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 […]
Historical Fiction
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]