevents 

On October 1st, the SpeakEasy Bookmobile partnered with The New Republic to help launch their Banned Books Tour at The Brooklyn Book Festival. Here is a piece in The Guardian about the tour and why we partnered on this month-long trip to the parts of the United States that have the highest number of book bans. #bannedbookstour  #TNRBookmobile #TNRStandsWithTheBanned #bannedbooks

Seriously Entertaining is back! Don't miss our September 19th show at Joe's Pub, at the Public Theater, featuring historian and author of For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America Jonathan D. Cohen; Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award-winning poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths; acclaimed novelist and documentary filmmaker Hannah Rothschild; and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, screenwriter, and New Yorker staff writer Lawrence Wright musing on the theme "Fortune Favors." Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/SE91923 #seriouslyentertaining #storytelling #liveperformance #history