# Event Details - **Event Name**: Natalie Adler + Hugh Ryan: Waiting on a Friend - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for a release event with notable writer Natalie Adler, discussing her debut novel WAITING ON A FRIEND.About this EventModerating this discussion is award-winning author Hugh Ryan. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.Can’t make the event? ACCESSIBILITY:Strand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator.ASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by May 12 to request.Please ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred.For further information on accessibility in this space, or to make a request, please contact events@strandbooks.com---------------------------------------------------------------------New York City, East Village, 1984. A young woman with the power to see the ghosts of her friends is haunted by the one who refuses to return—a dazzling, big-hearted debut of friendship and community during a time of devastation and defiance.“A wildly inventive and moving novel . . . an astonishingly brilliant debut.”—Patrick Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of Buckeye“A beautiful study of friendship, of how loss unmoors us, and how if we keep turning towards love, anything is possible.”—Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful“Fresh and refreshing, both heartbreaking and uplifting. Natalie Adler has given us a gem.”—Rabih Alameddine, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (And His Mother), winner of the National Book AwardRenata is a young dyke-about-town who can see ghosts, something she's doing more and more of lately as too many of her friends are dying of a new, terrifying disease. When Renata's best friend Mark dies of complications from AIDS, Renata is devastated by the loss of the person she loved most in the world. And to her disappointment and increasing despair, Mark seems unwilling or unable to return for the proper goodbye they both were denied.While Renata waits anxiously for Mark, she must stay vigilant: a mysterious, police-like force has begun ridding their East Village neighborhood of anything abnormal or inexplicable. What first seems like a scam reveals itself to be far more sinister, targeting the soul of Renata's community. With her band of lovably eccentric pals and lovers, Renata is determined to fight back against the erasure of her friends' memories and the sanitizing of her beloved New York. But haunting her every step is Mark, the one ghost who stubbornly refuses to reappear.Both heartbreaking and healing, tragic and triumphant, Waiting on a Friend is a magical retelling of queer history and a celebration of youth and camaraderie. With pathos and humor, empathy and an edge, Natalie Adler freshly reimagines the past for a new generation, reclaiming the spirit of resistance and determination that would become one of the era's defining legacies. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/66cb8040-2f5e-11f1-bec9-ad3f1e96ac99-rimg-w555-h740-dc494f62-gmir.jpg Photo credit: Emily Steinfeld MahlerNatalie Adler has an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College and a PhD in Comparative Literature from Brown University. She was a Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow at the Center for Fiction and is an editor at Lux magazine. She is from New Jersey and lives in New York City. Waiting on a Friend is her debut novel. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/66ff6180-2f5e-11f1-bec9-ad3f1e96ac99-rimg-w1146-h740-dc7c7671-gmir.jpg Photo credit: M. SharkeyHugh Ryan is the award-winning author of When Brooklyn Was Queer (2019) and The Women’s House of Detention (2022). He teaches creative nonfiction in the MFA program at the Bennington Writing Seminars and runs the Queer History 101 Book Club with world-famous performer Peppermint. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/natalie-adler-hugh-ryan-waiting-on-a-friend/100001979310744719 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, performances, workshops, music - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fnatalie-adler-hugh-ryan-waiting-on-a-friend-tickets-1979310744719 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 13.61, max: 34.51, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Strand Book Store - **lat**: 40.73325150000001 - **long**: -73.99095319999999 - **full address**: Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: The Strand Book Store (https://allevents.in/org/the-strand-book-store/22544066) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/3579b01a4839e936ae3d6324caa20fc4652e26601a4e027dd937812995c3097b-rimg-w1200-h628-dcdf1931-gmir.png?v=1775221799 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/708013698ff28e9c7b8ad800b2d9e03d398e1593220b642550f554e9aaa2cef7-rimg-w400-h400-dcffffff-gmir.png?v=1775221799 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 13.61 up to 34.51 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The Strand Book Store - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, entertainment, performances, workshops, music - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Natalie Adler + Hugh Ryan: Waiting on a Friend ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Natalie Adler + Hugh Ryan: Waiting on a Friend", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/3579b01a4839e936ae3d6324caa20fc4652e26601a4e027dd937812995c3097b-rimg-w1200-h628-dcdf1931-gmir.png?v=1775221799", "startDate": "2026-05-26T19:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-05-26T20:30:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/natalie-adler-hugh-ryan-waiting-on-a-friend/100001979310744719", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Strand Book Store", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "828 Broadway", "postalCode": "10003", "addressLocality": "New York", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.73325150000001", "longitude": "-73.99095319999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for a release event with notable writer Natalie Adler, discussing her debut novel WAITING ON A FRIEND.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-03", "availabilityEnds": "2026-05-26T20:30:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-04-03", "lowPrice": "13.61", "highPrice": "34.51", "price": "13.61", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/natalie-adler-hugh-ryan-waiting-on-a-friend/100001979310744719" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-03", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-03", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/natalie-adler-hugh-ryan-waiting-on-a-friend/100001979310744719", "price": "34.51", "name": "General Admission + Copy of The Book" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-03", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-03", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/natalie-adler-hugh-ryan-waiting-on-a-friend/100001979310744719", "price": "13.61", "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The Strand Book Store", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-strand-book-store/22544066", "description": "Strand Book Storewas born in 1927 on Fourth Avenue on what was then called “Book Row,” an area that covered six city blocks and housed forty-eight bookstores. 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