Cosponsored by Columbia University Press and Akashic Books. Wine reception to follow.
The Lost Treasures of R&B launch event featuring Nelson George in conversation with Miles Marshall Lewis. Cosponsored by Okayplayer.
Part of the Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends series. A fun gathering of publishers, editors, and authors from indie publications across Brooklyn to drink, celebrate, and highlight new titles! Akashic will help sponsor the event. Our featured title this year is Tehran at Twilight by Salar Abdoh.
Celebration of Caribbean Culture featuring Elizabeth Nunez (Trinidad), author of Not for Everyday Use; Jennifer Davis Carey (Barbados), author of Near the Hope; and Esther Figueroa (Jamaica), author of Limbo. Dr. Carole Boyce Davies, author of Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones, will introduce the event.
Beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery!
Launch event for As Flies to Whatless Boys. Robert Antoni will be in conversation with Tiphanie Yanique (Trinidad Noir). Beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery!
David McConnell in conversation with Ken Corbett, author of Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities. Beer for this event will be lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery!
Cosponsored, moderated, and introduced by Ron Kavanaugh, editor-in-chief and publisher of Mosaic magazine. Beer for this event will be lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery!