Thank you everyone who came to the 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival.  More than 40,000 people attended Festival Day, New York City’s largest free literary event. An array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors participated including Ted Chiang, Catana Chetwynd, Susan Choi, Edwidge Danticat, Sarah Dessen, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jenny Han, Aleksandar Hemon, Mira Jacob, Marlon James, N.K. Jemisin, Lucy Knisley, Jessica Lange, DeRay Mckesson, Bill McKibben, Mary Norris, Joyce Carol Oates, Ben Passmore, Matt Taibbi, Mo Willems, Meg Wolitzer, Nell Zink, and hundreds more. See the full list on our Authors page!

The Festival included a week of Bookend events in locations throughout New York City, and a lively Children’s Day with more than 50 authors and a full day of author readings and performances, workshops, activities, and book signings including Nick Bruel, Jerry Craft, Vashti Harrison, Emily Jenkins, Mo Willems, and many others.