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PHOTOS: The return of the sun brings literary crowds to the Brooklyn Book Festival

By Susan de Vries

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Brooklyn Heights

Seeking to ‘democratize history,’ renovated Center for Brooklyn History reopens with new exhibit

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Books

‘The Caribbean story really is a universal story’: Fifth annual Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival begins Sept. 7

By Isabel Song Beer

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Books

Brooklyn Book Festival, a nine-day celebration of literature, is coming September 24

By Ximena Del Cerro

BPL names Dominique Jean-Louis as the chief historian for the Center for Brooklyn History.

Books

BPL names chief scholar at Center for Brooklyn History

By Jada Camille

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Politics

Brooklyn Public Library says mayor’s proposed $10M budget cut would force shorter hours, fewer programs

By Jada Camille

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Brownstoner

After Eight Years, Beloved Greenlight Bookstore Closing Prospect Lefferts Gardens Location

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Red Hook

Red Hook Library to close for two years to undergo $17.5 million facelift

By Adam Daly

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Books

Former Tablet editor recalls 50 years of ‘Chasing Church News’ in new book

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Brooklyn native set to bring Ditmas Park it's first bookstore in over 20 years.

Born and read: Cortelyou local opens his new bookstore on childhood block

By Jada Camille

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Barnes and Noble to open on Atlantic Avenue on Jan. 18 after closure of Court Street store

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Books

Brooklyn Public Library team awarded ‘Librarians of the Year’ for Books Unbanned project

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Books

3 books for Brooklyn architecture and history lovers on your holiday list

By Susan De Vries

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Books

Brooklyn Public Library announces most-borrowed book of all time to celebrate 125th anniversary

By Isabel Song Beer

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Bed-Stuy welcomes two independent bookstores on Tompkins Avenue

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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With revamp, Brownsville Heritage House aims to be ‘neighborhood’s public living room’

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Kids & Education

Banned Books Week: As book bans become ‘more numerous, more organized, more effective,’ Brooklyn Public Library fights back

By Drew Richardson

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Park Slope

New bookstore ‘Troubled Sleep’ offers a balm for Brooklyn’s insomniac readers

Miriam Fukesman

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Books

Brooklyn Public Library unveils rentable vinyl collection

By Ben Brachfeld

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Downtown

Next chapter: Beloved Brooklyn Book Festival to make big return this September

By Drew Richardson

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