Brooklyn Book Festival
@bkbookfest.bsky.social
Largest Free Literary Festival in New York.
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2025 Dates
Virtual Festival Day: September 14
Children's Day: September 20
Festival Day: September 21
City-wide Bookends: September 14-22
https://linktr.ee/bkbookfest
2025 Dates
Virtual Festival Day: September 14
Children's Day: September 20
Festival Day: September 21
City-wide Bookends: September 14-22
What an incredible #BKBF2025 we had! It couldn't have happened without our partners who welcome us into their spaces. Thank you to Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn Law School, the Center for Brooklyn History, St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church & NYC Parks for helping make this our home in Brooklyn.
September 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What an incredible #BKBF2025 we had! It couldn't have happened without our partners who welcome us into their spaces. Thank you to Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn Law School, the Center for Brooklyn History, St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church & NYC Parks for helping make this our home in Brooklyn.
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Such a wonderful day at @bkbookfest.bsky.social today! Thank you to everyone for coming out to say Hi and snag a signed copy of @jeremytiang.bsky.social‘s State of Emergency!
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Such a wonderful day at @bkbookfest.bsky.social today! Thank you to everyone for coming out to say Hi and snag a signed copy of @jeremytiang.bsky.social‘s State of Emergency!
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Loved listening to Katie Kitamura, Jason Diamond & Denne Michele Norris in conversation today w/ Alexander Chee at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Cherry on top was getting these beauties signed. @bkbookfest.bsky.social @katiekitamura.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @thedennemichele.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Loved listening to Katie Kitamura, Jason Diamond & Denne Michele Norris in conversation today w/ Alexander Chee at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Cherry on top was getting these beauties signed. @bkbookfest.bsky.social @katiekitamura.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @thedennemichele.bsky.social
We've brought your Sunday morning ritual to #BKBF2025!
Join us for @nytgames Spelling Bee Live on the Main Stage at 10 AM and help us tackle a puzzle as a group.
You can also grab a FREE cup of coffee from Everyday Dose from their tent nearby.
Join us for @nytgames Spelling Bee Live on the Main Stage at 10 AM and help us tackle a puzzle as a group.
You can also grab a FREE cup of coffee from Everyday Dose from their tent nearby.
September 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
We've brought your Sunday morning ritual to #BKBF2025!
Join us for @nytgames Spelling Bee Live on the Main Stage at 10 AM and help us tackle a puzzle as a group.
You can also grab a FREE cup of coffee from Everyday Dose from their tent nearby.
Join us for @nytgames Spelling Bee Live on the Main Stage at 10 AM and help us tackle a puzzle as a group.
You can also grab a FREE cup of coffee from Everyday Dose from their tent nearby.
We can’t wait for Festival Day THIS SUNDAY at Borough Hall and surrounding areas! 8 stages and 250 publishers. You won’t want to miss our incredible panels and events running from 10:00am to 6:00pm.
Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!
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Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!
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Festival Day - Brooklyn Book Festival
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September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We can’t wait for Festival Day THIS SUNDAY at Borough Hall and surrounding areas! 8 stages and 250 publishers. You won’t want to miss our incredible panels and events running from 10:00am to 6:00pm.
Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!
brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/f...
Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!
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Children’s Day is TOMORROW, September 20th, at Borough Hall, starting at 10:00am! Check out our awesome lineup of storytime, workshops, performances, and more for kids ages 2 - 11.
Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!
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Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!
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Children’s Day - Brooklyn Book Festival
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September 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Children’s Day is TOMORROW, September 20th, at Borough Hall, starting at 10:00am! Check out our awesome lineup of storytime, workshops, performances, and more for kids ages 2 - 11.
Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!
brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/c...
Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!
brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/c...
Happy First Line Friday! Check out these opening lines that pulled us in and wouldn’t let go. Interested in more of their gripping prose? These authors are joining us for Festival Day on September 21st! Check out our website for more information on #BKBF2025 authors.
September 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Happy First Line Friday! Check out these opening lines that pulled us in and wouldn’t let go. Interested in more of their gripping prose? These authors are joining us for Festival Day on September 21st! Check out our website for more information on #BKBF2025 authors.
Did you know the Brooklyn Book Festival is actually 9 days of literary programming? Our Bookend programs launch tomorrow, September 14th, across all five boroughs and online!
We have 56 incredible events organized by our wonderful partners this year.
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We have 56 incredible events organized by our wonderful partners this year.
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September 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Did you know the Brooklyn Book Festival is actually 9 days of literary programming? Our Bookend programs launch tomorrow, September 14th, across all five boroughs and online!
We have 56 incredible events organized by our wonderful partners this year.
brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/b...
We have 56 incredible events organized by our wonderful partners this year.
brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/b...
