Brooklyn Book Festival to feature Dandicatt, Hamill, Lapham, others.
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The Brooklyn Book Festival is just days away, and among the writers there will be Edwidge Dandicatt, Pete Hamill, Lewis Lapham on Oliver Sacks.
Others include Jonathan Lethem, who is always there, Francine Prose and a host of others. Check out a full list on the site. (Click on the “AUTHORS” bar in the upper left corner.) And when you do, let us know which ones are your faves.
It takes places this Sunday, a fairly easy subway ride from Grand Central Terminal on the 4 train if you don’t want to drive. The writers appear in panel discussions on a wide range of topics. Ones I’ve seen in the past include a talk with Lethem and Jonathan Safran Foer about why European books don’t do as well in the United States as American books do across the Atlantic and a discussion with Richard Price on how a novelist adjusts to writing for movies or television.
They also feature trivia contests anyone can enter. (I got knocked out in the second round two years ago) and other events.
Of course, they don’t miss the opportunity to sell you books. The authors take time to sit at a signing table where you can bring their books (which you buy nearby) to be signed.
All the events are free, but you have to stand on line for tickets starting an hour before each session. If you’re trying to see a top author — think Dandicatt — prepare to spend the hour before waiting.
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on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at 11:37 am by Ken Valenti.
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Thanks for the heads up, Ken. Gonna try to make it this year…