Mark your calendars now for the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival, (Sunday September 14th ) a huge, free event presenting an array of literary stars and emerging authors who represent the world of literature today. The Festival presents exciting and innovative fiction and non-fiction programs with author discussions and readings--all adding up to great day in the great outdoors, thousands of books and a wonderfully celebratory spirit.

Confirmed authors include Joan Didion, Richard Price, Jonathan Lethem, Frank Delaney, Russell Banks, A.M. Homes, George Pelecanos, Terry McMillan, Jonathan Franzen, Noami Wolf, Chuck Klosterman, Jimmy Breslin, Pete Hamill, Nikki Turner, Gail Carson Levine, Cecily von Ziegesar, Jon Scieszka, Mo Willems and many, many more.