16
Sep/15

BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL

16
Sep/15
Lovers of all things literature will flock to Brooklyn this year for tenth annual Brooklyn Book Festival

Lovers of all things literature will flock to Brooklyn this weekend for tenth annual Brooklyn Book Festival

Children’s Day: Saturday, September 19, MetroTech Commons, free, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Brooklyn Book Festival: Sunday, September 20, Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, free, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
www.brooklynbookfestival.org

The Brooklyn Book Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a full slate of special events this weekend, beginning on Saturday as Children’s Day takes over MetroTech Commons with more than forty authors participating, followed on Sunday with more than 250 writers around Borough Hall. There will be plenty of booths and signings, with lots of books for sale. In addition, there will be such bookend and satellite programs as “Kevin Geeks Out About the Apocalypse” on Thursday at Nitehawk Cinema, “Granta Presents . . .” on Friday at BookCourt with Tracy O’Neill, Greg Jackson, Jesse Ball, Peter Gizzi, A. M. Homes, and moderator Sigrid Rausing, “Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure with Author Nadja Spiegelman” on Saturday at the New York Transit Museum, “Strings and Slams” on Sunday in Brooklyn Bridge Park with poets Liza Jessie Peterson and Tongo Eisen-Martin performing to live music by violinists Jennifer Choi and Cornelius Dufallo, and “Net Lit Unlimited” on Monday at the Goethe-Institut with Geoff Mack, Eric Becker, and Katy Derbyshire. Below are only some of the many events honoring the rich literary tradition of the greatest borough in the world.

Saturday, September 19
What Are You Waiting For? Kevin Henkes in Conversation with Jon Scieszka, followed by a Q&A and book signing, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Auditorium, 10:00 am

Where We Belong, with R. J. Palacio, Kat Yeh, and Corey Ann Haydu, moderated by Andrew Harwell, Young Readers Stage, 11:00 am

What a Character!, with Abby Hanlon, Lenore Look, and Jon Scieszka, moderated by Anica Rissi, Young Readers Stage, 12 noon

Readers Theatre of Mystery and Magic, with Chris Grabenstein, Tracey Baptiste, Emily Jenkins, and Sarah Mlynowski, moderated by Adam Gidwitz, Young Readers Stage, 1:00

Do You Dig Worms?!, with Kevin McCloskey, Workshop Spot, fourth floor, NYU MetroTech Center, 2:00

Illustrators in Action, live-action drawing competition with Kevin Sherry, Kazu Kibuishi, George O’Connor, Aimee Sicuro, Frank Morrison, and Raúl Colón, moderated by Ayun Halliday, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Auditorium, 3:00

Sunday, September 20
Pen American Center Presents: The Words Your Children Cannot Read, with Matt de La Peña, Libba Bray, Robie Harris, and Christopher Myers, Main Stage, Columbus Park, 10:00 am

The Writer’s Life, with Joyce Carol Oates, Ben Greenman, and Pico Iyer, moderated by Elissa Schappell, St. Francis College Auditorium, 11:00 am

Concrete Jungle — Where Dreams Are Made, with John Leguizamo and Jonathan Lethem, moderated by Steph Opitz, St. Francis College Auditorium, 12 noon

Modern Families, with Kate Bolick, Augusten Burroughs, and Robert Christgau, moderated by Lisa Lucas, North Stage, Cadman Plaza East, 1:00

Redrawing Boundaries, with Eduardo Halfon, Geoff Dyer, and Francine Prose, moderated by Ryan Chapman, St. Francis College Auditorium, 2:00

Retribution, with Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, and Nina Revoyr, moderated by Clay Smith, St. Francis College Auditorium, 3:00

David Simon and Nelson George in Conversation, moderated by Farai Chideya, Main Stage, Columbus Park, 4:00

Brooklyn Places and Spaces, with Arabella Bowen and Oriana Leckert, moderated by Carlo Scissura, Main Stage, Columbus Park, 5:00