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Hope you can come hang out with the editors of Perugia Press & Lily Poetry Review Books at the Brooklyn Book Fest on Sunday, September 21. We’ll be sharing Booth #104 and showcasing our beautiful books in the Literary Marketplace, 10-6. See you in Brooklyn! @bkbookfest.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hope you can come hang out with the editors of Perugia Press & Lily Poetry Review Books at the Brooklyn Book Fest on Sunday, September 21. We’ll be sharing Booth #104 and showcasing our beautiful books in the Literary Marketplace, 10-6. See you in Brooklyn! @bkbookfest.bsky.social
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Come to our @muthamagazine.bsky.social #bookend event with @bkbookfest.bsky.social www.muthamagazine.com/2025/07/what...
What We Didn’t Expect: MUTHA x Pen Parentis x Lofty Pigeon Get Lit(erary), from Panel to Party
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August 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Come to our @muthamagazine.bsky.social #bookend event with @bkbookfest.bsky.social www.muthamagazine.com/2025/07/what...
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Join us at @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social Weds 9/17 @ 6pm for a @bkbookfest.bsky.social Bookends panel on NO COP CITY, NO COP WORLD @haymarketbooks.org, w/@micahh.bsky.social @kamaufranklin.bsky.social, Priscilla Grim, Mariah Parker, & free food&drink! RSVP: registration.brooklaw.edu/academic-eve...
September 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us at @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social Weds 9/17 @ 6pm for a @bkbookfest.bsky.social Bookends panel on NO COP CITY, NO COP WORLD @haymarketbooks.org, w/@micahh.bsky.social @kamaufranklin.bsky.social, Priscilla Grim, Mariah Parker, & free food&drink! RSVP: registration.brooklaw.edu/academic-eve...
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This Sunday evening, for the virtual @bkbookfest.bsky.social, I'll be speaking with Nicole Cuffy, Jess Walter, and Karen Russell about their new novels, the American west, and false gods. brooklynbookfestival.org/event/a-prop...
A Prophet of One’s Own - Brooklyn Book Festival
In Jess Walter’s So Far Gone, a hermit-like retired journalist is forced to confront the radically alien beliefs of his former son-in-law, who has joined the Church of the Blessed Fire, a feeder organ...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This Sunday evening, for the virtual @bkbookfest.bsky.social, I'll be speaking with Nicole Cuffy, Jess Walter, and Karen Russell about their new novels, the American west, and false gods. brooklynbookfestival.org/event/a-prop...
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NEXT THURSDAY: Join Revolution Books and @bkbookfest.bsky.social for Weaver of Dreams, Voice of Conscience: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. In-Person at Revolution Books. September 18 at 7:00 PM. To register, please visit brooklynbookfestival.org/event/weaver...
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEXT THURSDAY: Join Revolution Books and @bkbookfest.bsky.social for Weaver of Dreams, Voice of Conscience: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. In-Person at Revolution Books. September 18 at 7:00 PM. To register, please visit brooklynbookfestival.org/event/weaver...
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SURPRISE 🎉 i’m also one of this year’s authors at @bkbookfest.bsky.social! 🎉 i’ll be moderating a panel with living literary legends @melissafebos.bsky.social and @catherinelacey.bsky.social for virtual festival day—this sunday, 9/14! tune in at 3pm 🤩 head to brooklynbookfestival.org for more info 💌
September 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
SURPRISE 🎉 i’m also one of this year’s authors at @bkbookfest.bsky.social! 🎉 i’ll be moderating a panel with living literary legends @melissafebos.bsky.social and @catherinelacey.bsky.social for virtual festival day—this sunday, 9/14! tune in at 3pm 🤩 head to brooklynbookfestival.org for more info 💌
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Our cast is complete for Shorts: On the Couch! Host Gary Gulman will be joined by Claire Danes, Troy Iwata, Kenice Mobley, & BD Wong for an evening of funny, stirring, & insightful stories about therapy, therapists, & that eternal search for inner peace. bit.ly/3UWUnVe
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September 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Our cast is complete for Shorts: On the Couch! Host Gary Gulman will be joined by Claire Danes, Troy Iwata, Kenice Mobley, & BD Wong for an evening of funny, stirring, & insightful stories about therapy, therapists, & that eternal search for inner peace. bit.ly/3UWUnVe
@bkbookfest.bsky.social #BKBF
@bkbookfest.bsky.social #BKBF
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One week from today! Join CLMP, @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social, and many Brooklyn-based indie publishers at this official @bkbookfest.bsky.social Bookend event on September 19: www.clmp.org/event/15th-a...
15th Annual Brooklyn Indie Party - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
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September 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One week from today! Join CLMP, @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social, and many Brooklyn-based indie publishers at this official @bkbookfest.bsky.social Bookend event on September 19: www.clmp.org/event/15th-a...
