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The Book Cellar
The Book Cellar Conyers GA A Black woman-owned bookstore and café, our mission is to create a welcoming space where stories matter — especially those that reflect diverse voices and lived experienc...
The Book Cellar, Conyers, GA
The Book Cellar, Conyers, GA Book Spotlights Learn more about The Book Cellar in Conyers, GA and other Black-own Bookstores at: https://aalbc.com/bookstore/The+Book+Cellar
Conyers Book Festival
Conyers Book Festival The Georgia International Horse Park Conyers Georgia The festival will feature nationally known authors, engaging workshops, and a bustling marketplace with up to 150 vendors, in...
The Crossed-Out Swastika
The Crossed-Out Swastika Cyrus Cassells 9781556593796 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press "Cassells is a passionate poet whose poems touch the core of human connection through which can flo...
The Planet Of Junior Brown (2006)
The Planet Of Junior Brown (2006) Virginia Hamilton 9781416914105 Fiction Aladdin Simon & Schuster, Inc. This is a reprint of the original 1971 edition. Junior Brown, an overprotected three-hundred...
Screams Across Time
Screams Across Time Tommie Thomas 9781986049382 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Fog enshrouds the road leading to a rural country Church encased in flames for a bomb has reduced it to rub...
Ten-Minute Plays
Ten-Minute Plays Zetta Elliott 9781441486271 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press STASH: Charity, a young woman is accused of killing and castrating her abusive father. QUALITY: Two white women do la...
Sophie Washington My BFF
Sophie Washington My BFF Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776387 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL BOOK AWARD WINNERAn Amazon Bestselling Book!!Fans of Junie ...
Marketing Your Book – Eight Unique Ways to Promote Your Book
Marketing Your Book – Eight Unique Ways to Promote Your Book Desiree Day Article Marketing Your Book - Eight Unique Ways to Promote Your Book by Desiree Day Whether you have just completed yo...
Book-Remarks.com
Book-Remarks.com Troy Johnson Article The goal of Book-Remarks.com is to offer exciting, timely, positive, and useful information to the African-American reading community. Book-Remarks...
Queens Book Fair 2006
Queens Book Fair 2006 Queens Book Fair 2006 Queens Book Fair 2006 Announces Announces Author sign-up for 2006 Queens Book Fair Queens Book Fair 2006 Announces Author sign-up for 2nd Annual...
So They Say You Should Write a Book: A New Author’s Guide to Writing a Book People Will Buy and Read
So They Say You Should Write a Book: A New Author’s Guide to Writing a Book People Will Buy and Read Jevon Bolden 9781733873055 Nonfiction Embolden Media Group Embolden Media Group Someone heard your ...
Sophie Washington The Snitch (paperback)
Sophie Washington The Snitch (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706019 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! **Purple Dragonfly Book Award Firs...
Ruth and the Green Book
Ruth and the Green Book Calvin Alexander Ramsey 9780761352556 Fiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group About This Book Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family’s new car! In the early ...
Lakeside Secrets
Lakeside Secrets K.D. Richards 9781335456816 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited A mother murdered. A daughter’s return.And a killer determined to keep the case cold. Twe...
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee (paperback)
Sophie Washington Queen of the Bee (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706002 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! This entertaining, illustrat...
Debra Owsley
Debra Owsley NONE Debra Owsley, avid reader and hairstylist, transformed her passion into a business, Simply Said Reading Accessories and LitVersation. She collaborates with bestselling authors, book...
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Paperback)
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Paperback) Jason Reynolds 9781481438292 Fiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. UK Carnegie Medal winner A National Book Award Finalist Coretta Sco...
Sophie Washington The Gamer
Sophie Washington The Gamer Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776325 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games for 40 Days? Oh No! Sophie and Cole...
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: The Great Walls of Benin (Book 6)
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: The Great Walls of Benin (Book 6) O.T. Begho 9780955496660 Fiction Evolution Media Lab Ltd Evolution Media Lab Ltd The Adventures of Obi and Titi The Adventures of Obi ...
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: Shango’s Axe of Thunder (Book 5)
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: Shango’s Axe of Thunder (Book 5) O.T. Begho 9780955496653 Fiction Evolution Media Lab Ltd Evolution Media Lab Ltd The Adventures of Obi and Titi The Adventures of Obi a...
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: Queen Idia’s Mask (Book 4)
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: Queen Idia’s Mask (Book 4) O.T. Begho 9780955496646 Fiction Evolution Media Lab Ltd Evolution Media Lab Ltd The Adventures of Obi and Titi The Adventures of Obi and Tit...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
Write It Right: The Guide To Self-Publishing Your Best Book
Write It Right: The Guide To Self-Publishing Your Best Book Gwen Richardson 9780980025095 Nonfiction Cushcity Communications Cushcity Communications Recent changes in the book industry have afforded n...
