Events Calendar Copy – 6 months

The Foundation will return, with a booth at this year’s Festival.

The Brooklyn Book Festival is one of America’s premier book festivals and the largest free literary event in New York City. Presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors, the Festival includes a week of Bookend Events throughout New York City, a lively Children’s Day and a celebratory Festival Day with more than 300 authors plus 250 booksellers filling a vibrant outdoor Literary Marketplace. This hip, smart, diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages.

The Teen Press Conference brings the excitement and prestige of the National Book Awards to an audience of young people. Held at the 92nd Street Y in New York the day before the National Book Awards ceremony, every year 600 middle and high school students from NYC schools attend free-of-charge, receive free copies of the nominated titles, and have the unique opportunity to connect and interact with high-profile authors in what is often their first exposure to a literary arts event.

For questions about the Teen Press Conference, please email Deputy Director, Jordan Smith.

The Winners in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature are announced. A livestream of the event will be available on our website beginning at 7 p.m.

• Longlists announced September 16-20, 2019
• Finalists announced October 8, 2019