2009 Brooklyn Book Festival

NEW YORK - Over 220 Authors on Sunday, September 13, 10 am - 6 pm will gather at Borough Hall Plaza, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Major free public event featuring: 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, Staceyann Chin, Gary Shteyngart, Amy Sohn, Nelson George, Melvin Van Peebles, Siri Hustvedt, Lupe Fiasco, Heidi Julavits, Sloane Crosley, Tao Lin, Jeffrey Rotter, Michael Thomas, Keith Gessen, Naomi Klein, Thurston Moore, DJ Spooky, Greg Milner, Francine Prose, Jonathan Ames, Kate DiCamillo, Mo Willems, T. Cooper, Tom Tomorrow, Judi Barrett ... and more!


On Sunday, September 13, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Literary Council and Brooklyn Tourism will host the fourth annual free Brooklyn Book Festival, presenting over 220 authors and a literary marketplace of more than 150 booksellers and literary organizations.


"To New York City and the world, Brooklyn is now Booklyn," said Borough President Markowitz, who will present the Festival's BoBi award to renowned author Edwidge Danticat.


Programs include readings by Paul Auster, Russell Banks, Francine Prose, Tao Lin, Nicholson Baker, Ben Marcus, David Cross and Rakesh Satyal, and poets Anne Carson, Sonia Sanchez, Philip Schultz and Arthur Sze, and panels like Jonathan Lethem and Mary Gaitskill in Conversation; Satire and Comic Relief in 2009 with Jeffrey Rotter, Gary Shteyngart, Sloane Crosley, moderator Ben Greenman; The Great Recession with Justin Fox, Naomi Klein, Kai Wright, moderator Errol Louis; Independent Media Voices with Amy Goodman and Pamela Newkirk; Editor as Author with Heidi Julavits, Hannah Tinti, Sarah Rainone and Donald Breckenridge; Poetry, Pop and Hip-Hop with rapper Lupe Fiasco, musician Thurston Moore, poets Tracie Morris and Matthew Zapruder, moderator Toure; A Tribute to Norman Mailer with Pete Hamill and Norris Church Mailer; Legacies of John Updike and David Foster Wallace, moderator David Ulin; New Fiction From a New Russia and Africa in the Age of Obama. The Festival's new partner, New York Comic Con, will also have a powerful presence.


The Target Children's Area features Judi Barrett, Mo Willems, Victoria Kann, Tom Tomorrow, Ayun Halliday, Peter and Randall de Seve, Christopher Myers and more. The Youth Stoop boasts bestselling authors like Kate DiCamillo, Laurie Halse Anderson, Coe Booth and M.T. Anderson.