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9/11/2009

New York Times, September 11, 2009

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Brooklyn Book Festival. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., an indoor and outdoor event with readings, panel discussions, author talks and children’s activities, centered at Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street; other locations include St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street, and the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street; all are in Brooklyn Heights. Authors to take part include Paul Auster, Russell Banks, Edwidge Danticat, Pete Hamill, Siri Hustvedt, Francine Prose and Melvin van Peebles. Events are free, but tickets are required for some and will be available one hour before the event at a booth in front of Borough Hall. brooklynbookfestival.org.

Brooklyn Book Festival.

9/11/2009

WNYC Radio, September 11, 2009

“Brooklyn Book Festival.” The Leonard Lopate Show.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Johnnie Temple, Chair of the Brooklyn Literary Council, stop by to talk about this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival. The festival takes place Sunday, September 13th, 10:00-6:00 pm, at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, 209 Joralemon Street. Listen here.

Brooklyn Fest: Book It!

9/10/2009

New York Post, September 10, 2009

“Brooklyn Fest: Book It!” By Sara Stewart.

Most days, you can’t swing a dead cat in Brooklyn without hitting a writer (and there’s probably a forthcoming memoir about that: “The Dead Cat-Swingers Club” could be a big hit). But this Sunday at the Brooklyn Book Festival, there’ll be an unusually high density: 220 authors are slated to attend this year. “Brooklyn is the literary capital of New York,” says Borough President Marty Markowitz, who refers to his bookish borough as The Left Bank. He’s a big reader himself: “Currently,” says the history buff, “I’m reading ‘The Third Reich at War,’ by Richard Evans.” We caught up with several festival panelists to ask them a few questions — via e-mail, as authors often prefer — on the state of writing in New York. Read more.

Time Out New York, September 10-16, 2009

9/10/2009

*FREE Brooklyn Book Festival. Brooklyn Borough Hall and 209 Joralemon St between Adams and Court Sts, Brooklyn Heights. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall. 10am – 6pm. This year’s BBF promises to, once again, be awesome. There will be talks and readings by more than 220 authors, including, to name just a few, Russell Banks, Jonathan Lethem, Anne Carson, Paul Auster, Edwidge Danticat, Claire Messud, Colson Whitehead, A.M. Homes, David Cross, Mary Gaitskill, Nicholson Baker, Oliver Sacks, Gary Shteyngart and Paula Fox. Comic Con is also bringing a strong graphic-novelist presence, and there is also a stage devoted to kids’ lit.

Marty Markowitz Invites You to Go Between the Covers.

9/10/2009

Brooklyn Paper, September 10, 2009

“Marty Markowitz Invites You to Go Between the Covers.” By Ben Muessig.

Books. Sure, you’ve heard of them, but when’s the last time you actually read one? In our increasingly digital world, books are struggling to retain their cultural relevancy — but for at least one day this year, they’ll be more important than Twitter, Facebook, and Adult Friend Finder combined (well, maybe not Adult Friend Finder, but you get the idea).

This Sunday’s fourth annual Brooklyn Book Festival will honor the second best things printed on paper, as more than 200 literary luminaries will gather at Borough Hall to hawk their wares and discuss their trade. Read more.