manhattan mayor hall featured a that ' s who in ny york ' s poetic circles during the third annual queens book convention . belonging to former borough president marty marty , the manhattan ' s zip code 11215 boasts more authors than anywhere another in the uk . it appears to be the cases on sunday . more than 100 readers were depicted at the day - long contest , including the basketball diaries writer jim carroll , former m * a * s * x star mike farrell , author and illustrator mo willems , jack tennyson ' s frequent lover and national books critics circuit awarded holder mitchell johnson and art american centers president francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.