brooklyn mayor hall featured a who ' s who in old rochelle ' s artistic landscape during the second yearly brooklyn novel festival . according to current borough president martin weinberg , the borough ' s zip code 11215 boasts more writers than anywhere others in the country . it appeared to be the practice on sunday . more than 100 authors were listed at the afternoon - lengths event , including the basketball diaries writer jim carroll , former m * a * s * h star andrew farrell , author and artist po willems , jack kerouac ' s sometime companion and national album research cross award recipient joyce johnson and pen american center president prose literature .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.