TONIGHT: Book Festival’s Friday ‘Bookend’ programs feature Téa Obreht, Joyce Johnson
With the Brooklyn Book Festival just a couple of days away, the festival’s Bookend programming has some exciting events slated for Friday. The PEN American Center’s Obsession series will collaborate with renowned author Téa Obreht, rock bands will go bowling, Brooklyn poets will read, local indie book and magazine publishers will celebrate, and Joyce Johnson – known for her memoir “Minor Characters,” which chronicles her relationship with Jack Kerouac – will read from her work. The events, which are free or low-cost to attendees, are held at bookstores, parks, theaters and libraries across Brooklyn.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 BOOKEND EVENTS:
Iris Wilson presents FELA! Let Music Be The Weapon. Join us for an Author Reading of, FELA! Let Music be the Weapon, written by author, dancer, and educator Iris Wilson and illustrated by her son Nangwaya Gibson. Nangwaya will be demonstrating some of his illustrations from the book. It is a family friendly book about the life of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Released by Kalakuta Sunrise Publishing, FELA! Let Music be the Weapon is written in a poetic format, and introduces children age 6 and above to the life of Fela Kuti; from his education throughout his journey as a musician. Book signing to follow.