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Largest Free Literary Festival in New York. Virtual Festival Day: Sept 14 Children's Day: Sept 20 Festival Day: Sept 21 Bookends: Sept 14-Sept 22
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Joined May 2009
This year marks the Brooklyn Book Festival's 20th Anniversary, so save the dates below and come celebrate with us! 📚🎉. #BKBF25.Virtual Festival Day: September 14th.Children's Day: September 20th.Festival Day: September 21st.City-wide Bookends: September 14th-22nd
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From creative cookbooks to genre-defying memoirs, we’re so excited to have actress, writer, and BEM Bookstore co-owner Danielle Davenport announce our dynamic non-fiction lineup for Festival Day on September 21st!. Visit our website for a full list of participating authors.
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Happy First Line Friday! We love a book that’s in on the secret. Take a look at these meta introductory lines by @JasonMott, Ananda Lima, @thelincoln, and @nnedi. These authors are joining us for Festival Day on September 21st! @DuttonBooks @torbooks @AtriaBooks
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Save your applause for the end because you don’t want to miss @cathylinhche announcing the illustrious poets that will be joining us for Festival Day on September 21st!. Take a look at the full list of participating author for #BKBF2025 on our website!
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We’re just as excited 😮🤠as Greg Mania and Tommy Pico about these literary luminaries joining us on September 21, 2025 for Festival Day!. And even more of your favorites will be there! You can find the full list of participating authors for #BKBF2025 on our website.
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Every Friday, we'll be highlighting the beginning sentences from titles featured at #BKBF2025 . Check out these opening lines that made us chuckle by @xbennyboo, Kashana Cauley, @Kristen_Arnett, and @prepartynap . These authors are joining us for Festival Day on September 21!
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Listen up as Fredrick Joseph offers a beautiful introduction for some of the YA authors participating in the Brooklyn Book Festival through verse. Don’t miss the spectacular authors at Festival Day on September 21st!. Go to our website for the full list of #BKBF2025 authors!
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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!
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Thank you to @imaniperry for announcing some of the spectacular non-fiction authors who will be joining us at the 20th Brooklyn Book Festival!. Full list of authors on our website!. Update: Unfortunately, Lidia Yuknavitch is no longer available to attend the festival.
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Check out this Purrfect author announcement by Amber Sparks! She and her feline sidekick fill us in on some more talented fiction authors who will be joining us at the 20th Brooklyn Book Festival!. Go over to our website to see a full list of participating authors for #BKBF2025
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All volunteers must be 18+ and attend a short, mandatory, virtual training session. Every volunteer will receive a free official Brooklyn Book Festival T-shirt to be worn during each shift. Registration is open now at the link below and in our bio!.
brooklynbookfestival.org
This year the Brooklyn Book Festival celebrates its 15th Anniversary of presenting free literary programming. Our Festival will be presented virtually this year. Volunteer opportunities will not be...
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Honored to be named one of @NatGeoTravel's best book festivals in the world alongside these other incredible festivals!.
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From Jamaica to Jaipur, these literary festivals celebrate the power of the written word and offer you a chance to hear from celebrated and up-and-coming authors—as well as fellow bibliophiles.
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RT @miaadrikang: save the date! I'm excited to be part of this year's @BKBF on Sep 21st. poster by Sarula Bao, and full details at the fe….
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Calling all book lovers! The Brooklyn Book Festival is looking for volunteers to be line managers, author escorts, signing assistants, information booth assistants, and more to help us make our 20th Anniversary Festival run smoothly.
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RT @KirkusReviews: Marlon James will be the honored guest at this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival. The festival, which hosts numerous author….
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Big thank you to David Ezra Stein and Chicken (who did not interupt!) for doing an amazing job with our author reveal for Children’s Day. Be there on September 20th!. Check the link in our bio for a full list of authors that will be participating in the festival!
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Check out this epic author reveal! @MrAdamRex did us the honor of announcing some of the incredible authors and illustrators that will be at the 2025 Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day on September 20th. Check the link in our bio for a full list of authors!
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We are thrilled to announce award-winning novelist Marlon James as the recipient of the 2025 BoBi Award (Best of Brooklyn). We will fête and honor him at the Festival’s annual award ceremony in September but in the meantime check out his incredible booklist.
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Our biggest thank you to Sarula Bao for creating a vibrant poster to represent our 20th Anniversary Festival. Her incredible artwork depicts the liveliness of our festival at Borough Hall! It’s so beautiful-full of life and color. Poster available for purchase at the festival!
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