New Children’s Book Deals With Middle School Jitters
Starting middle school can be a scary transition for anyone, but Abbie Wu is totally stressed out. In Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom (HarperCollins), young Abbie is…
Latest In Mystery Series Is A World War II Thriller
The Queens Accomplice (Bantam Trade Paperback), the sixth title in Susan Elia MacNeal’s Maggie Hope mystery series, picks up where Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante left off. Set…
New Young Adult Novel Focuses On Teen Love And Loss
A New York Times Modern Love essay by journalist and author Lisa Selin Davis served as the inspiration for her young adult novel, Lost Stars…
New book offers insider’s view of Brooklyn
New York City and its five boroughs draw 54 million international and American tourists, including day-trippers, each year. And Brooklyn is booming: it has become…
Brooklyn-based author’s novel focuses on new beginnings, growth
Brooklyn-based author Nora Zelevansky’s new novel “Will You Won’t You Want Me?” (St. Martin’s Griffin) offers a satirical take on New York and Los Angeles…
New book ‘Jackie Robinson in Quotes’ details ‘The Remarkable Life of Baseball’s Most Significant Player’
Renowned filmmaker Ken Burns has noted recently, while doing the interview circuit to promote his new documentary on Jackie Robinson, “When Jackie broke the color barrier…
DUMBO author’s new book explores one man’s search for meaning
“The Yoga of Max’s Discontent,” a new book by DUMBO-based author Karan Bajaj (Riverhead, on sale May 3), is a layered novel that takes readers…
Helen Simonson to read from ‘The Summer Before the War’ at BookCourt
Helen Simonson, Brooklyn Heights resident and author of the New York Times bestselling debut novel “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand,” will be reading from her eagerly awaited second…
Books Beneath the Bridge Series Continues with Scenic Backdrop
Books and bridges have long been defining components of Brooklyn’s identity, characterizing this scenic literary hub. A consummate mix of some of the borough’s finest…
Brooklyn Writer Tackles America’s Debt Crisis in New Satire
Cobble Hill Book Launch Party Slated for July 20 “Anyone who’s ever had trouble making ends meet is going to find themselves in this story,”…
Pick-up Brooklyn Playwright Richard Fulco’s New Novel ‘THERE IS NO END TO THIS SLOPE’
Although “There Is No End to This Slope” is his first novel, Richard Fulco is a veteran of the Brooklyn literary scene. Fulco received an MFA…
Hundreds Pack Sedaris Reading At Cobble Hill Bookstore
by Samantha Samel, Brooklyn Daily Eagle “Write every day,” famed author David Sedaris told a jam-packed room of writers and readers at BookCourt in Cobble…
Brooklyn Bridge Park Announces ‘2014 Books Beneath the Bridge’ Series Line-Up
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy (Conservancy) has announced the full lineup for its third annual Books Beneath the Bridge series. This free summer literary series, which features…
New Novel Brings Coney Island to Life
From Crown Publishing Group Brooklyn Daily Eagle Park Slope writer Andrew Lewis Conn burst onto the literary scene in 2003 with his avant-garde novel “P.,” described in…
Quoted!: H.L. Mencken
“Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.” – H.L. Mencken
Tomorrow (Wednesday May 21, 2014): Silent Reading Party NYC! New Space, New Time, New Experience!
Hear Ye’! Hear Ye’, Brooklyn Book-Lovers! Tomorrow kick’s-off this month’s Silent Reading Party NYC, and they’re keeping it fresh for the new season: new spring…
Artist uses his talent to create loving tribute to late wife
Artist Joe LoGuirato has been a painter and a sculptor for all of his adult life. But it’s safe to say that he has never…
Quoted!: Theordore Roosevelt
“I am a part of everything that I read.” – Theodore Roosevelt
BAM Presents ‘Poetry 2014: Birth of a Hip-Hop Nation’
Article by Hillel Italie, Associated Press Paying homage to the roots and political relevance of the South Bronx-born hip-hop movement, BAM will present a one-night-only…
The Art, and Empathy, of Brooklyn Author Leslie Jamison
Article by Hillel Italie, Associated Press For Leslie Jamison, the written word is a safe and risky place. “So much of writing that has felt alive and electric is…