Nefer Bookcafé

Nefer Bookcafé Nefer Bookcafé is a coffee bar & bookstore in The Bronx.

We're made up of liberated minds, critical thinkers, highly sensitive, rebellious people committed to nurturing identity, joy, & purpose through reading, conversation and delicious coffees & teas.

October at NEFER is giving!FREE BOOKS FOR US, MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF USBanned + Challenged Books Giveaway w/ The Lit. ...
10/09/2026

October at NEFER is giving!

FREE BOOKS FOR US, MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF US
Banned + Challenged Books Giveaway w/ The Lit. Bar
Saturday, October 10 | 10 AM | NEFER + The Lit. Bar (2-6p)
Come claim a free book and celebrate the freedom to read.

BOLD BOOK CLUB NY/NJ AFTER DARK
October 17 | 7 PM
We're getting deliciously naughty with K. Sean Harris's The S*x Files. Lust, secrets, suspense, and bedroom drama. Adults only! Must RSVP.

THE ASSEMBLAGE: BIRTH WORKERS
October 17 | 6:30 PM
Birth workers, maternal health professionals, advocates, writers, and storytellers — pull up a chair. Let's reflect, exchange ideas, and connect through the care that brings us here. Must RSVP.

SCARES BEYOND THE PAGE: MEET LEOPOLDO GOÜT
Wednesday, October 21 | 7P
Creepy audiobooks, pumpkin painting, crafts, limited-edition swag, and a meet-and-greet with horror author Leopoldo Gout. Cozy, creepy, and adults only.

HOPPING THROUGH LIFE: HALLOWEEN BOOK CELEBRATION
Friday, October 30 | 5–7 PM
Join author Kevin C. Riley for Hopping Through Life: Colors of My Heart, a celebration of the big feelings that make us beautifully human. Little readers, costumes, and curiosity are welcome!

FLOWER POWER: FOREVER FLOWER WORKSHOP
Saturday, October 31 | 3 PM
Join Kephera to create a forever flower bouquet or Día de los Mu***os headband as part of ABIDE: The Concrete Garden. Art, endurance, and the beauty we insist on making in this life.

Come through, bring somebody you love.

We built an OFRENDA. On October 10 at 10AM, we’re gathering in it with Jazy of for this month's Radiant Rebels.The Ofre...
10/07/2026

We built an OFRENDA.

On October 10 at 10AM, we’re gathering in it with Jazy of for this month's Radiant Rebels.

The Ofrenda That We Built is a tender celebration of family, memory, and Día de los Mu***os, showing how we honor and remember the loved ones who remain with us in spirit.

Usually, Radiant Rebels does NOT require an RSVP—but this one is different because we’re getting ready for our FREE BANNED + CHALLENGED BOOK GIVEAWAY and need to know how many little readers are coming.

So please: RSVP for Radiant Rebels in our bio!

Two more good reasons to be at NEFER Saturday morning.

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🌸 FLOWER POWER🌸Come make something that reminds you: you are necessary. You are infinite.Choose your creation:🌺 Forever ...
10/07/2026

🌸 FLOWER POWER🌸

Come make something that reminds you: you are necessary. You are infinite.

Choose your creation:
🌺 Forever Flower Bouquet
💀🌸 Día de los Mu***os Headband

Space is wonderfully limited. RSVP required. Link in bio.

📍 NEFER Bookcafé | 694 E. 241st St., Bronx
October 31, 2026
3:00 - 5:00
*Flower pot not included

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Heavy on the free and open to the public!This Saturday, October 10th, for National Freedom to Read Day, we’re giving awa...
10/06/2026

Heavy on the free and open to the public!

This Saturday, October 10th, for National Freedom to Read Day, we’re giving away banned + challenged books across The Bronx.

You can't miss what's for you! NEFER is holding down the morning giveaway. Our beloved got us in the afternoon! And we're giving away custom, one of one design bookmarks by made in The Bronx and for The Bronx at both locations!

10 AM–2 PM
📍 Nefer Bookcafé
694 E. 241st Street, The Bronx

2–6 PM
📍 The Lit. Bar
131 Alexander Ave, The Bronx

400+ books. Two Bronx bookstores. Eight hours of access. One very literate borough.

See you Saturday. 🙅🏾‍♀️📚

10/05/2026

What w**e goes with the jerk chicken?! A pastelito?!

Cha Cha's W**e Pairing for the People puts w**e alongside the food we actually eat all the time.

Jollof. Curry. Jerk. Plantains. Soul food. All the foods from across the diaspora — paired with w**es that make sense for our plates, our palates, and our tables.

Because of **ePairingForThePeople w**e isn't just about cheese boards.

Pick up W**e Pairing for the People at NEFER in the Bronx or shop it online. Your next dinner deserves a better bottle.

**ePairingForThePeople **eAndFood **eEducation **eLovers

10/02/2026

ABIDE asks us to stay. But what does it take to stay?

To endure without becoming hardened.
To find joy without pretending the hard things aren't there.
To witness what hurts and still make room for beauty.
To be changed by difficulty without allowing it to decide who we become.

For THE CONCRETE GARDEN, artist Kephera Ife .ife gives us another way to think about those questions—through flowers, insects, reptiles, growth, interruption, rest, resilience, and return.

