The Brooklyn Scene

We’ve been kicking around the idea of having a BGB Reading Series event in Brooklyn. No, really. For one thing, a kindly bookstore suggested the idea. Secondly, that’s where are all of the writers that matter live, right? Most importantly, good friends of the Family Got Books, the Journo Pals, recently moved there. Mr. Journo Pal sent this map of literary Brooklyn from The New York Observer to get the ball rolling:

The article references a Colson Whitehead essay for The New York Times Book Review (I Write in Brooklyn, Get Over it) that you should read, too. If you’ve got a good reading series in Brooklyn idea, I’d love to hear it.

Books, Non-Fiction, To Checkout, Uncategorized | Tim | April 29, 2008 12:33 pm

6 Comments

By Nitro Nicole, April 29, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

Doesn’t Dara Horn live in Brooklyn? She’s not on that top 100 list and should be. And she should be close to finishing her book – right? Give her a shout.
By Tim, April 30, 2008 @ 12:08 am

I’m not sure where she lives, but I think that we have to assume that all authors live in Brooklyn until further notice. She’d be a great choice if her book is finished soon.
By Beth (The Decatur One0, April 30, 2008 @ 11:39 am

If you schedule BGB: The Brooklyn Edition for the weekend of June 13, I’ll be there.
By Tim, April 30, 2008 @ 3:03 pm

We had better get cracking then. And by the way, the preferred shorthand will be BGB:B. All we need is an author and a band and we’re all set.
By Son of Mr. Journo-pal, May 1, 2008 @ 1:48 pm

How about Mo Willems?
By Tim, May 1, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

If only there was a Brooklyn-based children’s musician that we could pair with Mr. Willems. Hey! Walk down the street and see what Dan Zanes is doing.