Literature lovers will gather in Brooklyn on September 18 for eleventh annual Brooklyn Book Festival
Multiple locations in Brooklyn
Sunday, September 18, free, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
www.brooklynbookfestival.org
The eleventh annual Brooklyn Book Festival celebrates literature and the best borough in the world with a fab lineup of more than three hundred writers participating in more than one hundred events at Brooklyn Borough Hall, the Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Law School, Columbus Park, Cadman Plaza, and other venues. Below are our suggestions for what do to each hour. In addition, there will be more than three hundred booths, from indies and major publishers to other literary organizations.
Powerful by Design: Chip Kidd and Kyle Baker, moderated by Joan Hilty, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., 10:00 am
Best of Brooklyn: Jacqueline Woodson, moderated by A. O. Scott, St. Francis College Auditorium, 180 Remsen St., 11:00 am
A Conversation with Margaret Atwood, moderated by Calvin Reid and introduced by Meg Lemke, St. Francis College Auditorium, 180 Remsen St., 12 noon
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered, with Alexis De Veaux, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andre Dubus III, moderated by Gregory Cowles, St. Francis College Auditorium, 180 Remsen St., 1:00
Short But Sweet, with Ben Katchor, Emily Flake, and Glen Baxter, moderated by Connie Sun, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., 2:00
Wanderlust and the Search for Meaning, with Russell Banks, Sarah Glidden, and Pico Iyer, moderated by Timothy J. Houlihan, Congregation Mt. Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West, 2:30
Who Tells Your Story? Identity and Representation on the Contemporary American Stage, with Madeline George, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Alvin McCraney, Lucy Thurber, and Carl Hancock Rux, Main Stage, Columbus Park, 3:00
Darkly Comic, with Rick Moody, Geoff Dyer, and A. M. Homes, moderated by Ian S. Maloney, Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon St., 4:00
Source Texts, with Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth Nunez, and Michael Seidlinger, moderated by Baz Dreisinger, St. Francis College Auditorium, 180 Remsen St., 5:00