Covid Guidelines for Physical Events

We continue to follow government guidelines regarding Covid-19 safety at the Festival. We encourage masks for indoor events. Please be aware that select indoor programs might require masks and we ask for your cooperation in these cases.

12:00 pm EST

September 30, 2023

Makers and Creators Area, Brooklyn Commons

Brooklyn Commons

Children / Creative Activity

What’s in Your Head?

Join Brazilian author Ana Matsusaki for a captivating reading of The Collector of Heads. After the storytime, kids are invited to an introspective exploration of their own heads through an imaginative art activity inspired by the artwork of the book, combining drawing and collage.

Participating authors

Ana Matsusaki

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Asian American Writers Worksop

BAM

Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn Public Library

The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College

The Center for Fiction

National Book Foundation

The New York Review Of Books

NYU

Poetry Society Of America

St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

St. Francis College

Whiting Foundation