Brooklyn Book Festival snapshots
Bibliophiles descend on Brooklyn Borough Hall for annual literary blow-out
Viva Book-lyn! The stage is ready and waiting outside Brooklyn Borough Hall before the beginning of the Brooklyn Book Festival. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan
Viva Book-lyn!
Tens of thousands of bibliophiles reveled in the written word at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday.
They heard more than 300 authors speak about their works at 14 stages set up in Brooklyn Borough Hall and its plaza and nearby venues in Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Boro
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