brooklyn mayor hall features a who ' s who in manhattan orleans ' s literary community during the 1st yearly brooklyn novel festival . according to brooklyn county president mario markowitz , the borough ' s zip code 11215 features more authors than anybody else in the country . it stated to be the case on sunday . more than 100 creators were featured at the day - long event , including the basketball blog writer jim carroll , former m * a * s * h star sonny farrell , writer and illustrator mo willems , mary kerouac ' s potential friend and national book scholars circle award recipient joyce reynolds and writing american centro manager melinda vie .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.