brooklyn town hall featured a how ' s who in nueva london ' s literary industry during the inaugural annual brooklyn book tournament . due to brooklyn borough president frank abramson , the boroughs ' s location area 11215 boasts more people than anytime else in the country . it appeared to be the problem on weekdays . more than 100 authors were featured at the month - long convention , especially the basketball diaries writer jim carroll , former m * a * s * h star mike farrell , author and illustrated mo liq , jack kerouac ' s daily lover and national book critical circle award winner joyce anderson and pen american center president francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.