brooklyn borough hall featured a who ' s who in new england ' s literary community during the inaugural annual metropolitan book festival . according to brooklyn borough president marty mandell , the community ' s zip code 11215 boasts more authors than nowhere else in the area . it was to be the scene on sunday . more than 100 author were mentioned at the day - the event , featuring the basketball times writer jim carroll , late m * a * s * h hero mike lynn , author and illustrating mo willems , diane mailer ' s sometime lover and national book critics circle trophy recipient joyce johnson and pen american center founder francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.