Brooklyn Bookbeat: Community Bookstore, Beth Elohim partner to present ‘Brooklyn by the Book’
Park Slope’s Community Bookstore and Congregation Beth Elohim, two historic Park Slope institutions, have partnered to host a monthly literary series at the Congregation called Brooklyn By The Book. The series originated last fall when the organizations recognized their shared desire to organize a program that aimed to serve their particular community.
Michele Filgate, Community Bookstore’s events coordinator, tells Brooklyn Eagle, “Both Congregation Beth Elohim and Community Bookstore wanted to create a series that was very specific to the neighborhood. Our goal is to host a mix of nonfiction and fiction events.” Last year’s program kicked off with an exciting roster of writers, including Paul Auster and Don DeLillo.
This January, the Bookstore and Congregation hosted National Book Award winner Andrew Solomon, bringing in over 300 attendees. On March 14, the program will feature Mark Russ Federman in conversation with Rabbi Andy Bachman; the following week Edgar M. Bronfman and Jan Aronson will appear in Conversation with Rabbi Andy Bachman; and on April 3, Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of “Olive Kitteridge,” will discuss her new book “The Burgess Boys.”