BP MARKOWITZ TO UNVEIL AUTHOR LINEUP FOR THIRD ANNUAL BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL

6:00 P.M.
FRIDAY, JUNE 13
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL ROTUNDA
209 JORALEMON STREET
BETWEEN COURT & ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

On Friday, June 13, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will announce publicly for the first time the lineup of the renowned national and international authors who will participate in the third annual Brooklyn Book Festival, which will take place this fall, Sunday, September 14, 2008, at Borough Hall.

At the “Literary Mingle” event on June 13, Borough President Markowitz will join members of the Borough President’s Literary Council, which organizes, produces and promotes the Brooklyn Book Festival, as well as top authors, publishing industry leaders, editors and literary insiders.

The 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival follows last year’s hugely successful event, which attracted 20,000 visitors and media from around the world to Borough Hall. Media outlets that covered the Festival included the New York Post, NY1, New York Magazine, Publishers Weekly and literary blogs across the country.

The gathering continues to grow into one of America’s premier literary and literacy events—a hip, smart, diverse festival attracting tens of thousands of book lovers of all ages who come to purchase books, hear authors and celebrate the written word. The Festival enhances the borough’s contemporary and historic literary reputation by adding top national and international authors and new partners to expand the event’s reach and prominence beyond Brooklyn, establishing the Festival as a major annual literary destination.

This year’s Brooklyn Book Festival will again feature outdoor stages in Borough Hall Plaza as well as “Reading Rooms” inside historic Borough Hall. Programming will include panels and readings on an outdoor main stage facing Borough Hall’s historic marble steps, a children’s authors stage and youth pavilion, and exhibitors that will include bookstores, publishers and literary organizations. Events will also take place at the Brooklyn Historical Society.