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat 000000011051509X Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian-born author, is renowned for her books like “Breath, Eyes, Memory”, an Oprah Book Club pick, and “The Farming of Bones”, an American Book...
Alexandra Morton
Alexandra Morton 0000000078676423 Alexandra Morton, host of The Book Look and 2011 Miss Black America-Baltimore, offers a unique online book review show on NewsOne.com. Featuring the latest book news...
Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair
Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati on the African American C...
Harlem Book Fair - 2006
Harlem Book Fair - 2006 Harlem Book Fair - 2006 Harlem Book Fair 2006 Street Map Shows location of vendors on the street as of July 20 2006 Advertise your book in the official program g...
In Search of Diverse Book Buyers Panel Discussion
In Search of Diverse Book Buyers Panel Discussion In Search of Diverse Book Buyers Panel Discussion held during Book Expo America 2015 featuring; Troy Johnson, Founder of AALBC.com; Marva Allen, Found...
Colton’s Blizzard Hideout
Colton’s Blizzard Hideout Deborah Fletcher Mello 9781335502414 Fiction Harlequin Romantic Suspense Harlequin Enterprises Limited Safe from the storm … not from her stalker. Lizzy Colton’s never had...
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed Dashka Slater 9780374314347 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmill...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
Sophie Washington Secret Santa (paperback)
Sophie Washington Secret Santa (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706064 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT! Santa Claus is Coming to TownChristmas is three...
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie (paperback)
Sophie Washington Things You Didn’t Know About Sophie (paperback) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781732706026 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Only Los...
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4)
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781721149452 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE "FIVE STAR" RATED BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games fo...
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners Sharon Lucas 9781625179661 Nonfiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Read a Free Preview of the “The Perf...
Melvin Patrick Ely
Melvin Patrick Ely 0000000030403653 Melvin Patrick Ely is an acclaimed author and historian specializing in African American and Southern history. His prize-winning book, 'Israel on the Appomattox', ...
Book-Remarks.com
Book-Remarks.com Loading The goal of Book-Remarks.com is to offer exciting, timely, positive, and useful information to the African-American reading community. Book-Remarks.com http://book-rema...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers Migrated Writers 17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing A Report From The Field More Bios. The Sight of the 360 Event 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair AA Cultural Expo 2000 AA Book Stor...
The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair
The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair THE 17TH AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR READS ON The 17th Annual A...
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Saturday, January 17, 2015, 10 am - 7 pm 51...
National Book Award - 5 Under 35
National Book Award - 5 Under 35 Video coverage of the 2013 National Book Awards a5 Under 35 The 2013 National Book Awards 5 Under 35 AALBC.com attended three; the 5 Under 35 book party; the Natio...
Hell of a Book
Hell of a Book Jason Mott 9780593330968 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House An astounding work of fiction from a New York Times bestselling author, always deeply honest, at times electrically fu...
The Ultimate Brag Book about Yourself: A hundred questions about how awesome you are!
The Ultimate Brag Book about Yourself: A hundred questions about how awesome you are! Marla J. Albertie 9798667397939 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Can you imagine all the...
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 9780316453691 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Rea...
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America Candacy Taylor 9781419738173 Nonfiction Abrams Press Abrams The first book to explore the historical role and residual impa...
Long Way Down (Paperback)
Long Way Down (Paperback) Jason Reynolds 9781481438261 Fiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. “An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.” —Booklist (starred review) “Ast...
“Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Black Book Industry?”
“Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Black Book Industry?” Troy Johnson Article Exploring The Feasibility Boycotting Amazon’s Bookstore In the following video, Ruth J. Morrison, ...
Jaxon’s Black History Activity Book - Book One
Jaxon’s Black History Activity Book - Book One Tamara Shiloh 9780998969633 Fiction Just Imagine Books & Services Just Imagine Books & Services Activity Book: Jaxon’s Magical Adventure with Black Inv...
Civil Rights Icon, John Lewis Wins National Book Award!
Civil Rights Icon, John Lewis Wins National Book Award! Book Spotlights John Lewis Wins National Book Award for MARCH: BOOK THREE. The award was presented during The 67th National Book Awards Ceremony...
Blacks And Religion Volume One: What Did Africa Contribute To The Origin Of Religion? The Equinox And The Real Story Behind Easter & Understanding The Book Of The Dead
Blacks And Religion Volume One: What Did Africa Contribute To The Origin Of Religion? The Equinox And The Real Story Behind Easter & Understanding The Book Of The Dead Robin Walker 9781500175047 Non...
The Book of Heaven: A Novel
The Book of Heaven: A Novel Patricia Storace 9780375408069 Fiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House From the author of the classic travel memoir Dinner with Persephone, an accomplished poet, and fr...
