8th annual Brooklyn Book Festival honors Lois Lowry
Brooklyn BookBeat: Lowry to receive annual ‘BoBi’ award; joins four other ‘Bookmark’ winners
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Literary Council and Brooklyn Tourism have announced that the eighth annual Brooklyn Book Festival, which takes place on Sept. 22, will bestow its Best of Brooklyn, BoBi award on Newbery Award Medalist, Lois Lowry. The BoBi is presented to an author who has had a significant impact on the field of literature and whose body of works exemplifies and speaks to the spirit of Brooklyn.
Lowry is also one of this year’s five collectible bookmark authors together with Nick Flynn, Sapphire, the late Harvey Shapiro and Adrian Tomine. “Bookmarks” are a yearly distinction given to literary figures whose heritage and work connect back to Brooklyn. The collectible bookmarks can now be picked up at all independent bookstores in Brooklyn, as well as at every branch of the Brooklyn, Queens and New York Public Library systems.