What the Dickens 2026

Housing Works’ Annual Reading of "A Christmas Carol" is back at the Bookstore!

In celebration of the Housing Works Bookstore's 30th Anniversary, for the first time, this year will feature a matinee and evening performance!

On December 6th, ring in the holidays with the 17th Annual Reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Enjoy festive treats from our café as some of New York’s best writers, artists, and actors regale you with the tale of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.

Matinee Performance

Show starts: 12:00PM
Doors: 11:00AM

Evening Performance

Show starts: 4:00PM
Doors: 3:30PM

Hosted by: Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald is the author of back-to-back instant New York Times bestsellers Dirtbag, Massachusetts and American Rambler. He is also the author of the bestselling children’s book How to Be a Pirate and the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos. Fitzgerald has won a New England Book Award, the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award, and an IACP Award. He is a frequent guest on The Today Show, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, GQ, The Guardian, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and numerous other publications. He lives with his wife and their two dogs on the North Fork of Long Island.

Participating Sponsor:
Penguin Random House