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The 2nd annual Brooklyn Book FestivalSeptember 16, 10 am - 6 pmFREE! Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn 718-802-3846 brooklynbookfestival.org  Last year, over 10,000 visitors showed up at the first Brooklyn Book Festival... there should be even more this year, judging by the number of exhibitors and authors involved  The festival is an event for book-lovers of all ages  The mainstage at the Brooklyn Library where the "Big Read" events go down. This Sunday, the selection will be Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird"  Paul Auster is the guest of honor at this year's festival The 2007 festival will again be a day-long, free event at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza in downtown Brooklyn, featuring readings, poetry slams, and panels on multiple indoor and outdoor stages, as well as a Children’s Area, the Independence Community Foundation Young Writers Pavilion, and more than 100 exhibitors, including bookstores, publishers, and literary organizations. The festival is expanding, adding the beautiful Brooklyn Historical Society as a new venue. As part of the day’s events, the Brooklyn Public Library will kick off its borough-wide “Big Read” featuring Harper Lee’s "To Kill a Mockingbird." “Last year’s Book Festival proved that Brooklyn is a literary epicenter of New York City and America,” said Borough President Marty Markowitz, who is the host of the event. “With our marquee authors from Brooklyn and now around the world, this year’s event again puts our unrivaled diversity of voices on display, and makes reading and writing as hip as being a Brooklynite. When it comes to books, Brooklyn holds the title—period!” On the eve of the festival, Saturday, September 15th, Brooklyn literary legend Paul Auster will be the guest of honor at the Book Festival Gala VIP event, followed by a free public screening of the 1995 film "Smoke," for which Auster wrote the screenplay. Collectible “Brooklyn Bookmarks” highlighting Brooklyn literary icons and promoting the Brooklyn Book Festival will be available beginning August 21st at Brooklyn Public Library branches and bookstores. Among the many famous authors who will be at this event are Jonathan Lethem ("The Fortress of Solitude," "Motherless Brooklyn"), Gloria Naylor ("The Women of Brewster Place"), Chuck Klosterman (Rolling Stone), Jim Carroll ("The Basketball Diaries"), Staceyann Chin ("Skyscrapers", "Taxis & Tampons"), Dave Eggers ("McSweeney's Quarterly Concern"), Jonathan Safran Foer ("Everything Is Illuminated"), Myla Goldberg ("Bee Season"), Amitav Ghosh ("The Glass Palace", "The Hungry Tide"), Colson Whitehead ("The Intuitionist", "John Henry Days")... and literally hundreds more (no pun intended)! For a complete list of particpating writers at the festival, click here. Selected events are below, but for a complete schedule of events, head over to brooklynbookfestival.org Tribute To Sekou Sundiata1 pmMainstage Borough Hall Plaza Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) presents artists performing from the works of this great poet, performance artist, and Brooklyn resident who died in July. Readers include Rashidah Ismaili, one of the founding members of Calabash Poets along with Sekou Sundiata, and Kimiko Hahn, Brooklyn poet and colleague of Sekou’s for over two decades who shared with him the perspective that there is nothing strange in mixing art and politics. Born & Raised4 pmSt. Francis College 180 Remsen St. Short readings and a moderated discussion about Brooklyn’s past and present with renowned authors who have always called the borough home. Featuring Phillip Lopate, Pete Hamill, Bernice McFadden and Jonathan Lethem. Introduced by Johnny Temple, Akashic Books. |