Peter Slen Announces BookTV's Online Book Club
Peter Slen Announces BookTV's Online Book Club Book Spotlights Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead https://aalbc.it/ssleanin This book will be discussed on C-Span2's Boo...
Lisa Nichols discusses book "No Matter What!" with One Spirit Book Club
Lisa Nichols discusses book "No Matter What!" with One Spirit Book Club Book Spotlights For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/lisa_nichols.htm Lisa Nichols discusses her book "No Matte...
Men Don’t Heal, We Ho: A Book About The Emotional Instability In Men
Men Don’t Heal, We Ho: A Book About The Emotional Instability In Men Steven James Dixon 9780615306995 Nonfiction RelationshipBeast.com RelationshipBeast.com "Men Don’t Heal, We Ho" is a tell-all book ...
Doing Business by the Book: How to Craft a Crowd-Pleasing Book and Attract More Clients and Speaking Engagements Than You Ever Thought Possible
Doing Business by the Book: How to Craft a Crowd-Pleasing Book and Attract More Clients and Speaking Engagements Than You Ever Thought Possible Sophfronia Scott 9781599320939 Nonfiction Advantage Medi...
LitVersation: The Book Conversation Game
LitVersation: The Book Conversation Game Debra Owsley litversations Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published To buy this game, please visit the creator’s website “Hello My name is...
K. Reshay
K. Reshay NONE K. Reshay is a versatile author, poet, and playwright, known for her thought-provoking book series 'Appearances'. She is the Founder of Me Time Book Club, aimed at promoting literacy a...
Judine Slaughter
Judine Slaughter NONE Judine Slaughter, a publisher and author, started her career in 2000 by publishing her daughter's book. In 2022, she published her own book, “Clear Skinned.” She holds a master'...
Moses and the Monster and Miss Anne
Moses and the Monster and Miss Anne Thumper Book Review I admit that the things that form my initial impressions of a book are somewhat shallow. I love a good book cover, whether it is pictures or ...
Post Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African-American Identity
Post Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African-American Identity Kam Williams Book Review "In this book, I will not detail every pathological condition that ever existed in African-American...
Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book
Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book Kam Williams Interview Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book by A. Yamina Collins If you’re a writer on the cusp of publishing a book, today mi...
Great American Book Festival
Great American Book Festival Main Street Square Rapid City South Dakota The Great American Book Festival was created by the founders of Literary Classics Book Awards & Reviews In an effort to suppo...
Adibooks - Book Printer
Adibooks - Book Printer Loading Visit them at http://adibooks.com The latest book printing technology from world-wide industry leaders is employed by Adibooks. As a book printer with over 25 years of ...
Chasing a Second Chance: A Spicy Second Chances Romance
Chasing a Second Chance: A Spicy Second Chances Romance Brenda Jackson 9781335180445 Fiction Harlequin Special Edition Harlequin Enterprises Limited A daredevil lawyer meets a gorgeous single mom with...
Mayowa and the Sea of Words
Mayowa and the Sea of Words Chibundu Onuzo 9781526661005 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing “Joyful and truly original” — Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures ...
National Black Children's Book Fair Tour Kickoff
National Black Children's Book Fair Tour Kickoff National Black Children's Book Fair Tour Kickoff Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Bringing the Community Together Through Literature www.spe...
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact Troy Johnson Article This article was originally published in the April 2025 issue of the IBPA Independent magazine, the magazine for members of the I...
The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z
The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z Jay-Z 9781649804259 Nonfiction Assouline Publishing Assouline Publishing The Classic Edition of The Book of HOV, weighing nearly 5 punds, is presented in JAY-Z blue...
The Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition)
The Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition) Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison 9780316349673 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A new edition for a new world of one...
Punching the Air
Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam 9780062996497 Fiction Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt New York Times and USA Today bestseller • Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor • Walter Award Winner • Goodr...
The Pocket Guide to Book Marketing: A Road Map to Marketing Your Book
The Pocket Guide to Book Marketing: A Road Map to Marketing Your Book John Koehler 9781646634026 Nonfiction Koehler Books Koehler Books This companion piece to the
Jaxon’s Black History Coloring Book - Book One
Jaxon’s Black History Coloring Book - Book One Tamara Shiloh 9780998969640 Fiction Just Imagine Books & Services Just Imagine Books & Services Coloring Book: Jaxon’s Magical Adventure with Black Inv...
A Special Note for Authors, Publishers, and Book Promoters
A Special Note for Authors, Publishers, and Book Promoters Troy Johnson Article “There are some online services that specialize in books for blacks…The most successful is the African American Literat...
Think Like a Bookpreneur: 19 Ways to Transform Your Book into Profitable Products & Services
Think Like a Bookpreneur: 19 Ways to Transform Your Book into Profitable Products & Services Tieshena Davis 9781942838845 Nonfiction Purposely Created Publishing Group Purposely Created Publishing Gro...
