Brooklyn Book Festival

We've announced our first list of authors for Festival Day, Virtual Festival Day, Children's Day and Bookends! Stay tuned and check back as we continue to add more authors. We are looking forward to September 22nd when we launch nine days of literary events, including literary Bookend events throughout the city,  Virtual Festival Day for readers who cannot attend in person, our flagship Festival Day & Literary Marketplace in Downtown Brooklyn, and our popular Children's Day in Brooklyn Commons. The Brooklyn Book Festival is NYC's book festival with its heart and home in Brooklyn.

Also, be sure to enjoy our Video Archive of programs - online, free, and fully captioned for all to experience.

The mission of the Brooklyn Book Festival (BKBF) is to celebrate published literature and nurture a literary cultural community through programming that cultivates and connects readers of diverse ages and backgrounds with local, national and international authors, publishers and booksellers. To this end the Brooklyn Book Festival develops original programming that is hip, smart, diverse, and inclusive and presents free, literary, cultural events at the Brooklyn Book Festival Day & Literary Marketplace, Virtual Festival Day, and the family friendly Children's Day. Additionally, BKBF presents Bookend events in venues across NYC and on-line, which are overwhelmingly presented free to the public.

Schedule of Events

Children's Day - Brooklyn Commons at MetroTech

Looking forward to seeing you at the 2024 Children's Day and Children's Book Market!

Join us in Brooklyn Commons in Downtown Brooklyn. With a Picture Book Stage, Young Reader's Stage, Performance Stage, Workshop Room and a dedicated Makers & Creators area, families will  enjoy a full day of readings, workshops, performances, book signings, and art projects with favorite authors and illustrators.