It takes an incredible team to bring the Brooklyn Book Festival to life, and our summer interns are a huge part of that. Thank you for your enthusiasm, talent, and commitment. We couldn't do it without you! 📚 #BKBF2026 #NationalInternDay
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Largest Free Literary Festival in New York. https://linktr.ee/bkbookfest 2026 Dates Virtual Festival Day: September 20 Children's Day: September 26 Festival Day: September 27 City-wide Bookends: September 20-28
📚 Book lovers, assemble! Help make #BKBF2026 the best one yet. We're looking for volunteers to join our team as Author Escorts, Signing Assistants, Line Managers, Information Booth Assistants, and Floaters. Be sure to register by September 2, 2026! Sign up here: brooklynbookfestival.org/volunteer/
We are overjoyed to announce award-winning author Amitav Ghosh will be the recipient of the 2026 BoBi Award!
Can’t join us in person for our Big Author Reveal? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Grab a seat from anywhere in the world as we announce the #BKBF2026 authors, BoBi honoree, and poster artist. Join the live stream on our YouTube channel: 🗓️ Tuesday, July 14 ⏰ 6:30 PM 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n74phtd
It’s officially summer, which means we’re nearly three months away from #BKBF2026 📚🎉 Can't wait? Come along to Littlefield NYC on July 14th to hear which authors are joining us this year along with our BoBi honoree and poster designer at #BKBF’s Big Reveal! RSVP here: tinyurl.com/BKBFBigReveal2026
Is your new favorite author coming to #BKBF2026? Find out at Brooklyn Book Festivals's Big Author Reveal at Littlefield NYC as the 2026 authors, BoBi honoree and poster artist are announced for the first time on Tuesday, July 14th 📖✨🎤 Doors at 6 PM! RSVP here: tinyurl.com/BKBFBigReveal2026
Exciting news 📚✨ We’re proud to be a 2026 general operating grant awardee of the Literary Arts Fund! Their support is a wonderful acknowledgment of our efforts to foster dialogue among authors and readers through our free literary festival and programming.
We are elated that author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize 2026 for Taiwan Travelogue. Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King joined the 20th #BKBF for “Disruptive Love,” a panel featuring international authors discussing love in its most complex forms.
#BKBF and NYU 370 Jay Project were thrilled to host Machines & Music, a conversation with Liz Pelly and David Hajdu, moderated by Dan Charnas. The discussion explored the history of machines in music and the present impact of Spotify and generative AI on today’s music landscape. 📸: Marian Goldman
Fraud Alert: We are aware that scammers are targeting authors by posing as BKBF staff or representatives of the Festival. If you are in doubt, please reach out to info@brooklynbookfestival.org. Please be aware and do not respond to emails requesting personally identifiable information.
We're looking for two interns to join us this summer! 📚 Our internships are 12 weeks long and will run from June 1st-August 21st, 2026. They are hybrid schedule at 15 hours per week. Pay is $18.50 an hour. Applications close on May 1st, 2026!
What does the future of music sound like? 🎶 Come find out at our free in-person event on May 4 at 6:30 PM where authors Liz Pelly & David Hajdu will discuss the rise of Spotify and the impact of AI. Moderated by author @dancharnas.bsky.social Get your FREE ticket here: tinyurl.com/Machines-and...
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. shorturl.at/FDziZ
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. brooklynbookfestival.org?form=donate
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.
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...
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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! brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/c...
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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. brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/b...
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
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...
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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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 @bkbookfest.bsky.social #BKBF
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
GATHERING
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