Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza
209 Joralemon St
718.802.3852
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Brooklyn Book Festival 2010
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Sunday Sep 12, 2010 (10am–6pm)
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“No other book festival holds a candle to the Brooklyn Book Festival in terms of program variety, interest, and intimacy. With venues from Borough Hall to the Bell House, come see your favorite authors get personal. Nobel-winner Paul Krugman heads a panel on the economic crisis; Naomi Klein and Kurt Anderson reflect on the Culture of Disaster; Paul Auster converses with John Ashbery; John Hodgman and Sloane Crosley talk humor writing, and Nick Flynn speaks to the atrocities of conflict. More notables include Stephen Elliott, Rosanne Cash, Melvin Van Peebles, Monica Ferrell, Joshua Cohen, Elizabeth Wurtzel, and Mary Gaitskill. Book-ending the panels this year are special events such as an intimate conversation with John Waters, the PEN Quiz Night, and an opening-night Indie Press Celebration at Greenlight Bookstore. If for you this is all an elaborate ruse to schmooze, then by all means: stroll the tents, pick up the latest from Dalkey, Electric Literature, and Drawn & Quarterly, and chat up some small-press publishers while taking in events at the outdoor mainstage.”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
The Brooklyn Book Festival is a huge, free public event presenting an array of literary stars and emerging authors who represent the exciting world of literature today. One of America’s premier literary and literacy events, this hip, smart, diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages. The festival is organized around themed readings and devoted to timely and lively panel discussions. The inclusion of top national and international authors and new partners has expanded the festival’s reach while continuing to celebrate and enhance Brooklyn’s contemporary and historic literary reputation.
- Brooklyn Book Festival
