The Brooklyn Book Festival has announced its comprehensive lineup for the first-ever weeklong series of “Bookend Events” that will take place at venues throughout the borough from September 17 through September 23. The seventh-annual event is presented by Brooklyn Tourism and the Brooklyn Literary Council, initiatives of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, with support from […]
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Busy Sunday in Brooklyn Heights: Summer Space and Book Festival
Karl is on hand with cam to catch all the action, from opera by Martha Cardona Theater to the BHA’s Dog Show to palmistry to yoga to great photos at Summer Space on Montague Street, then to the Brooklyn Book Festival on Borough Hall Plaza, starting with literary troubadours covering the 1961 Tokens hit “The […]
Tinseltown and Tweets at BKBF
Comedian Sarah Silverman made an appearance at soggy Brooklyn Book Festival, and true to form showed off a bit of bathroom humor: RT @cvbryant: @SarahKSilverman just walked out of the men’s bathroom at #bkbf… Oh Sarah! More celeb photos and twitter updates after the jump.
Brooklyn Book Festival: The Empire Reads Books
A Storm Trooper checks out today’s Brooklyn Book Festival ( #bkbf ) as One Story Magazine‘s @hannatinti tweets: Stormtroopers reading @onestorymag! My mission: now complete.
Poet John Ashbery to be Honored at Book Festival Sunday
The distingushed New York poet John Ashbery will be honored with the “BoBi” award at this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival, to be held at Borough Hall Park this Sunday, September 12. At 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Ashbery and renowned Brooklyn novelist Paul Auster will have a conversation on the stage of the St. Francis College auditorium, […]
Brooklyn Book Festival Sunday
The Brooklyn Book Festival happens tomorrow (9/14) starting at 10am at the Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza. For a full listing of confirmed authors appearing check out the festivals website. The Brooklyn Eagle reports on a couple of highlights:
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