Many readers can cause a book to go viral on TikTok by filming a short video of their raw and emotive reactions to the book. Videos with the hashtag have been viewed over 80 billion times. #BookTok is a hashtag on Tiktok where users create content on recommending books, reviewing them, making memes out of them and more. Lockhart, known best for her Young Adult thriller “ We Were Liars,” Tashie Bhuiyan, an up and coming novelist and Jessica Goodman, New York Times Bestselling author of “ They’ll Never Catch Us” and “ They Wish They Were Us.” The authors spoke about how apps like TikTok have become a platform for readers to connect with each other, share their thoughts and ratings, recommend books to each other and become a sort of free-range book club online. One featured panel, “What’s Up with #BookTok?”, featured three authors: E. “I love learning about new worlds and about different cultures and bonding with other people who love books. Samantha Dockser, 28, explained why she came to Book Festival this year. Social media has expanded the reach of otherwise unknown authors. A book display of novels as a part of BookTok. The literary celebration aims to connect diverse readers with each other but also to the authors, creating a sense of community for many people. Festival day usually features a literary marketplace with 250 independent and major publishers, but due to the wind, the marketplace was canceled this year.
On the day of the festival, there were nearly 200 authors in discussion and readings covering all various genres. “You really find people that connect with you.” “Books are a great way to connect with people who love the same things as I do and it’s a good source of community,” Jennifer Martin, an undergraduate student majoring in creative writing, said. This year’s production was hosted by the Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council and Brooklyn’s Borough President, Antonio Reynoso.
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“People just really love books and they love our authors.”īrooklyn’s Book Festival, New York City’s largest literary festival, is an eight-day free event filled with exciting programs and plenty of opportunities to meet literary authors from around the world across all five boroughs. “We had a line wrap around Borough Hall,” Anna Hotard, an admin at Book Festival, said. JENNA ZAZA/THE STATESMANĭespite New York City facing severe rainstorms due to Hurricane Ian, crowds of people trekked out to downtown Brooklyn to attend the 17th annual Book Festival on Oct. The festival lasted eight days and included nearly 200 authors. Lockhart, Jessica Goodman and Tashie Bhuiyan speaking at a panel for the 17th annual Book Festival in Brooklyn. Having them at Dekalb Market for a month is going to be great.Authors E. Vibe-wise, their table was a total party all weekend. PopUpBagels are very good indeed, especially the sesame one topped with Momofuku chili crunch butter and trout roe. “Plus we added some new fun things this year, so we’re ready to take it again.”Īnd though we might take issue with his assertion that “Connecticut is kind of the bagel capital of the world these days,” we have no problem with his back-to-back victories. “We’re here with a great product, a great design, and a great vibe,” he told Brooklyn Magazine early on Saturday.
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There were also nearly 20 “bagel experts,” or guest judges, among the crowd, including Borough President Antonio Reynoso, whose enviable assignment was to eat from every single booth at BagelFest, and then rate and rank their favorites.Īnd for the second year in a row, PopUpBagels, which Redding resident Adam Goldberg started as backyard pandemic project in 2020 and now has three locations in Connecticut, took home both grand prizes: Best Overall, Expert’s Choice and Best Overall, People’s Choice, the latter of which comes with a free booth for a month at the Dekalb Market downstairs at City Point, plus $20,000 in “marketing support.” The occasion was the third annual Brooklyn BagelFest, and at the end of their carbo-licious journey they voted on their favorite. In Downtown Brooklyn this past weekend, on the ground floor of the City Point mall, some 2,000 people devoured scores of bagels from a stacked lineup of 20 shops representing New York City and beyond.
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