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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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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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Brooklyn Heights

Magic on Montague: Books Are Magic, beloved indie bookstore, to open second location in Brooklyn Heights

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Flatbush

Greenlight Bookstore’s neighborhood-wide Where’s Waldo hunt is back through July 31

By Miriam Fukesman

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Bay Ridge

Mckinley Park Library gets makeover, new funding for youth programs

By Drew Richardson

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Books

Two years into pandemic, puzzles are still popular at Brooklyn bookstores

By Mikaela Wegner

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Books

Brooklyn Book Festival returning to online, in-person programming this fall

By Jessica Parks

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Books

Brooklyn Public Library shutters 10 branches amid staff shortages

By Aidan Graham

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Books

Brooklyn Public Library’s most-borrowed books give glimpse into a year in literature

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Books

Brooklyn Public Library celebrates 125th anniversary with unveiling of two new facilities

By Ben Verde

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