This work isn't simply here to decorate the walls. It is here to be lived with.

And it’s for sale.

Come into NEFER. Spend some time with the work. Find the piece that says something you haven't quite been able to say yourself. Take it home.

Because sometimes the way we honor what we've endured is by making room for joy and how we trasmute pain into JOY.

THE CONCRETE GARDEN
NEFER × Kephera Ife
All artwork available for purchase
694 E. 241st Street, Bronx, NY

Come in. Stay awhile. Take something beautiful with you.

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TRIVIA QUESTION: WHO SAID IT?Y’all betta light the comments up.THE ASSEMBLAGE: HOLD ON, WE COMING is for the people whos...
10/02/2026

TRIVIA QUESTION: WHO SAID IT?

Y’all betta light the comments up.

THE ASSEMBLAGE: HOLD ON, WE COMING is for the people whose work, stories, and lives bring them into conversation with birth and maternal health.

Birth workers. Doulas. Midwives. Nurses. Lactation professionals. Maternal-health providers. Advocates. Researchers. Educators. Organizers.

And of course, the people.

You don't need a title on your business card to belong in the room. You might be doing the work. Studying the work. Writing about the work. Advocating for the people doing the work. Or carrying a story of your own.

Come sit with us.

We'll have casual conversation prompts available to get things moving—questions about the work, the will behind it, what keeps you going, what you're learning, what you're tired of, and what you wish more people understood.

Your ticket includes Mothering the Mother: African American Postpartum Traditions, Recipes and Healing, by Shafia Monroe, foreword by Erykah Badu.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
6:30–8:30 PM
NEFER BOOKCAFE
694 E. 241st Street, Bronx, NY 10470

Limited seating. RSVP through the link in bio.

COME CLOSER. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.There’s nothing wrong with Aurora.She’s successful. Brilliant. Back in Mexico...
09/30/2026

COME CLOSER. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.

There’s nothing wrong with Aurora.

She’s successful. Brilliant. Back in Mexico City for a celebration.

There’s just one little problem.

She woke something up.

On October 21 at 7 PM, NEFER goes dark with acclaimed author Leopoldo Gout, author of Piñata, for an intimate evening around his newest horror novel, ROOTED.

A stolen artifact.
An Aztec god.
A family secret.
A woman coming undone.

Rooted is horror about memory, power, colonial violence, obsession—and the things that refuse to stay buried.

Marlon James calls it “a blood reckoning.”We call it your plans for October 21.

MEET LEOPOLDO GOÛT
📅 Wednesday, October 21
⏰ 7 PM
📍 NEFER Bookcafé
🔞 ADULTS ONLY
🎁 SWAG INCLUDED

Tor Nightfire is sponsoring a paint-your-own pumpkin activity, with the pumpkins and painting supplies provided. Not a pumpkin person? Bring your own project. Knitting. Embroidery. Collage. Journaling. Whatever you’ve been meaning to finish.

Come talk horror.
Come meet Leopoldo.

Tickets are limited. RSVP in bio.

BOLD Book Club is staying up late for a special after-dark edition featuring The S*x Files by Jamaican author K. Sean Ha...
09/25/2026

BOLD Book Club is staying up late for a special after-dark edition featuring The S*x Files by Jamaican author K. Sean Harris—a book that gives us plenty to talk about.

Come to NEFER for two hours of good conversation, grown-folks curiosity, literary mischief, and the kind of questions that probably wouldn’t come up at brunch.

And because we believe a book club should send you home with something besides conversations,,,

EVERY TICKET INCLUDES:
Your own copy of The S*x Files by K. Sean Harris
A curated goody bag filled with bookish + sensual treats
An intimate after-dark atmosphere at NEFER
A lively conversation about the book, desire, relationships, pleasure, and all the things we don't always say out loud

WHEN: Saturday, October 17, 2026
TIME: 7–9 PM
WHERE: NEFER Bookcafé
694 E. 241st Street, Bronx, NY

Come curious. Come grown. Come ready to read between the lines.

BOLD AFTER DARK.

HOLD ON, WE COMING.For the ones who know when and how to speak,when to stop and trust,when to touch a shoulder,when to m...
09/23/2026

HOLD ON, WE COMING.

For the ones who know when and how to speak,
when to stop and trust,
when to touch a shoulder,
when to make a phone call,
and when to simply stay.

For the doulas.
The midwives.
The nurses.
The lactation folks.
The birth workers.
The community health workers.
The advocates.
The educators.
The ones doing the work before, during, and long after.

We made a little room for y'all.

The Assemblage: Hold On, We Coming is an evening at NEFER to eat something, drink something, talk about the work, talk about the will behind the work, laugh a little, tell the truth, and sit with people who understand.

Just you and your people.

Your ticket includes Mothering the Mother African American Postpartum Traditions, Recipes and Healing by Shafia Monroe foreword by Erykah Badu

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
6:30–8:30 PM
NEFER BOOKCAFE
694 E. 241st Street, Bronx, NY 10470

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694 E 241st Street
The Bronx, NY
10470

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 6pm
Tuesday 6am - 6pm
Wednesday 6am - 6pm
Thursday 6am - 6pm
Friday 6am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

+13473182302

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