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Liz_M
I Remain in Darkness | Annie Ernaux
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I might have gone overboard at the #Brooklynbookfestival. #Bkbf

Suet624 Nope. I‘m proud of you. 😁 5y
batsy Yes, that's a great haul! 5y
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Billypar
Comemadre | Roque Larraquy
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#brooklynbookfestival #bookhaul
I've always been resolving to try out small presses, so I'm really excited about this haul. Two of these were on my radar- Vesaas' The Birds from Archipelago (and put on my radar by praise from @BarbaraBB ) and Apostol's Insurrecto from Soho. Also picked up Kincaid's Party: A Mystery (Akashic) for my 2-year-old niece, and Larraquy's Comemadre (Coffee House Press), which I am trying to resist reading immediately.

Liz_M I love Archipelago's books. The square size, the covers, the nice paper. 5y
Billypar @Liz_M Agreed- this was my first experience with them- gorgeous books. And great to browse translated literature without needing to look for a specific title or author. The only other place I've done that is McNally Jackson's shelves by country. 5y
Tanisha_A I have never heard of these. Wow! 👏 5y
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batsy Nice haul! All three of these are on my TBR. And I'm sure you'll get to them before I do so I look forward to your thoughts 😆 5y
Billypar @Tanisha_A I hope they're as good as I'm expecting! 🤞 5y
Billypar @batsy Larraquy is giving a reading in NYC on 10/4, so I may expedite that one and read beforehand (it's pretty short too). Insurrecto sounds like a challenge though, so that may take longer (I seem to keep buying these difficult books, so there's a bit of a TBR queue for those 😬). 5y
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Billypar
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Lovely day at the #brooklynbookfestival Took advantage of some small press sales, got to see Edwidge Danticat talk about tragedy & trauma in her work (and 2 new to me authors- David Chariandy & Maria Tumarkin) and ended up in the gorgeous church shown here to see Joyce Carol Oates and Marlon James in conversation about a range of topics relevant to their work. Sorry for the lack of corroborating author photos- you'll have to take my word for it 😉

Aimeesue Hope you could hear Oates - at the National Book Festival she was very soft spoken and mumbly. No one could tell what she was saying! Maybe she was just tired? it was at the end of the day. 5y
Billypar @Aimeesue Ugh, that's the worst - you get a soft-spoken author with a low mic and it's very frustrating. Luckily there weren't problems hearing either one. 5y
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Maddymayi13
The Great Believers | Rebecca Makkai
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Pickpick

Haul from this year's #BrooklynBookFestival

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VioletBramble
Untitled | Unknown
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I went to the #Brooklynbookfestival today, with my sister. My plan was to buy books for my sister- for her birthday- and buy as little as possible for myself. Somehow all this stuff came home with me. I have no self control. Oy!

Jee_HookedOnBookz What a beautiful sight!! 😍 6y
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Kaylamburson
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Walked around the Brooklyn Book Festival today and saw lots of book eye candy!!
#brooklynbookfestival

Zelma Quite a few Littens there today! 6y
Kaylamburson Aww, I should‘ve planned better to meet up with some! @Zelma 6y
Zelma @Kaylamburson I wondered if there was a meet-up. Next year, you‘ll be prepared! 👍 6y
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Kaylamburson Yes, next year for sure!! @Zelma 6y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage That's amazing! 6y
cariashley @Zelma @Kaylamburson @mrozzz I want in on the meet up next year! I‘m out of town right now. 6y
Kaylamburson Yes, that‘ll be so fun!! @cariashley @mrozzz @Zelma 6y
mrozzz I was just saying I‘d love to do a meetup next year! You guys want to team up to make it happen? 😄 @Zelma @Kaylamburson @cariashley (edited) 6y
cariashley @mrozzz @Zelma @Kaylamburson 🙋🏼‍♀️yes!! 🙋🏼‍♀️ 6y
Zelma @mrozzz I don‘t live anywhere near Brooklyn (am in south Louisiana). 😆 I just noticed all the posts today! @cariashley @Kaylamburson 6y
mrozzz I see! Welllll if you need an excuse for a trip to NYC you can pencil in the book fest! @Zelma 6y
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VioletBramble
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A few days after #TheBookCon I received an email from The Brooklyn Book Festival saying that my name was picked from those who signed in at their table and I'd won a Swag Bag. It arrived today. I got a tee shirt, tote bag and 4 books. Pretty cool.
#BrooklynBookFestival
🎁📚

DivineDiana Wow! 👏🏻📚👏🏻 6y
Nute That‘s fabulous!👏🏽 6y
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TheBookDream
Brooklyn | Colm Toibin
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I don't know what panel I'm in at the #BrooklynBookFestival but it sure is pretty S bought my major #HalloweenGoesPostal gift. I hope this person doesn't mind, cause I ended up paying full price for a signed copy of a book that looks PERFECT for this person, but it was full price.

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TheBookDream
Brooklyn | Colm Toibin

Does anyone know if Litsy is at the #BrooklynBookFestival this year?

swishandflick I don't know, but I hope so! They had a booth last year! 7y
TheBookDream @swishandflick I didn't see them listed. I guess I'm going the wrong year 7y
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tilChapterThree
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So cool to see #Litsy represented at #BrooklynBookFestival! Always fun to talk books 😋 #BKLovesLitsy