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Brooklyn Book Festival 2007

Friday, September 14, 2007

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes - also a debut author with the crime novel Triple Homicide - will join us to discuss the ever-expanding Brooklyn Book Festival.

Brooklyn Book Festival 2007 takes place this Sunday, September 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall, the adjacent Borough Hall Plaza and Columbus Park, the Brooklyn Historical Society, and St. Francis College. Learn more at brooklynbookfestival.org.

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Comments

  • [1] Rebeccah from Park SLope September 14, 2007 - 01:13PM

    If Marty Markowitz wants to represent himself as a champion of the Brooklyn literary community, he might want to re-consider his stance on such projects as the Atlantic Yards-- which help undermine the very community life that gives rise to the cultural expression and production he values.


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