On Wednesday, June 2, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will unveil some of the renowned national and international authors scheduled to participate in the fifth annual Brooklyn Book Festival, which will take place this fall, Sunday, September 12, 2010, in and around Borough Hall and Columbus Park. Also this year, special "bookend" events will be held on Friday, September 10; Saturday, September 11; and Sunday, September 12.
The Festival is one of America's premier literary and literacy events-a hip, smart, diverse event attracting tens of thousands of book lovers of all ages who come to purchase books, hear authors and celebrate the written word.At the "Literary Mingle" event on June 2, Borough President Markowitz will join the Brooklyn Literary Council (list of members below)-which organizes, produces and promotes the Brooklyn Book Festival-as well as top authors, publishing industry leaders, editors and literary insiders.The 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival follows last year's hugely successful event, which attracted more than 30,000 visitors and media from around the world to Brooklyn. Media outlets that have covered the Festival include The New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, Village Voice, Time Out New York, The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, CSPAN 2's Book TV and literary, author and publishing blogs around the world.
This year's Brooklyn Book Festival will again feature outdoor stages in Borough Hall Plaza as well as workshops and "Reading Rooms" inside historic Borough Hall. Programming will include panels and readings on an outdoor main stage facing Borough Hall's historic marble steps, a children's authors stage and special programming for teens and exhibitors that will include bookstores, publishers and literary organizations. Events will also take place at St. Francis College and the Brooklyn Historical Society.For more information about the Brooklyn Book Festival, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org or check out the official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Book-Festival-Official-Site/20650359836. You can follow the Brooklyn Book Festival on Twitter at @bkbf.Members of the Brooklyn Literary CouncilHarold Augenbraum, National Book Foundation Stacey Barney, Penguin/G.P. Putnam's Sons Jennifer Carlson, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency Rob Casper, Poetry Society of America Adriana Dominguez, Full Circle Literary Mary Gannon, Poets & Writers Magazine Brenda Greene, Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College Theodore Hamm, The Brooklyn Rail Timothy Houlihan, St. Francis College Andrea Jeyaveeran, The Graduate Center, CUNY Jay Kaplan, Brooklyn Public Library Marcela Landres, Publisher, Latinidad Jeffrey Lependorf, Council of Literary Magazines and Presses Winfrida Mbewe, W.W. Norton & Company Patricia Mulcahy, Tillie's Café, Brooklyn Books Denise Oswald, Soft Skull Press Gregory Polvere, GTHQ Peter Rothberg, The Nation Paul Slovak, Viking Penguin Rob Spillman, Tin House Johnny Temple, Akashic Books Kate Travers, Literary Consultant Matt Weiland, Ecco