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MONDAY, 7PM: Excited for our @bkbookfest.bsky.social ⭐Bookend Event⭐, cohosted by the Franklin Park Reading Series & World Trans Forum! Readings + panel w/Amie Barrodale, @zefrrr.bsky.social, Chet'la Sebree, and @emializh.bsky.social, 🍻happy hour🍷 until 8pm +📚raffle! tinyurl.com/3cdj3ure #Free #BKBF
September 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
MONDAY, 7PM: Excited for our @bkbookfest.bsky.social ⭐Bookend Event⭐, cohosted by the Franklin Park Reading Series & World Trans Forum! Readings + panel w/Amie Barrodale, @zefrrr.bsky.social, Chet'la Sebree, and @emializh.bsky.social, 🍻happy hour🍷 until 8pm +📚raffle! tinyurl.com/3cdj3ure #Free #BKBF
The Brooklyn Book Festival starts THIS SUNDAY with our Virtual Festival Day Programming! Tune in from 1-6pm EST. Don’t forget to register with the following links!
September 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Brooklyn Book Festival starts THIS SUNDAY with our Virtual Festival Day Programming! Tune in from 1-6pm EST. Don’t forget to register with the following links!
Happy First Line Friday! Sink into the setting with these opening lines that paint a scene with words. Don't miss these authors at Virtual Festival Day on September 14th and Festival Day on September 21st! Visit our website for more info on our #BKBF2025 lineup.
September 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happy First Line Friday! Sink into the setting with these opening lines that paint a scene with words. Don't miss these authors at Virtual Festival Day on September 14th and Festival Day on September 21st! Visit our website for more info on our #BKBF2025 lineup.
Who’s that graphic novelist? Check out these illustrations by @mattielubchansky.com revealing some of the spectacular cartoonists joining us this year at Virtual Festival day on September 14th and Festival Day on September 21st!
Visit our website for a full list of #BKBF2025 participating authors!
Visit our website for a full list of #BKBF2025 participating authors!
September 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Who’s that graphic novelist? Check out these illustrations by @mattielubchansky.com revealing some of the spectacular cartoonists joining us this year at Virtual Festival day on September 14th and Festival Day on September 21st!
Visit our website for a full list of #BKBF2025 participating authors!
Visit our website for a full list of #BKBF2025 participating authors!
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Each year, we honor an accomplished writer with the BoBi (Best of Brooklyn Award). This year, the award goes to NYT bestselling novelist Marlon James. Marlon James will be in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald at Festival Day on September 21st!
Each year, we honor an accomplished writer with the BoBi (Best of Brooklyn Award). This year, the award goes to NYT bestselling novelist Marlon James. Marlon James will be in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald at Festival Day on September 21st!
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September 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Each year, we honor an accomplished writer with the BoBi (Best of Brooklyn Award). This year, the award goes to NYT bestselling novelist Marlon James. Marlon James will be in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald at Festival Day on September 21st!
Each year, we honor an accomplished writer with the BoBi (Best of Brooklyn Award). This year, the award goes to NYT bestselling novelist Marlon James. Marlon James will be in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald at Festival Day on September 21st!
Happy First Line Friday! Take a look at these provocative and alluring first lines from some of our incredible international authors. Come see these authors at Virtual Festival Day on September 14th and Festival Day on September 21st! Check out our website for more information on #BKBF2025 authors.
September 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Happy First Line Friday! Take a look at these provocative and alluring first lines from some of our incredible international authors. Come see these authors at Virtual Festival Day on September 14th and Festival Day on September 21st! Check out our website for more information on #BKBF2025 authors.
Happy First Line Friday! We love a book that’s in on the secret. Take a look at these meta introductory lines by Jason Mott, @anandalima.bsky.social, @thelincoln.bsky.social, and @nnedi.bsky.social. These authors are joining us for Festival Day on September 21st!
August 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happy First Line Friday! We love a book that’s in on the secret. Take a look at these meta introductory lines by Jason Mott, @anandalima.bsky.social, @thelincoln.bsky.social, and @nnedi.bsky.social. These authors are joining us for Festival Day on September 21st!
On Fridays, we'll be highlighting the first sentences from books featured at #BKBF2025. Check out these lines that made us chuckle by xbennyboo.bsky.social, kashana.bsky.social, kristenarnett.bsky.social, and emergencychampagne.bsky.social���. These authors will be at Festival Day, September 21!
August 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
On Fridays, we'll be highlighting the first sentences from books featured at #BKBF2025. Check out these lines that made us chuckle by xbennyboo.bsky.social, kashana.bsky.social, kristenarnett.bsky.social, and emergencychampagne.bsky.social���. These authors will be at Festival Day, September 21!
Did you find love at the Brooklyn Book Festival? Discover a new favorite author? Make a life-long friend? Have a mindblowing revelation? Tell us about your memories at the Festival using the link in the bio and with your permission we may share your story, photo, or video!
August 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Did you find love at the Brooklyn Book Festival? Discover a new favorite author? Make a life-long friend? Have a mindblowing revelation? Tell us about your memories at the Festival using the link in the bio and with your permission we may share your story, photo, or video!