Storytime and Craft with Author Angela Quezada Padron
Fresh off the World Cup, join author Angela Quezada Padron in an interactive read aloud of her soccer-themed book, Lucía’s Goals. Create finger soccer characters and cheer on Lucía as she strives to become the best soccer player in town and achieve her goooooooals!
Create Like an Illustrator with Xindi Yan
Join Xindi Yan, the NYT Bestselling artist behind the beloved Grandpa Grumps series, for a grump-tastic celebration of her newest book, Schooltime Grumps! Get a behind-the-scenes peek at how Xindi turns sketches into storybook magic, then settle in for a read-aloud of this funny, heartwarming story about understanding and navigating relationships at school and in […]
A Whale of a Tale: Painting the Big Picture with Manuel Marsol
Join prize-winning picture book maker Manuel Marsol in a painting workshop and read-along based on his new book Ahab and the White Whale. He’ll dive into the secrets behind his book and teach you how to bring your own great sea creatures to life. And with any luck, you’ll be able to find the great […]
Create Your Own Envelope Book! With Lorraine Nam
Join I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy illustrator Lorraine Nam to learn how to make a simple envelope book. Using paper, envelopes, and glue, you’ll create a one-of-a-kind book to take home. Fill it with special treasures like your library card, bookmarks, notes, or other keepsakes. We’ll flex our creative muscles […]
Fantastical Floating Food Sculpture
Join authors and illustrators Pooja Makhijani (Bread Is Love), Steph Stilwell (Slice of Nice), and Tina Cho and Cindy Kang (Kimchi Fridge) in creating a hanging sculpture based on your favorite foods! Unleash your creativity to make mobiles using your favorite treats as inspiration.
Otherworldly Origami with Sam Ita
Join author, illustrator, and origami master Sam Ita in a workshop based on his new graphic novel Aya and Her Magic Cat. Aya and her magical cat Neko use the ancient art of origami to solve – or, at times, cause – everyday problems. Learn how to turn paper into tiny animals in a few […]
The Literary Lounge (In Person)
Literary Lounge is a welcoming gathering for book lovers and the book-curious alike. Spend time in community through Rapid Reads (speed-style book chats), a DIY Bookmark Station, Design a Book Cover, and a Book Xchange where you can swap a gently loved book for a new read. Enjoy music, connect with fellow readers, discover your […]
Find Your Creative Balance: An Equinox Writing Workshop (Virtual)
Dive into the creative energy of BKBF week with a free, online writing workshop inspired by the Fall Equinox! We will gather on Zoom at the exact time that the Sun hits the equatorial line and get inspired by the equal hours of day/night, with equinox-themed writing prompts to help us find the balance in […]
New York Times Spelling Bee Live
Do you start your mornings playing The New York Times Spelling Bee? Join us live at the Brooklyn Book Festival and play along together! Hosted by Everdeen Mason, Executive Editorial Director of NYT Games, we’ll open this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival, bringing together word lovers of all ages to play together in real time. We’ll […]
Your Crown Shines Writing Workshop with jessica Care moore
Join jessica Care moore for a reading from Your Crown Shines. Afterwards, jessica will take aspiring young writers through a series of writing prompts to explore the question “How does your crown shine?” In this interactive, fun, self-empowering experience, jessica celebrates the journey of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson while encouraging young people to […]
Literary Community Craft Lab (In Person)
Connect and create with authors, writing mentors, and multimedia artists in a simultaneously programmed Community Craft Lab organized by Literary Craft Society (led by multi-awarded author and literary activist, Juliet Diaz) in partnership with the Talking Writing podcast. Featuring: The Unbannable Library exhibit of big books created by NYC writer-artist collaborations and produced by artist […]
Collective Art-Making Under Repression and the Politics of Spectacle (In Person)
Radix Co-op presents a dialogue on art-making under state repression. We will feature a screening of Guy Debord’s Refutation of All the Judgements, Pro or Con, Thus Far Rendered on the Film ‘The Society of the Spectacle,’ followed by a discussion featuring Zein El-Amine (Is This How You Eat a Watermelon?), Kamelya Omayma Youssef (A […]
Henry Flynt: About Transformations (In Person)
Henry Flynt will revisit his seminal 1961 Concept Art work, Transformations, offering a deep, contextual study of the piece and its varied guises over time. Rather than rushing toward an explanation, Flynt will situate Transformations within a wider philosophical and artistic framework, fully exploring Transformations as: a diversion from absurdist computationalist music; a diversion from […]
Mental Health & Creativity: The Tortured Artist, or the Artist Tortures? (Virtual)
Queer Indie and the Writing Community Chat Show will host an interactive, live-streamed panel that will discuss the correlation of creativity with mental health. Topics will include the stereotype of the tortured artist, psychological blocks, how to persevere and find inspiration during mental health struggles, and whether suffering is necessary to understand the human condition […]
Waning Moon Writing Workshop (Virtual)
This year, the Brooklyn Book Festival’s main Festival Day takes place on a NEW MOON and a partial solar eclipse! Get ready for Festival Day energy by getting some writing done in this WANING MOON-themed writing workshop led by artist, writer, and creativity coach Catherine LaSota. Learn about the waning moon phase (what can we […]
Galvanizing the Power of Literary Community: Salons, Series, and Bookstores (In Person)
Indie bookstores are experiencing a resurgence and the in-person book scene is thriving, with salons selling out, new reading series launching, and bookstores doubling as community hubs and third spaces. This panel discussion—featuring author Maura Cheeks, owner of Liz’s Book Bar; Evan Hanczor, founder of Table of Contents; author Tyler Wetherall, creator of Reading the […]