broadway borough website featured a author ' s right in newly york ' s literary community during the second annually brooklyn book awards . according to brooklyn borough leader ambrose markowitz , the borough ' s zip code 11215 includes more authors than anywhere elsewhere in the country . it appear to be the case on sunday . more than 100 creators were featured at the afternoon - long event , particularly the baseball games writer jim carroll , former m * a * s * h star mike farrell , author and muse mu oon , jack kerouac ' s sometime romantic and southern book critics circle award recipient joyce johnson and pen international center founder francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.