50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online
50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online Anna Miller Article Editor’s Note: This article was updated in April 2017 to show sites that are no longer active or have completely shut d...
The Book of Secrets: Part 1
The Book of Secrets: Part 1 Faith Mitchell 9781537203218 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Everyone on the Low Country island of St. Pierre knows the story of Big Jack. A haunting island so...
Ibram X. Kendi Wins National Book Award for Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi Wins National Book Award for Stamped from the Beginning Book Spotlights Ibram X. Kendi Wins National Book Award for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in...
Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for, The Underground Railroa
Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for, The Underground Railroa Book Spotlights Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for his novel The Underground Railroad. The award was presented during ...
September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More
September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More Troy Johnson Article July/August 2016 Bestselling Books Titles on Go On Girl! Book Club's reading list are prominent on our best...
The Willie Lynch Letter is a Hoax!
The Willie Lynch Letter is a Hoax! Troy Johnson Article As a book seller, my primary goal is to connect readers with books that they will enjoy and learn from. Having a reader thank me for introduci...
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards Troy Johnson Article November 11, 2015 Update: A complete list of National Book Award Honorees, of African descent, is now available. The mi...
Herb Boyd talks about his book Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography and other things
Herb Boyd talks about his book Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography and other things Book Spotlights Here Herb Boyd talks about his book; Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography. He also talk about Harlem in general,...
Vote for the Best Book Trailer of 2010!
Vote for the Best Book Trailer of 2010! Troy Johnson Article There are only 2 days left to cast your vote for the finalists of the Best Book trailer of 2010. Cast you vote now: https://bit.ly/best...
21 Nights by Prince
21 Nights by Prince Thumper Book Review My number one is Aretha Franklin. Aretha Franklin is my favorite artist of all times. When I was 13 years old, her album, I Never Loved a Man, save...
The Busy Woman’s Little Book of Motivation: 42 Morsels of Motivation To Help You Live Out Loud and Become The Phenomenal Woman You Were Born To Be
The Busy Woman’s Little Book of Motivation: 42 Morsels of Motivation To Help You Live Out Loud and Become The Phenomenal Woman You Were Born To Be Cassandra Mack 9780595497805 Fiction iUniverse Author...
The Single Moms Little Book of Wisdom: 42 Tidbits of Wisdom To Help You Survive, Succeed and Stay Strong
The Single Moms Little Book of Wisdom: 42 Tidbits of Wisdom To Help You Survive, Succeed and Stay Strong Cassandra Mack 9780595397525 Fiction iUniverse Author Solutions The Single Moms Little Book of ...
Patricia A. Saunders
Patricia A. Saunders NONE Patricia A. Saunders, an author from Connecticut, now based in San Francisco, began her writing journey after her mother's passing. She released her first book in 2012 and i...
Tameka Fryer Brown
Tameka Fryer Brown NONE Tameka Fryer Brown, a Charlotte-based author, is known for her award-winning children's books. Her debut, “Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day,” sold over 100,000 copies. Her sec...
M.J. Fievre
M.J. Fievre NONE M.J. Fievre, a Haiti-born author, currently writing from Miami, began her publishing career as a teenager. Renowned for her nine French books, she also published a trilingual childre...
Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin NONE Nancy Churnin is a celebrated children's book author, known for inspiring kids to be heroes through her stories. She's a Eureka Silver Award winner and has been recognized with the...
Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film
Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film Kam Williams Book Review I admit that the things that form my initial impressions of a book are somewhat shallow. I love a good book cover, whether it...
Adibooks - Book Printer
Adibooks - Book Printer Troy Johnson Article Visit them at http://adibooks.com The latest book printing technology from world-wide industry leaders is employed by Adibooks. A...
Texas Book Festival
Texas Book Festival State Capitol and surrounding grounds Austin Texas The Texas Book Festival (#TXBOOKFEST) celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imaginati...
One Moore Book
One Moore Book One Moore Book One Moore Book https://www.onemoorebook.com/ One Moore Book, founded by Wayétu Moore publishes culturally sensitive and educational stories for children of count...
One Moore Book
One Moore Book One Moore Book One Moore Book https://www.onemoorebook.com/ One Moore Book, founded by Wayétu Moore publishes culturally sensitive and educational stories for children of count...
Harlem Book Fair
Harlem Book Fair Harlem State Office Building Plaza New York New York The Harlem Book Fair is the United State’s largest African-American book fair and the nation’s flagship Black literary...
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. Toni Trent Parker, member of Bla...
Book Publishing Professionals Symposium
Book Publishing Professionals Symposium Book Publishing Professionals Symposium African American Pavilion @ BEA 2007 (Main Page) African American Book Publishing Professionals Sympo...
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012 Photos and one video from the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in Ne...