Brooklyn Book Festival 2007

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
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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