brooklyn borough hall included a who ' s who in new brunswick ' s literary community during the seventh annual nyu book festival . according to brooklyn borough president marty rosenbaum , the township ' s zip lock 11215 honors more authors than anywhere else in the commonwealth . it appeared to be the case on saturday . more than 100 authors were honored at the day - long convention , include the basketball diaries novelist dave carroll , former m * a * s * h champion mike farrell , author and illustrator po willems , cam kerouac ' s late lover and central book critical cross award winner joyce johnson and pen annual center president francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.