Since the BABEL series was founded in 2007, we’ve brought authors from around the world—Pulitzer Prize winners, Man Booker recipients and Nobel laureates—including:
Mohsin Hamid
Jesmyn Ward
Min Jin Lee
George Saunders
Terry Tempest Williams
Toni Morrison
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Junot Díaz
Marlon James
Laila Lalami
Edna O’Brien
Dave Eggers
Claudia Rankine
Dinaw Mengestu
Louise Erdrich
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Colum McCann
David Henry Hwang
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Patti Smith
Richard Blanco
Amy Tan
Suzan-Lori Parks
Abraham Verghese
Russell Banks
Nuruddin Farah
Alexandra Fuller
Julia Alvarez
Amoz Oz
Naomi Shihab Nye
Zadie Smith
Alexander McCall Smith
VS Naipaul
Maxine Hong-Kingston
Edwidge Danticat
Chris Abani
A.S. Byatt
Ha Jin
Azar Nafisi
Salman Rushdie
Chinua Achebe
Michael Ondaatje
Marjane Satrapi
Isabel Allende
Orhan Pamuk
Ariel Dorfman
Derek Walcott
Kiran Desai
Check out photographs of our past BABEL series, taken by Bruce Jackson.
Take a look at our complete BABEL archive on the timeline below.
Book Discussion: Louise Erdrich’s The Round House Where: Betty’s Restaurant 370 Virginia Street Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: February 29, 2016 Time: 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. | Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Karpeles Manuscript Library 453 Porter Avenue Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: March 10, 2016 Time: 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Cost: Free & $8 food tickets
More InfoBook Discussion: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle, Book One Where: Betty’s Restaurant 370 Virginia Street Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: April 11, 2016 Time: 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. | Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Betty’s 730 Virginia St Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: October 24, 2016 Time: 7:00 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Betty’s 370 Virginia St Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: March 13, 2017 Time: 7:00 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Betty’s 370 Virginia St Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: April 3, 2017 Time: 7:00 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Betty’s Restaurant 370 Virginia St Buffalo, NY 14203 Date: October 2, 2017 Time: 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. | Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Betty’s 370 Virginia St Buffalo, NY 142031 Date: October 30, 2017 Time: 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. | Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Betty’s Restaurant 370 Virginia St Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: April 9, 2018 Time: 7:00 p.m.
More InfoWhere: El Museo 91 Allen St. Buffalo, NY 14202 Date: April 11, 2018 Time: 6-8:00 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Betty’s Restaurant 370 Virginia Street Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: September 17, 2018 Time: 7:00 p.m.
More InfoWhere: Betty’s 370 Virginia St. Buffalo, NY 14201 Date: November 5, 2018 Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
More InfoWhere:
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle
Buffalo, NY 14201
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Patron VIP Reception: 7:00 p.m.
Where:
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle
Buffalo, NY 14201
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Patron VIP Reception: 7:00 p.m.
Where:
Betty’s Restaurant
370 Virginia St
Buffalo, NY 14201
Date: October 7, 2019
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where:
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle
Buffalo, NY 14201
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Event: 8:00 p.m.
Patron VIP Reception: 7:00 p.m.
Where:
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle
Buffalo, NY 14201
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Event: 8:00 p.m.
Patron VIP Reception: 7:00 p.m.