WATERFRONT BOOKS AND AUTHORS FESTIVAL
Red Hook, Brooklyn, Saturday June 26, 2010, Noon-4pm.
Come celebrate! New York is a city surrounded by water, with a continuing, vibrant maritime heritage. The Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge, in conjunction with the Sundays at Sunny’s literary reading series, is pleased to announce the inaugural WATERFRONT BOOKS AND AUTHORS FESTIVAL, featuring live readings and talks by authors who have written books with a waterfront or maritime theme. The authors’ books will be presented for sale by cosponsor BookCourt bookstore. Pinataland, Brooklyn’s longstanding “dark old history” Americana band will be on deck, performing a special selection of sea and waterway-related songs. Refreshments compliments of Fairway Market & Arizona Iced Tea.
The Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge is located at 290 Conover Street at Pier 44, Red Hook, Brooklyn, right behind the Fairway Market building. For more information visit www.waterfrontmuseum.org or call 718-624-4719.
Featured Authors:
Gabriel Cohen, The Ninth Step and The Graving Dock
Trevor Corson, The Story of Sushi, The Secret Life of Lobsters
Jessica DuLong, My River Chronicles: Discovering America on the Hudson
Ben Gibberd, New York Waters: Profiles From the Edge
William Kornblum, At Sea in the City: New York from the Water’s Edge
George Matteson, Tugboats of New York
John Waldman – Heartbeats in the Muck
Terry Walton, Harbor Voices
Nathan Ward, Dark Harbor: the War for the New York Waterfront
Admission: $6.00
Free street parking. Transportation via the B61 bus from downtown Brooklyn, the B77 bus from Park Slope, or the IKEA water taxi.