On Sunday September 18, Restless Books will be at one of our favorite literary events, the Brooklyn Book Festival. Come find us at Table 334, amid a great literary neighborhood: New Directions, Europa, The Nation, Archipelago, Center for Black Literature, Center for Fiction.
A few of our authors will be at the festival as well: Yoss, author of Super Extra Grande and A Planet for Rent, Tash Aw, author of The Face: Strangers on a Pier, and Deepak Unnikrishnan, author of Temporary People. All three will be signing books and galleys at our booth. Yoss and Tash will also take part in two panels: at 4:00pm, Yoss will join Mexican author Álvaro Enrigue and Chilean Carlos Labbé in a panel moderated by noted Bolaño translator Natasha Wimmer called "From Sci-Fi to Meta (and Heavy Metal): New Dimensions in Latin American Fiction," and at 5:00pm, Tash will join authors Nicole Dennis-Benn and Jonas Hassen Khemiri at an event called "On Identity and Sexuality."
Authors will be signing books and galleys at the Restless booth: Deepak Unnikrishnan, winner of the Prize for New Immigrant Writing, at 11:00 am; Yoss at 1:00 pm; and Tash Aw at 3:00 pm.
Plus, don't forget to check out Yoss's Brooklyn BKBF Bookends event co-hosted by BOMB Magazine—"Cuban Heavy Metal Sci-Fi"—at Issue Project Room on Thursday, September 15.
The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors. One of America’s premier book festivals, this hip, smart diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages to enjoy authors and the festival’s lively literary marketplace.
When: Sunday, September 18, 2016
Where: Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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