I was out of town Friday to speak at a writer’s conference, but the Brooklyn Literary Council held a press conference to announce some of the authors who will be appearing at the second annual Brooklyn Book Festival this September. And there’s a lot of ’em already, according to the press release:
“The distinguished authors who have confirmed so far are Chris Abani, Colin Channer, Staceyann Chin, Mike Farrell, Paula Fox, Amitav Ghosh, Myla Goldberg, Kimiko Hahn, A.M. Homes, Uzodinma Iweala, Phillip Lopate, Gloria Naylor, Mohammed Naseehu Ali, George Packer, Neal Pollack, Carl Hancock Rux, George Saunders, Robert Sullivan, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Ivan Valez Jr., Colson Whitehead, Mo Willems, and Tia Williams.”
Also, there’s going to be a party honoring Park Slope’s own Paul Auster.
How many members of the Brooklyn Literary Council can you recognize standing around borough president Marty Markowitz? We spotted Harold Augenbraum of the National Book Foundation, Livewire.com cofounder Kate Travers, Paul Slovak of Viking, and Akashic Books publisher Johnny Temple…fill in the gaps!