First Annual Brooklyn Literary Festival is Saturday

Brooklyn is one writing borough, so it's fitting that the first annual Brooklyn Literary Festival will be happening on Saturday, September 16 from 10AM to 6PM in the at Borough Hall. The festival list of writers includes Jonathan Ames, Ann Brashares, Colin Channer, Jennifer Egan, Nelson George, Yusef Komunyakaa, Nicole Krauss, Jhumpa Lahiri, Philip Lopate, Rick Moody, Nelly Rosario, Toure and Colson Whitehead. There will be tree outdoor stages for panel discussions, performances and children’s programming. Indoor rooms in Borough Hall will be used for author readings and areas will be reserved for signings. Several local independent bookstores will be selling, and there will be 100 exhibitors, including publishers Seven Stories, Feminist Press, New York University Press, Graywolf, PowerHouse Books, and literary organizations like the Small Press Center. Gawker served up the recipe a little more, um, amusingly recently, suggesting "Place bylines and egos in Borough Hall; stir for three seconds or until pretentious. Serve chilled."