Book Fest gets a boost with Caribbean spirit
Brooklyn is the destination
for anyone who enjoys turning
a page to enlightenment when
the borough’s 13th annual
book festival return for a week
of literary harvest.
Three hundred writers of
fiction, non-fiction, poetry and
graphic novels are expected to
showcase the diversity of the
city and the Caribbean diaspora
from Sept. 16 to 23 with
books aplenty introducing new
and seasoned authors and firsttime
and avid readers yearning
for a one-stop location where
they will be able to discover
some of the latest literary
works from a diverse demography
of scribes focusing on a
myriad of subjects.
Textbooks, novels, how-to
publications, children’s and
even magazines will provide
alluring reasons to stop by, listen
and learn or maybe browse
and buy a myriad of old and
new books.
Teachers, students, mentors,
parents and occasional readers
are invited to visit the borough
whose Borough President Eric
Adams promise an eye-fest of
words and literary collection to
satiate a range of generations.
The media room at 209
Joralemon St. along with the
Brooklyn Historical Society, a
stone’s throw further at 128
Pierrepont St., Brooklyn Law
School and St. Ann & The Holy
Trinity Church at 157 Montague
St. nearby are hubs offering
“Poetry At The Crossroads,”
“Uncharted Territory: Families
in the New Frontier” “My
Brother’s Keeper,” and other
enlightening presentations.
Marlon James and Joyce
Carol Oates in conversation
should be a 5 pm must attend
event on Sept. 22 when Oprah
Winfrey’ magazine book editor,
Leigh Haber, moderates at St.
Ann & The Holy Trinity.
Needless to say, everything
from electronic to handy tabletop
books will be displayed for
purchase throughout a marketplace
along the plaza bordering
Borough Hall during
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Brooklyn’s hosting of the festival
in the heart of downtown.
Medgar Evers Center for
Black Literature has collaborated
with Bedford Stuyvesant
Restoration Center, 1368 Fulton
St. to present a forum titled
“Bold New Voices Explore The
Race and Relationships.’
Check this one in the heart
of Bedford-Stuyvesant on Sept.
19 from 6:30 to 8 pm.
The week-long offering also
bookends similar outings in
Manhattan, the Bronx and
Staten Island.
Particularly alluring to Caribbean
nationals are the myriad
from the diaspora making
their debut with conversations
and books on poetry and other
forms of writing expressions.
On Sept. 20 at 7:30 pm,
‘Image Conscious – Repainting
the Imaginary of Caribbean
Picture Books, Novels and
Graphic Novels’ offer a One
Author Marlon James is expected to make a presentation at
St. Ann & The Holy Trinity on Sept 22 at 5pm.
Book One Bronx presentation
at the Bartow Community
Center at Co-op City, 2049
Bartow Ave., (across from Bay
Plaza) in the Bronx.
“Boonoonooonus Hair with
Olive Senior and Laura James”
the following day at 2 pm will
launch a children’s picture
book focusing on hair.
The love your hair NYC
launch will be held at the Bronx
Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge
Road also in the Bronx.
A reading in celebration of
Audre Lorde begins on Sept.
21 at 2 pm at Alice Austen
House Museum, 2 Hylan Blvd.
on Staten Island.
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Inside Life
By Vinette K. Pryce