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Bestselling author to discuss second novel in Brooklyn

From Kim van Alkemade, author of the New York Times bestseller, “Orphan #8,” comes a new and exceptional work of near-history fiction — “Bachelor Girl,” a gripping story about the destructive power Continue Reading

Posted On : February 28, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Matthew Goodman, Brooklyn’s Narrative Historian

If this account is true, it is most enormously wonderful. -Chapter 11, The Sun and the Moon In 1835, nine out of ten New Yorkers believed in the existence of Continue Reading

Posted On : December 7, 2017 Published By : Natasha Soto
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Pulitzer Grit: Jennifer Egan captures vivid WWII Brooklyn

Prize-Winning Novelist Sets a Hot Page-Turner In Adopted Home Boro In a recent online interview for BrooklynEagle.com, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan told the Eagle that she had come to Brooklyn from her Continue Reading

Posted On : October 23, 2017 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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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 in England in 1942, the Continue Reading

Posted On : November 10, 2016 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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New novel traces Texas history

Author to read in Fort Greene Brooklyn Eagle recently reported that Philipp Meyer, author of the critically acclaimed “American Rust” and one of The New Yorker’s “20 under 40,” has recently Continue Reading

Posted On : June 18, 2013 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Novel portrays ’60s Brooklyn amidst Vietnam War backdrop

Brooklyn Eagle recently featured Brooklyn native Jim McGinty’s novel “Right to Kill: A Brooklyn Tale,” which shifting between 1960s Brooklyn and Vietnam. The book begins with a scene on the Continue Reading

Posted On : May 17, 2013 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Talmud scholar to speak at Park Slope Jewish Center

  According to Brooklyn Eagle, Maggie Anton, acclaimed author of the “Rashi’s Daughters” series, is coming to Park Slope Jewish Center on April 21 to discuss her book “Rav Hisda’s Daughter: Book Continue Reading

Posted On : April 12, 2013 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Nathan Englander to speak at Brooklyn Public Library

  According to Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn-based writer Nathan Englander will be appearing at the Brooklyn Public Library on Saturday, March 16, to discuss his latest book, a collection of stories Continue Reading

Posted On : March 15, 2013 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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‘Gingersnap’ illustrates life in Brooklyn during World War II

Just last week, two-time Newbery Honor-winning Patricia Reilly Giff released “Gingersnap,” a heartfelt novel depicting Brooklyn during World War II.  A Brooklyn native herself, Giff reveals to young readers a Continue Reading

Posted On : January 14, 2013 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Tomorrow at BookCourt: release party for Nicholas Christopher’s ‘Tiger Rag’

Just yesterday New York-based writer Nicholas Christopher released his sixth novel, “Tiger Rag.”  He will appear at BookCourt tomorrow, January 3,  to celebrate the release of the book, which is Continue Reading

Posted On : January 2, 2013 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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BookCourt hosts release party for Nicholas Christopher’s “Tiger Rag”

On New Year’s Day, New York-based writer Nicholas Christopher is coming out with his sixth novel, “Tiger Rag.”  He will appear at BookCourt on January 3  to celebrate the release of Continue Reading

Posted On : December 18, 2012 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Tales of a changing Brooklyn: Pete Hamill’s ‘The Christmas Kid: and Other Brooklyn Stories’

Just released in late October, Pete Hamill’s The Christmas Kid: and Other Brooklyn Stories compiles thirty years’ worth of the writer’s Brooklyn-based tales.  Hamill, an acclaimed journalist and screenwriter, is inextricably linked Continue Reading

Posted On : December 11, 2012 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Tomorrow at Greenpoint Library: Eva Stachniak on writing ‘The Winter Palace’

Tomorrow, December 6, Polish author Eva Stachniak will appear at Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Library to discuss her recently published historical novel, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great.  Already Continue Reading

Posted On : December 5, 2012 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat

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The Eagle, once edited by Walt Whitman, has long been covering Brooklyn news and events, but this blog serves as a special haven for bookworms. BookBeat features Brooklyn-based writers, as well as stories relating to the city and its history.

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