Festival turns Brooklyn into book-land
On Sunday, the seventh annual Brooklyn Book Festival attracted tens of thousands of book lovers to Downtown Brooklyn along with a record 280-plus top national and international authors, literary organizations and booksellers.
There were 14 stages at Borough Hall, St. Francis College, St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, outdoors at Columbus Park and other nearby locations. At some of the more popular events, such as one that presented readings by various poet laureates past and present, the lines were huge, and some people had to wait 10 minutes or more to get in.
Among the most popular events were “I’d Like To Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had,”a conversation between actor Tony Danza and Borough President Marty Markowitz about Danza’s taking time out from his career to teach; back-to-back all-star lineups at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church starring Pete Hamill, Edwidge Danticat, Paul Auster, Joyce Carol Oates and several others; and a discussion called “Let’s Talk About Sex” on the main stage.