This is a highly unscientific list of some of the many, many events at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, compiled on the basis of nothing more than our casual interest in these writers for one reason or another. Read More
"First off, there’s no question–in my humble opinion–that the literary center of New York has moved to Brooklyn," said our oh-so-humble Borough President Marty Markowitz celebrating the Brooklyn Book Festival in the ornate lobby of Borough Hall this past Sunday. "The authors live here, the illustrators live here, and the energy–there’s that energy!–among residents of Read More
The city’s intelligentsia is gearing up for the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday, at which some 150 authors—ranging from Joan Didion and Jimmy Breslin to the Jonathans Lethem and Franzen—will be in attendance. But we’d be lying if we said that we weren’t the most excited for the chat that’s supposed to go down Read More
