DON'T MISS!: WELCOME TO BOOKLYN
If a sci-fi apocalypse were to hit Brooklyn this weekend, affecting the borough the way, say, Karen Thompson Walker’s slowing of the Earth’s orbit wreaks havoc in “The Age of Miracles,’’ it would result in a future with a lot of empty bookshelves. That’s because more than 280 authors are taking part in the seventh annual Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, with events at Borough Hall and other nearby venues. Among the writers participating in talks, panels, Q&As, etc. are Kurt Anderson, Paul Auster, Edwidge Danticat, Lev Grossman, Walter Mosley,
Sapphire, Amy Sohn — and, yes, Karen Thompson Walker, who wrote her book in a tiny studio in Fort Greene.
Having just moved to Iowa, where her husband is in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Walker says, “I’m most excited to participate in the Brooklyn Book Festival because it was my hometown. I always loved going [to the fest] when I lived here,” she adds of her eight years in the borough. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Court and Joralemon streets. Full schedule and details at brooklynbookfestival.org.
— Billy Heller