Upcoming Events
22sep10:00 am6:00 pmNational Book Foundation Booth at Brooklyn Book Festival10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Event Details
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
Event Details
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.
Time
(Sunday) 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location
Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity
Organizer
Brooklyn Book Festival, Inc. and Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council
Event Details
Event Details
Join four acclaimed authors honored by the 2018 National Book Awards for an engaging discussion on craft, recognition, and the vital importance of literature. Featuring writers working widely across subject and genre, the panel includes translator Jennifer Croft (Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, Finalist, Translated Literature), Victoria Johnson (American Eden, Finalist, Nonfiction), Raquel Salas Rivera (lo terciario / the tertiary, Longlist, Poetry), and Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Heads of the Colored People, Longlist, Fiction).
Moderated by Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.
* Your festival program will be followed by a half-hour book signing.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm
Location
BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY
Organizer
Brooklyn Book Festival, Inc. and Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council