Brooklyn Book Festival

Our small team is growing!
Apply to be our Social Media & Media Relations Coordinator! This is a part-time, hybrid position, and the pay is $30/ hr.

Submit your resume and samples by March 13, 2026 to the link in our bio and below.

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Did you miss getting a copy of our 20th Anniversary limited edition poster at this year’s festival? Well for a $75 donation or a monthly pledge as low as $6, we'll send you one!

Each donation helps keep BKBF free and accessible for all.

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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.

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!

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.

Festival Day - Brooklyn Book Festival

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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Children’s Day - Brooklyn Book Festival

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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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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 💌

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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15th Annual Brooklyn Indie Party - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses GATHERING

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...

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

At 5:00pm EST, join Jess Walter, Karen Russell, and Nicole Cuffy for A Prophet of One’s Own: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At 5:00pm EST, join Barry Joseph and Juliana Pache It’s Puzzling: The Power of Crosswords and Games, presented by NYU: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At 4:00pm EST, join Chris La Tray, Joseph Lee, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson for Story and Sovereignty: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At 4:00pm EST, join Mia Couto, Geetanjali Shree, and Alexis Wright for Mapping History and Its Fault Lines: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At 3:00pm EST, join Sulaiman Addonia, Sarah Moss, and An Yu for Loneliness and Exile: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At 3:00pm EST, join Melissa Febos and Catherine Lacey for Naked on the Page: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At 2:00pm EST, join Jinwoo Park, Aurora Stewart de Peña, Iryn Tushabe, and Ella Alexander for Who? New! International :
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At 2:00pm EST, join Rachel Deutsch, Mary Catherine Starr, and Becky Barnicoat for The Mad, Mad World of Motherhood: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...