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PHOTOS: The Best From 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival
This Sept. 18, 2011 photo shows crowds at events during the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, which has quickly become one of the nations top events of its kind since starting in 2006. This years festival is scheduled for Sept. 23 in and around Brooklyn Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn, with more than 280 writers participating and crowds expected to approach 40,000. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Book Festival, Kathryn Kirk)
This Sept. 18, 2011 photo shows crowds at events during the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, which has quickly become one of the nations top events of its kind since starting in 2006. This years festival is scheduled for Sept. 23 in and around Brooklyn Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn, with more than 280 writers participating and crowds expected to approach 40,000. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Book Festival, Kathryn Kirk)

At this point New Yorkers know Brooklyn’s reputation as the land of literary magazines, or as the Guardian called it, “a writers’ mecca.”

Therefore, it's no surprise more than 280 authors and swarms of bibliophiles are gathering in the borough to celebrate one of the most prominent literary events of the year: the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival.

HuffPost has personally curated our favorites from the festival below. Happy reading!

The main Festival events are Sunday from 10AM to 6PM at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, 209 Joralemon Street. Other "Bookend" events are being held at various locations and times throughout the weekend.

Colson Whitehead

2012 Brooklyn Book Festival

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