Monsters Reclaimed: A Celebration of Monsters in Art & Literature
Time & Location
Oct 25, 2026, 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM
VERSO, 2711 N Stanton
About the event
The Astoria Book Company and The Monster Syllabus are delighted to announce Monsters Reclaimed: A Celebration of Monsters in Art & Literature!
Please join us on Sunday, October 25, from 1:00 – 5:30pm for a day of community, culture, and celebration. 🦇
In addition to our delicious food and drinks, we’ll enjoy a specially curated horror/thriller pop up from @astoriabookco, community org tabling, and artist + literature talks. Plus, we’ll have some exclusive merch for the event!
For the talk, The Monster Syllabus will join Astoria’s founder in a conversation about monstrosity in literature and culture. Together, they will discuss how monsters are used as a critical lever of power by systems of domination, and what monsters have meant both across history and to us today. (What desires, anxieties, fears do they represent??) There will be time for a Q&A, so we hope you’ll join us with your thoughts and…