2011 Brooklyn Book Festival

                               

Books. Whether you know them as giant leafy tomes or compact little files that load on a slate-sized e-reader, they provide us all a sweet mouthful of imagination, or perhaps a hard lump of information. Either way, come meet, discover and celebrate Brooklyn's talented bunch (a LOT of published authors live in Brooklyn!).

The festival is held at Brooklyn's Borough Hall Saturday September 17 and Sunday September 18. Brookyn Book End events are literary-themed satellite events taking place around Brooklyn in books stores, parks and other community venues - all to celebrate the written (or typed) word.

When: September 15-18, 2011
Where: Brooklyn Borough Hall (207 Joralemon St, Brooklyn Heights)
Website: http://www.visitbrooklyn.org/BBF/Home

Festival for Young Writers

This festival is the culmination of the summer for kids who have participated in a weekly summer writing program that meets in Fort Greene Park. Sign up started June 14 and the program starts July 10, so if you know a budding Dickens or Dickinson, sign them up now!

When: August 21
Where: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
Website: http://www.nywriterscoalition.org/events/fort-greene-park-summer-literary-festival/